Diana · Madagascar · 13.40° S · 48.27° E
Solar position in Hell-Ville
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Hell-Ville — computed for 13.40° S, 48.27° E, 23 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Hell-Ville today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:03 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:29 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 04:54 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:16 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 05:45 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:31 | 88.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:17 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:46 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:07 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:33 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:59 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 30 min | |
Sun path diagram for Hell-Ville
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 53.2° at solar noon in Hell-Ville; on the December solstice only 80.0°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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 | 05:34 | 11:58 | 18:21 | 12 h 47 min | 83.5° |
| February | 05:46 | 12:00 | 18:13 | 12 h 27 min | 87.1° |
| March | 05:50 | 11:54 | 17:57 | 12 h 06 min | 76.3° |
| April | 05:53 | 11:45 | 17:37 | 11 h 44 min | 64.7° |
| May | 05:59 | 11:43 | 17:27 | 11 h 27 min | 56.4° |
| June | 06:08 | 11:48 | 17:28 | 11 h 20 min | 53.2° |
| July | 06:10 | 11:53 | 17:36 | 11 h 27 min | 56.2° |
| August | 05:58 | 11:50 | 17:41 | 11 h 44 min | 64.6° |
| September | 05:37 | 11:40 | 17:42 | 12 h 05 min | 76.0° |
| October | 05:17 | 11:31 | 17:45 | 12 h 28 min | 87.4° |
| November | 05:09 | 11:32 | 17:56 | 12 h 47 min | 83.5° |
| December | 05:17 | 11:44 | 18:12 | 12 h 55 min | 80.0° |
A year of daylight in Hell-Ville
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 Hell-Ville
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
16°collects the most energy over a year: 1761 kWh per kWp.
8°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 | January kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1705 | 97% | 4.46 | 1.4× |
| 8° off-grid best | 1747 | 99% | 4.32 | 1.3× |
| 13° = latitude | 1759 | 100% | 4.20 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1760 | 100% | 4.15 | 1.3× |
| 16° year-round best | 1761 | 100% | 4.12 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1713 | 97% | 3.61 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1566 | 89% | 2.88 | 1.8× |
| 60° | 1331 | 76% | 2.04 | 2.6× |
| 70° | 1137 | 65% | 1.49 | 3.4× |
| 90° | 761 | 43% | 1.06 | 3.7× |
A fixed array in Hell-Ville produces the most over a year at 16°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 8° it makes 4.32 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 16°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Hell-Ville at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 16° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 16° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.61 | 1.88 | 1.49 | 4.12 | 26.5 °C |
| February | 5.80 | 2.48 | 1.99 | 4.42 | 26.6 °C |
| March | 5.85 | 3.40 | 2.76 | 4.69 | 26.8 °C |
| April | 5.83 | 4.70 | 3.82 | 4.99 | 27.0 °C |
| May | 5.33 | 5.48 | 4.47 | 4.86 | 26.2 °C |
| June | 4.97 | 5.73 | 4.71 | 4.70 | 24.8 °C |
| July | 5.12 | 5.64 | 4.65 | 4.80 | 24.1 °C |
| August | 5.80 | 5.28 | 4.35 | 5.18 | 24.1 °C |
| September | 6.54 | 4.36 | 3.57 | 5.45 | 24.8 °C |
| October | 6.90 | 3.07 | 2.48 | 5.35 | 26.0 °C |
| November | 6.63 | 2.09 | 1.66 | 4.87 | 26.8 °C |
| December | 6.15 | 1.74 | 1.37 | 4.42 | 26.8 °C |
| Year | 5.88 avg | 3.83 avg | 1137 kWh | 1761 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 860 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 290 Wp at 16°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Hell-Ville
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.
2.3 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 16°
How Hell-Ville compares in Madagascar
Against the other 105 places in Madagascar with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
27thof 106 places in Madagascar for sunshine, shared: 5.88 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Madagascar: 1,760 against 1,713 kWh per kWp.
−21 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Antananarivo: 12 h 55 min against 13 h 16 min.
16°best year-round tilt here; across Madagascar it runs from 13° in Antsiranana to 25° in Ampanihy.
Of the 106 places in Madagascar, Beroroha and one other place get the most sun (6.17 peak sun hours a day) and Soanierana Ivongo the least (4.90); Hell-Ville ranks joint 27th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.37 kWh a day here, against 1.78 kWh on average in Madagascar. The shortest day lasts 11 h 20 min, +21 min compared with Antananarivo.
Solar forecast for Hell-Ville, 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.