Ogun State · Nigeria · 6.97° N · 4.00° E
Solar position in Ijebu-Igbo
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ijebu-Igbo — computed for 6.97° N, 4.00° E, 94 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ijebu-Igbo today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:20 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:44 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:09 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:30 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:58 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:28 | 71.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:57 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:25 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:46 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:11 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:36 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 55 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ijebu-Igbo
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 73.5° at solar noon in Ijebu-Igbo; on the December solstice only 59.6°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 07:01 | 12:55 | 18:48 | 11 h 47 min | 63.2° |
| February | 06:59 | 12:57 | 18:55 | 11 h 56 min | 72.6° |
| March | 06:47 | 12:51 | 18:54 | 12 h 07 min | 83.4° |
| April | 06:33 | 12:42 | 18:52 | 12 h 19 min | 85.0° |
| May | 06:26 | 12:40 | 18:54 | 12 h 28 min | 76.7° |
| June | 06:29 | 12:45 | 19:01 | 12 h 32 min | 73.5° |
| July | 06:36 | 12:50 | 19:04 | 12 h 28 min | 76.6° |
| August | 06:37 | 12:47 | 18:56 | 12 h 19 min | 85.0° |
| September | 06:33 | 12:37 | 18:40 | 12 h 07 min | 83.6° |
| October | 06:30 | 12:28 | 18:26 | 11 h 56 min | 72.2° |
| November | 06:36 | 12:29 | 18:23 | 11 h 47 min | 63.1° |
| December | 06:50 | 12:42 | 18:33 | 11 h 43 min | 59.6° |
A year of daylight in Ijebu-Igbo
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 Ijebu-Igbo
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
9°collects the most energy over a year: 1336 kWh per kWp.
0°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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1325 | 99% | 2.98 | 1.3× |
| 7° = latitude | 1336 | 100% | 2.89 | 1.4× |
| 9° year-round best | 1336 | 100% | 2.86 | 1.5× |
| 15° | 1330 | 100% | 2.76 | 1.6× |
| 30° | 1267 | 95% | 2.41 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1141 | 85% | 1.95 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 961 | 72% | 1.44 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 823 | 62% | 1.13 | 3.3× |
| 90° | 578 | 43% | 0.95 | 2.9× |
A fixed array in Ijebu-Igbo produces the most over a year at 9°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 2.98 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 9°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ijebu-Igbo at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 9° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 9° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.90 | 4.21 | 3.45 | 4.10 | 25.0 °C |
| February | 4.79 | 3.50 | 2.84 | 3.90 | 26.5 °C |
| March | 4.98 | 2.99 | 2.42 | 3.98 | 26.9 °C |
| April | 5.02 | 2.29 | 1.83 | 3.91 | 26.7 °C |
| May | 4.80 | 1.72 | 1.36 | 3.67 | 26.3 °C |
| June | 4.21 | 1.49 | 1.17 | 3.20 | 25.4 °C |
| July | 3.75 | 1.43 | 1.13 | 2.86 | 24.6 °C |
| August | 3.76 | 1.68 | 1.33 | 2.92 | 24.3 °C |
| September | 4.06 | 2.25 | 1.81 | 3.22 | 24.8 °C |
| October | 4.63 | 3.16 | 2.57 | 3.77 | 25.5 °C |
| November | 5.04 | 4.23 | 3.46 | 4.22 | 25.9 °C |
| December | 4.95 | 4.54 | 3.72 | 4.19 | 25.4 °C |
| Year | 4.57 avg | 2.79 avg | 823 kWh | 1336 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 1,050 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 410 Wp at 9°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ijebu-Igbo
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.
1.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 9°
How Ijebu-Igbo compares in Nigeria
Against the other 267 places in Nigeria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
227thof 268 places in Nigeria for sunshine, shared: 4.57 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−10%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Nigeria: 1,336 against 1,489 kWh per kWp.
+2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lagos: 12 h 32 min against 12 h 30 min.
9°best year-round tilt here; across Nigeria it runs from 7° in Port Harcourt to 15° in Gamboru.
Of the 268 places in Nigeria, Kumagunnam and one other place get the most sun (6.17 peak sun hours a day) and Bonny the least (4.14); Ijebu-Igbo ranks joint 227th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.13 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Nigeria. The shortest day lasts 11 h 43 min, −2 min compared with Lagos.
Solar forecast for Ijebu-Igbo, 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.