Afghanistan · 34.53° N · 69.17° E
Solar position in Kabul
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kabul — computed for 34.53° N, 69.17° E, 1798 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Kabul today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+4:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:42 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:11 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:41 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:07 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:41 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:37 | 43.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:32 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:07 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:32 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:02 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:31 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 00 min | |
Sun path diagram for Kabul
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 78.9° at solar noon in Kabul; on the December solstice only 32.1°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 58° 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 | 06:57 | 12:04 | 17:11 | 10 h 14 min | 35.6° |
| February | 06:32 | 12:07 | 17:41 | 11 h 09 min | 45.0° |
| March | 05:56 | 12:00 | 18:05 | 12 h 09 min | 55.8° |
| April | 05:14 | 11:52 | 18:29 | 13 h 15 min | 67.4° |
| May | 04:46 | 11:49 | 18:53 | 14 h 06 min | 75.7° |
| June | 04:40 | 11:55 | 19:09 | 14 h 28 min | 78.9° |
| July | 04:55 | 11:59 | 19:03 | 14 h 08 min | 75.9° |
| August | 05:18 | 11:56 | 18:34 | 13 h 16 min | 67.5° |
| September | 05:40 | 11:46 | 17:51 | 12 h 12 min | 56.1° |
| October | 06:03 | 11:37 | 17:11 | 11 h 08 min | 44.8° |
| November | 06:32 | 11:38 | 16:45 | 10 h 13 min | 35.6° |
| December | 06:55 | 11:51 | 16:46 | 9 h 51 min | 32.1° |
A year of daylight in Kabul
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 Kabul
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
31°collects the most energy over a year: 1905 kWh per kWp.
52°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° | 1674 | 88% | 2.49 | 2.8× |
| 15° | 1843 | 97% | 3.30 | 2.0× |
| 30° | 1905 | 100% | 3.96 | 1.5× |
| 31° year-round best | 1905 | 100% | 3.99 | 1.5× |
| 35° = latitude | 1901 | 100% | 4.13 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1857 | 97% | 4.40 | 1.4× |
| 52° off-grid best | 1798 | 94% | 4.53 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1704 | 89% | 4.61 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1549 | 81% | 4.61 | 1.8× |
| 90° | 1143 | 60% | 4.29 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Kabul produces the most over a year at 31°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 52° it makes 4.53 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 31°, and costs 6% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Kabul at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 31° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 31° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.90 | 5.02 | 4.61 | 3.99 | -4.1 °C |
| February snow | 3.55 | 4.90 | 4.48 | 4.24 | -2.9 °C |
| March | 4.80 | 4.69 | 4.19 | 4.90 | 3.2 °C |
| April | 6.02 | 4.37 | 3.82 | 5.34 | 8.6 °C |
| May | 7.32 | 3.97 | 3.40 | 5.73 | 13.1 °C |
| June | 8.14 | 3.72 | 3.13 | 5.92 | 17.0 °C |
| July | 8.02 | 3.90 | 3.26 | 5.90 | 19.3 °C |
| August | 7.27 | 4.58 | 3.85 | 5.92 | 18.3 °C |
| September | 6.39 | 5.71 | 4.88 | 6.10 | 14.4 °C |
| October | 5.05 | 6.35 | 5.54 | 5.78 | 9.1 °C |
| November | 3.44 | 5.55 | 4.95 | 4.59 | 3.5 °C |
| December snow | 2.85 | 5.31 | 4.83 | 4.15 | -1.3 °C |
| Year | 5.49 avg | 4.84 avg | 1549 kWh | 1905 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 300 Wp at 31°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Kabul
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.
4.1 mrow pitch at 70°
3.6 mrow pitch at 31°
How Kabul compares in Afghanistan
Against the other 52 places in Afghanistan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
16thof 53 places in Afghanistan for sunshine: 5.49 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Afghanistan: 1,905 against 1,821 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with the average place in Afghanistan: 14 h 28 min against 14 h 31 min.
31°best year-round tilt here; across Afghanistan it runs from 29° in Maymana to 31° in Kabul.
Of the 53 places in Afghanistan, Kandahār and one other place get the most sun (6.06 peak sun hours a day) and Bahārak the least (4.97); Kabul ranks 16th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.13 kWh a day here, against 3.10 kWh on average in Afghanistan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 51 min, +2 min compared with the average.
Solar forecast for Kabul, 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.