Osun State · Nigeria · 7.48° N · 4.56° E
Solar position in Ile-Ife
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ile-Ife — computed for 7.48° N, 4.56° E, 295 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ile-Ife today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:18 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:42 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:07 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:28 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:57 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:25 | 70.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:54 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:22 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:44 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:08 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:33 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 54 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ile-Ife
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 74.0° at solar noon in Ile-Ife; on the December solstice only 59.1°. 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 | 07:00 | 12:53 | 18:45 | 11 h 46 min | 62.7° |
| February | 06:57 | 12:55 | 18:53 | 11 h 56 min | 72.1° |
| March | 06:45 | 12:48 | 18:52 | 12 h 07 min | 82.9° |
| April | 06:30 | 12:40 | 18:50 | 12 h 20 min | 85.5° |
| May | 06:23 | 12:38 | 18:53 | 12 h 29 min | 77.2° |
| June | 06:26 | 12:43 | 19:00 | 12 h 34 min | 74.0° |
| July | 06:33 | 12:48 | 19:02 | 12 h 30 min | 77.1° |
| August | 06:35 | 12:44 | 18:54 | 12 h 20 min | 85.5° |
| September | 06:31 | 12:34 | 18:38 | 12 h 07 min | 83.1° |
| October | 06:28 | 12:26 | 18:23 | 11 h 55 min | 71.7° |
| November | 06:34 | 12:27 | 18:20 | 11 h 45 min | 62.6° |
| December | 06:49 | 12:39 | 18:30 | 11 h 41 min | 59.1° |
A year of daylight in Ile-Ife
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 Ile-Ife
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: 1347 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 | August kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1334 | 99% | 2.83 | 1.4× |
| 7° = latitude | 1346 | 100% | 2.79 | 1.5× |
| 9° year-round best | 1347 | 100% | 2.77 | 1.5× |
| 15° | 1342 | 100% | 2.70 | 1.6× |
| 30° | 1281 | 95% | 2.45 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1157 | 86% | 2.09 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 978 | 73% | 1.64 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 840 | 62% | 1.32 | 3.3× |
| 90° | 592 | 44% | 0.95 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Ile-Ife produces the most over a year at 9°. The design month for an off-grid system is August: at 0° it makes 2.83 kWh per kWp a day, 2% more than at 9°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ile-Ife 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 | 4.92 | 4.27 | 3.51 | 4.14 | 24.0 °C |
| February | 4.82 | 3.55 | 2.90 | 3.94 | 25.7 °C |
| March | 5.01 | 3.04 | 2.46 | 4.01 | 26.3 °C |
| April | 5.03 | 2.35 | 1.88 | 3.93 | 26.0 °C |
| May | 4.89 | 1.80 | 1.43 | 3.75 | 25.4 °C |
| June | 4.42 | 1.56 | 1.23 | 3.37 | 24.6 °C |
| July | 3.78 | 1.47 | 1.16 | 2.90 | 23.9 °C |
| August | 3.55 | 1.65 | 1.32 | 2.77 | 23.7 °C |
| September | 4.03 | 2.26 | 1.83 | 3.21 | 24.2 °C |
| October | 4.62 | 3.18 | 2.59 | 3.77 | 24.7 °C |
| November | 5.08 | 4.31 | 3.54 | 4.27 | 25.0 °C |
| December | 4.96 | 4.62 | 3.80 | 4.24 | 24.2 °C |
| Year | 4.59 avg | 2.83 avg | 840 kWh | 1347 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 1,020 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 430 Wp at 9°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ile-Ife
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.
2.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 9°
How Ile-Ife compares in Nigeria
Against the other 267 places in Nigeria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
215thof 268 places in Nigeria for sunshine, shared: 4.59 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−10%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Nigeria: 1,347 against 1,489 kWh per kWp.
+4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lagos: 12 h 34 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); Ile-Ife ranks joint 215th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.16 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Nigeria. The shortest day lasts 11 h 41 min, −4 min compared with Lagos.
Solar forecast for Ile-Ife, 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.