Karas Region · Namibia · 26.58° S · 18.13° E
Solar position in Keetmanshoop
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Keetmanshoop — computed for 26.58° S, 18.13° E, 998 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Keetmanshoop today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:43 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:11 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:40 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:04 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:35 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:31 | 75.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:28 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:59 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:23 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:51 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:20 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 56 min | |
Sun path diagram for Keetmanshoop
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 40.0° at solar noon in Keetmanshoop; on the December solstice only 86.9°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 53° 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 | 06:12 | 12:58 | 19:44 | 13 h 31 min | 83.3° |
| February | 06:35 | 13:00 | 19:25 | 12 h 50 min | 73.9° |
| March | 06:51 | 12:54 | 18:57 | 12 h 06 min | 63.1° |
| April | 07:06 | 12:46 | 18:25 | 11 h 19 min | 51.5° |
| May | 07:22 | 12:43 | 18:05 | 10 h 43 min | 43.2° |
| June | 07:35 | 12:49 | 18:03 | 10 h 28 min | 40.0° |
| July | 07:32 | 12:54 | 18:15 | 10 h 42 min | 43.0° |
| August | 07:11 | 12:50 | 18:30 | 11 h 19 min | 51.4° |
| September | 06:38 | 12:40 | 18:43 | 12 h 05 min | 62.8° |
| October | 06:06 | 12:32 | 18:57 | 12 h 51 min | 74.2° |
| November | 05:47 | 12:33 | 19:19 | 13 h 32 min | 83.4° |
| December | 05:51 | 12:45 | 19:39 | 13 h 49 min | 86.9° |
A year of daylight in Keetmanshoop
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 Keetmanshoop
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
27°collects the most energy over a year: 2099 kWh per kWp.
32°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 | June kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1891 | 90% | 3.36 | 2.1× |
| 15° | 2058 | 98% | 4.53 | 1.4× |
| 27° year-round best = latitude | 2099 | 100% | 5.25 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 2096 | 100% | 5.39 | 1.1× |
| 32° off-grid best | 2092 | 100% | 5.48 | 1.1× |
| 45° | 2006 | 96% | 5.89 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1794 | 85% | 6.01 | 1.8× |
| 70° | 1594 | 76% | 5.87 | 2.5× |
| 90° | 1103 | 53% | 5.08 | 5.6× |
A fixed array in Keetmanshoop produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 32° it makes 5.48 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 27°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Keetmanshoop at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 27° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.32 | 3.18 | 2.56 | 5.76 | 27.6 °C |
| February | 7.53 | 4.06 | 3.29 | 5.76 | 27.2 °C |
| March | 6.67 | 5.15 | 4.21 | 5.77 | 25.5 °C |
| April | 5.49 | 6.07 | 5.05 | 5.55 | 21.4 °C |
| May | 4.59 | 6.64 | 5.61 | 5.35 | 17.3 °C |
| June | 4.14 | 6.85 | 5.87 | 5.25 | 13.2 °C |
| July | 4.40 | 6.90 | 5.92 | 5.42 | 12.9 °C |
| August | 5.35 | 6.76 | 5.76 | 5.90 | 14.6 °C |
| September | 6.51 | 5.91 | 4.96 | 6.14 | 18.8 °C |
| October | 7.58 | 4.66 | 3.85 | 6.16 | 22.6 °C |
| November | 8.47 | 3.51 | 2.87 | 6.08 | 24.8 °C |
| December | 8.74 | 2.95 | 2.38 | 5.89 | 26.7 °C |
| Year | 6.48 avg | 5.22 avg | 1594 kWh | 2099 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 500 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 220 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Keetmanshoop
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.
3.2 mrow pitch at 70°
3.0 mrow pitch at 27°
How Keetmanshoop compares in Namibia
Against the other 17 places in Namibia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 18 places in Namibia for sunshine, shared: 6.48 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Namibia: 2,099 against 1,951 kWh per kWp.
+18 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Windhoek: 13 h 49 min against 13 h 31 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Namibia it runs from 20° in Oshakati to 27° in Keetmanshoop.
Keetmanshoop shares the top spot for sunshine among the 18 places in Namibia (6.48 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Walvis Bay with 5.81. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.38 kWh a day here, against 1.92 kWh on average in Namibia. The shortest day lasts 10 h 28 min, −17 min compared with Windhoek.
Solar forecast for Keetmanshoop, 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.