Ben Arous Governorate · Tunisia · 36.73° N · 10.34° E
Solar position in Hammam-Lif
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Hammam-Lif — computed for 36.73° N, 10.34° E, 3 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Hammam-Lif today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:07 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:37 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:07 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:34 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:09 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:02 | 41.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:55 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:30 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:57 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:27 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:57 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 57 min | |
Sun path diagram for Hammam-Lif
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 76.7° at solar noon in Hammam-Lif; on the December solstice only 29.9°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 60° 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 | 07:27 | 12:30 | 17:32 | 10 h 04 min | 33.5° |
| February | 06:59 | 12:32 | 18:05 | 11 h 05 min | 42.8° |
| March | 06:20 | 12:25 | 18:31 | 12 h 10 min | 53.6° |
| April | 05:37 | 12:17 | 18:58 | 13 h 21 min | 65.2° |
| May | 05:06 | 12:15 | 19:23 | 14 h 17 min | 73.5° |
| June | 05:00 | 12:20 | 19:40 | 14 h 41 min | 76.7° |
| July | 05:15 | 12:25 | 19:34 | 14 h 18 min | 73.7° |
| August | 05:40 | 12:21 | 19:02 | 13 h 22 min | 65.3° |
| September | 06:05 | 12:11 | 18:17 | 12 h 12 min | 53.9° |
| October | 06:31 | 12:03 | 17:34 | 11 h 03 min | 42.5° |
| November | 07:02 | 12:04 | 17:06 | 10 h 03 min | 33.3° |
| December | 07:27 | 12:16 | 17:06 | 9 h 39 min | 29.9° |
A year of daylight in Hammam-Lif
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 Hammam-Lif
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
30°collects the most energy over a year: 1558 kWh per kWp.
61°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° | 1383 | 89% | 1.69 | 3.5× |
| 15° | 1514 | 97% | 2.29 | 2.5× |
| 30° year-round best | 1558 | 100% | 2.76 | 2.0× |
| 37° = latitude | 1547 | 99% | 2.92 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1511 | 97% | 3.05 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1380 | 89% | 3.15 | 1.3× |
| 61° off-grid best | 1368 | 88% | 3.15 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1249 | 80% | 3.12 | 1.2× |
| 90° | 911 | 58% | 2.79 | 1.9× |
A fixed array in Hammam-Lif produces the most over a year at 30°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 61° it makes 3.15 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 30°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Hammam-Lif at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 30° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 30° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.39 | 3.83 | 3.32 | 3.02 | 11.3 °C |
| February | 3.20 | 4.09 | 3.54 | 3.58 | 11.3 °C |
| March | 4.34 | 4.38 | 3.76 | 4.31 | 13.3 °C |
| April | 5.43 | 4.15 | 3.52 | 4.75 | 15.9 °C |
| May | 6.50 | 3.90 | 3.25 | 5.15 | 19.2 °C |
| June | 7.30 | 3.74 | 3.06 | 5.40 | 23.6 °C |
| July | 7.33 | 3.95 | 3.19 | 5.44 | 27.0 °C |
| August | 6.44 | 4.37 | 3.54 | 5.20 | 27.3 °C |
| September | 4.91 | 4.46 | 3.67 | 4.47 | 24.2 °C |
| October | 3.77 | 4.52 | 3.76 | 3.95 | 20.9 °C |
| November | 2.62 | 3.93 | 3.34 | 3.13 | 16.2 °C |
| December | 2.13 | 3.62 | 3.12 | 2.76 | 12.6 °C |
| Year | 4.70 avg | 4.08 avg | 1249 kWh | 1558 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 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 430 Wp at 30°. The steep array is 10% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Hammam-Lif
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.
4.4 mrow pitch at 70°
3.7 mrow pitch at 30°
How Hammam-Lif compares in Tunisia
Against the other 125 places in Tunisia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
118thof 126 places in Tunisia for sunshine, shared: 4.71 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Tunisia: 1,558 against 1,645 kWh per kWp.
−1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tunis: 14 h 41 min against 14 h 41 min.
30°best year-round tilt here; across Tunisia it runs from 29° in Houmt Souk to 31° in Kairouan.
Of the 126 places in Tunisia, Nefta and 2 other places get the most sun (5.54 peak sun hours a day) and Grombalia and one other place the least (4.68); Hammam-Lif ranks joint 118th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.06 kWh a day here, against 3.03 kWh on average in Tunisia. The shortest day lasts 9 h 39 min, +1 min compared with Tunis.
Solar forecast for Hammam-Lif, 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.