Israel · 32.81° N · 35.00° E
Solar position in Haifa
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Haifa — computed for 32.81° N, 35.00° E, 101 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Haifa today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:28 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:56 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:25 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:50 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:24 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:24 | 45.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:23 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:57 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:22 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:51 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:19 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 06 min | |
Sun path diagram for Haifa
Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.
- June solstice
- Equinox
- December solstice
- Today
On the June solstice the sun reaches 80.6° at solar noon in Haifa; on the December solstice only 33.8°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 57° arc along the horizon.
Sunrise, sunset and sun height by month
Values for the 21st of each month, local clock time including daylight saving time.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:40 | 11:51 | 17:01 | 10 h 21 min | 37.4° |
| February | 06:17 | 11:53 | 17:30 | 11 h 13 min | 46.7° |
| March | 05:42 | 11:47 | 17:52 | 12 h 09 min | 57.5° |
| April | 06:03 | 12:38 | 19:14 | 13 h 11 min | 69.1° |
| May | 05:37 | 12:36 | 19:36 | 13 h 59 min | 77.4° |
| June | 05:32 | 12:41 | 19:51 | 14 h 19 min | 80.6° |
| July | 05:46 | 12:46 | 19:46 | 14 h 00 min | 77.6° |
| August | 06:07 | 12:43 | 19:18 | 13 h 11 min | 69.2° |
| September | 06:27 | 12:32 | 18:38 | 12 h 11 min | 57.8° |
| October | 06:48 | 12:24 | 18:00 | 11 h 12 min | 46.4° |
| November | 06:15 | 11:25 | 16:35 | 10 h 20 min | 37.3° |
| December | 06:38 | 11:38 | 16:37 | 9 h 59 min | 33.8° |
A year of daylight in Haifa
Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.
Best solar panel angle in Haifa
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
27°collects the most energy over a year: 1752 kWh per kWp.
58°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.
- Yearly energy
- Worst-month energy
| Tilt | kWh/kWp per year | Share of best year | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1589 | 91% | 2.10 | 3.1× |
| 15° | 1720 | 98% | 2.77 | 2.3× |
| 27° year-round best | 1752 | 100% | 3.18 | 1.8× |
| 30° | 1749 | 100% | 3.26 | 1.7× |
| 33° = latitude | 1742 | 99% | 3.34 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1676 | 96% | 3.56 | 1.5× |
| 58° off-grid best | 1534 | 88% | 3.64 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1506 | 86% | 3.64 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1346 | 77% | 3.56 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 946 | 54% | 3.13 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Haifa produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 58° it makes 3.64 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 27°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Haifa at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 27° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.80 | 4.13 | 3.56 | 3.29 | 12.2 °C |
| February | 3.66 | 4.40 | 3.79 | 3.91 | 12.8 °C |
| March | 5.09 | 4.87 | 4.15 | 4.91 | 14.9 °C |
| April | 6.28 | 4.45 | 3.75 | 5.38 | 17.7 °C |
| May | 7.34 | 3.93 | 3.25 | 5.68 | 21.5 °C |
| June | 8.06 | 3.54 | 2.88 | 5.82 | 24.7 °C |
| July | 7.85 | 3.69 | 2.99 | 5.73 | 26.8 °C |
| August | 7.15 | 4.38 | 3.55 | 5.66 | 27.2 °C |
| September | 6.10 | 5.25 | 4.29 | 5.46 | 25.8 °C |
| October | 4.60 | 5.31 | 4.38 | 4.66 | 23.2 °C |
| November | 3.36 | 4.88 | 4.11 | 3.85 | 18.5 °C |
| December | 2.62 | 4.16 | 3.56 | 3.18 | 14.3 °C |
| Year | 5.42 avg | 4.41 avg | 1346 kWh | 1752 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 410 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 370 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Haifa
Distance between rows of 2 m long panels (slope length) so that no row shades the next between 10:00 and 14:00 solar time on the winter solstice.
3.9 mrow pitch at 70°
3.3 mrow pitch at 27°
How Haifa compares in Israel
Against the other 102 places in Israel with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
85thof 103 places in Israel for sunshine, shared: 5.42 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Israel: 1,752 against 1,771 kWh per kWp.
+5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Jerusalem: 14 h 19 min against 14 h 14 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Israel it runs from 26° in Jerusalem to 27° in Haifa.
Of the 103 places in Israel, Eilat gets the most sun (6.21 peak sun hours a day) and Nahariyya and 2 other places the least (5.40); Haifa ranks joint 85th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.89 kWh a day here, against 2.86 kWh on average in Israel. The shortest day lasts 9 h 59 min, −5 min compared with Jerusalem.
Solar forecast for Haifa, next 48 hours
Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.
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Sun positions: NREL Solar Position Algorithm. Climate: NASA POWER monthly climatology (NASA Langley Research Center). Forecast: Deutscher Wetterdienst, ICON-EU (CC BY 4.0), processed. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones: IANA. Sources and licences.