Upper West · Ghana · 10.54° N · 2.70° W
Solar position in Jirapa
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Jirapa — computed for 10.54° N, 2.70° W, 316 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Jirapa today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:49 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:14 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:39 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:00 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:28 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:54 | 67.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:20 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:49 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:10 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:35 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:00 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 49 min | |
Sun path diagram for Jirapa
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 77.1° at solar noon in Jirapa; on the December solstice only 56.0°. 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 | 06:33 | 12:22 | 18:10 | 11 h 37 min | 59.6° |
| February | 06:28 | 12:24 | 18:19 | 11 h 51 min | 69.0° |
| March | 06:14 | 12:17 | 18:21 | 12 h 07 min | 79.8° |
| April | 05:57 | 12:09 | 18:22 | 12 h 25 min | 88.6° |
| May | 05:48 | 12:07 | 18:26 | 12 h 39 min | 80.3° |
| June | 05:50 | 12:12 | 18:34 | 12 h 45 min | 77.1° |
| July | 05:57 | 12:17 | 18:36 | 12 h 39 min | 80.1° |
| August | 06:01 | 12:13 | 18:26 | 12 h 25 min | 88.5° |
| September | 06:00 | 12:03 | 18:07 | 12 h 07 min | 80.0° |
| October | 06:00 | 11:55 | 17:50 | 11 h 51 min | 68.7° |
| November | 06:08 | 11:56 | 17:44 | 11 h 36 min | 59.5° |
| December | 06:23 | 12:08 | 17:54 | 11 h 31 min | 56.0° |
A year of daylight in Jirapa
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 Jirapa
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
12°collects the most energy over a year: 1630 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 | 1601 | 98% | 3.87 | 1.2× |
| 11° = latitude | 1629 | 100% | 3.76 | 1.3× |
| 12° year-round best | 1630 | 100% | 3.74 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1628 | 100% | 3.69 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1566 | 96% | 3.33 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1420 | 87% | 2.80 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1200 | 74% | 2.15 | 2.7× |
| 70° | 1026 | 63% | 1.67 | 3.4× |
| 90° | 707 | 43% | 1.07 | 3.3× |
A fixed array in Jirapa produces the most over a year at 12°. The design month for an off-grid system is August: at 0° it makes 3.87 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 12°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Jirapa at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 12° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 12° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.56 | 5.40 | 4.43 | 4.87 | 25.0 °C |
| February | 5.74 | 4.55 | 3.68 | 4.77 | 28.3 °C |
| March | 5.91 | 3.69 | 2.94 | 4.69 | 30.8 °C |
| April | 5.98 | 2.72 | 2.15 | 4.57 | 30.8 °C |
| May | 5.97 | 1.99 | 1.56 | 4.44 | 29.5 °C |
| June | 5.56 | 1.73 | 1.35 | 4.11 | 27.7 °C |
| July | 5.17 | 1.76 | 1.39 | 3.88 | 26.1 °C |
| August | 4.85 | 2.09 | 1.67 | 3.74 | 25.5 °C |
| September | 5.21 | 2.90 | 2.35 | 4.15 | 25.6 °C |
| October | 5.69 | 4.15 | 3.38 | 4.71 | 26.6 °C |
| November | 5.57 | 5.16 | 4.21 | 4.82 | 26.4 °C |
| December | 5.45 | 5.68 | 4.66 | 4.85 | 24.7 °C |
| Year | 5.55 avg | 3.48 avg | 1026 kWh | 1630 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 870 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 310 Wp at 12°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Jirapa
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.
2.1 mrow pitch at 70°
2.3 mrow pitch at 12°
How Jirapa compares in Ghana
Against the other 97 places in Ghana with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
4thof 98 places in Ghana for sunshine: 5.55 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+14%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ghana: 1,630 against 1,426 kWh per kWp.
+14 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kumasi: 12 h 45 min against 12 h 31 min.
12°best year-round tilt here; across Ghana it runs from 6° in Accra to 13° in Bawku.
Of the 98 places in Ghana, Bawku and one other place get the most sun (5.61 peak sun hours a day) and Prestea the least (4.58); Jirapa ranks 4th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.35 kWh a day here, against 1.18 kWh on average in Ghana. The shortest day lasts 11 h 31 min, −14 min compared with Kumasi.
Solar forecast for Jirapa, 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.