Sfax Governorate · Tunisia · 34.71° N · 11.21° E
Solar position in Kellabine
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kellabine — computed for 34.71° N, 11.21° E, 3 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Kellabine today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:03 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:33 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:02 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:28 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:03 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:59 | 43.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:55 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:29 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:55 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:25 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:54 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 01 min | |
Sun path diagram for Kellabine
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 78.7° at solar noon in Kellabine; on the December solstice only 31.9°. 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 | 07:19 | 12:26 | 17:33 | 10 h 13 min | 35.5° |
| February | 06:54 | 12:28 | 18:03 | 11 h 09 min | 44.8° |
| March | 06:17 | 12:22 | 18:27 | 12 h 10 min | 55.6° |
| April | 05:36 | 12:13 | 18:51 | 13 h 16 min | 67.2° |
| May | 05:08 | 12:11 | 19:15 | 14 h 07 min | 75.5° |
| June | 05:02 | 12:16 | 19:31 | 14 h 29 min | 78.7° |
| July | 05:17 | 12:21 | 19:25 | 14 h 08 min | 75.7° |
| August | 05:40 | 12:18 | 18:56 | 13 h 16 min | 67.3° |
| September | 06:02 | 12:08 | 18:13 | 12 h 11 min | 55.9° |
| October | 06:25 | 11:59 | 17:33 | 11 h 08 min | 44.5° |
| November | 06:54 | 12:00 | 17:07 | 10 h 12 min | 35.3° |
| December | 07:18 | 12:13 | 17:07 | 9 h 50 min | 31.9° |
A year of daylight in Kellabine
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 Kellabine
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
29°collects the most energy over a year: 1689 kWh per kWp.
59°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 | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1500 | 89% | 2.02 | 3.0× |
| 15° | 1643 | 97% | 2.75 | 2.2× |
| 29° year-round best | 1689 | 100% | 3.28 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1689 | 100% | 3.31 | 1.7× |
| 35° = latitude | 1682 | 100% | 3.45 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1636 | 97% | 3.65 | 1.3× |
| 59° off-grid best | 1502 | 89% | 3.77 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1489 | 88% | 3.77 | 1.2× |
| 70° | 1344 | 80% | 3.71 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 971 | 57% | 3.30 | 2.4× |
A fixed array in Kellabine produces the most over a year at 29°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 59° it makes 3.77 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 29°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Kellabine at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 29° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 29° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.88 | 4.66 | 4.01 | 3.62 | 13.3 °C |
| February | 3.79 | 4.92 | 4.23 | 4.26 | 13.2 °C |
| March | 4.92 | 4.91 | 4.19 | 4.86 | 14.9 °C |
| April | 5.98 | 4.40 | 3.72 | 5.18 | 17.1 °C |
| May | 6.94 | 3.91 | 3.25 | 5.42 | 20.1 °C |
| June | 7.54 | 3.62 | 2.96 | 5.51 | 23.7 °C |
| July | 7.56 | 3.83 | 3.09 | 5.55 | 27.0 °C |
| August | 6.73 | 4.35 | 3.52 | 5.36 | 27.7 °C |
| September | 5.26 | 4.62 | 3.77 | 4.70 | 26.0 °C |
| October | 4.07 | 4.73 | 3.91 | 4.16 | 23.3 °C |
| November | 3.06 | 4.60 | 3.87 | 3.62 | 18.9 °C |
| December | 2.55 | 4.35 | 3.71 | 3.28 | 15.1 °C |
| Year | 5.11 avg | 4.41 avg | 1344 kWh | 1689 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 400 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 29°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Kellabine
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°
3.5 mrow pitch at 29°
How Kellabine compares in Tunisia
Against the other 125 places in Tunisia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
30thof 126 places in Tunisia for sunshine, shared: 5.12 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Tunisia: 1,689 against 1,645 kWh per kWp.
−12 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tunis: 14 h 29 min against 14 h 41 min.
29°best year-round tilt here; across Tunisia it runs from 29° in Houmt Souk to 31° in Kairouan.
Of the 126 places in Tunisia, Nefta and 2 other places get the most sun (5.54 peak sun hours a day) and Grombalia and one other place the least (4.68); Kellabine ranks joint 30th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.96 kWh a day here, against 3.03 kWh on average in Tunisia. The shortest day lasts 9 h 50 min, +11 min compared with Tunis.
Solar forecast for Kellabine, 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.