Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates · 24.43° N · 54.61° E
Solar position in Khalifah A City
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Khalifah A City — computed for 24.43° N, 54.61° E, 0 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Khalifah A City today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:07 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:33 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:00 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:23 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:54 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:05 | 53.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:16 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:47 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:10 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:37 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:03 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 24 min | |
Sun path diagram for Khalifah A City
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 89.0° at solar noon in Khalifah A City; on the December solstice only 42.2°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 52° 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 | 07:06 | 12:32 | 17:59 | 10 h 52 min | 45.7° |
| February | 06:50 | 12:35 | 18:19 | 11 h 29 min | 55.1° |
| March | 06:24 | 12:28 | 18:33 | 12 h 08 min | 65.9° |
| April | 05:54 | 12:20 | 18:46 | 12 h 51 min | 77.5° |
| May | 05:35 | 12:18 | 19:00 | 13 h 25 min | 85.8° |
| June | 05:33 | 12:23 | 19:12 | 13 h 39 min | 89.0° |
| July | 05:44 | 12:28 | 19:10 | 13 h 26 min | 86.0° |
| August | 05:58 | 12:24 | 18:50 | 12 h 52 min | 77.6° |
| September | 06:09 | 12:14 | 18:19 | 12 h 09 min | 66.2° |
| October | 06:22 | 12:06 | 17:49 | 11 h 28 min | 54.8° |
| November | 06:41 | 12:07 | 17:33 | 10 h 52 min | 45.6° |
| December | 07:00 | 12:19 | 17:38 | 10 h 37 min | 42.2° |
A year of daylight in Khalifah A City
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 Khalifah A City
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
23°collects the most energy over a year: 1806 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 | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1687 | 93% | 3.17 | 1.8× |
| 15° | 1792 | 99% | 3.95 | 1.4× |
| 23° year-round best | 1806 | 100% | 4.27 | 1.2× |
| 24° = latitude | 1806 | 100% | 4.31 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1795 | 99% | 4.49 | 1.2× |
| 32° off-grid best | 1787 | 99% | 4.54 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1695 | 94% | 4.75 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1500 | 83% | 4.72 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1326 | 73% | 4.54 | 2.0× |
| 90° | 918 | 51% | 3.82 | 3.1× |
A fixed array in Khalifah A City produces the most over a year at 23°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 32° it makes 4.54 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 23°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Khalifah A City at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 23° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 23° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.24 | 5.48 | 4.60 | 4.46 | 19.3 °C |
| February | 5.03 | 5.27 | 4.40 | 4.85 | 20.5 °C |
| March | 5.90 | 4.81 | 3.97 | 5.16 | 23.5 °C |
| April | 6.65 | 4.01 | 3.24 | 5.25 | 27.7 °C |
| May | 7.35 | 3.34 | 2.64 | 5.33 | 31.9 °C |
| June | 7.46 | 2.96 | 2.31 | 5.19 | 34.2 °C |
| July | 6.94 | 3.09 | 2.40 | 4.89 | 36.0 °C |
| August | 6.81 | 3.64 | 2.84 | 5.03 | 36.3 °C |
| September | 6.43 | 4.62 | 3.65 | 5.20 | 34.0 °C |
| October | 5.64 | 5.51 | 4.42 | 5.12 | 30.5 °C |
| November | 4.58 | 5.68 | 4.64 | 4.63 | 25.9 °C |
| December | 4.00 | 5.47 | 4.54 | 4.27 | 21.6 °C |
| Year | 5.92 avg | 4.49 avg | 1326 kWh | 1806 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 510 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 280 Wp at 23°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Khalifah A City
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.
3.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.8 mrow pitch at 23°
How Khalifah A City compares in the United Arab Emirates
Against the other 29 places in the United Arab Emirates with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
7thof 30 places in the United Arab Emirates for sunshine: 5.92 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the United Arab Emirates: 1,806 against 1,773 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Dubai: 13 h 39 min against 13 h 42 min.
23°best year-round tilt here; across the United Arab Emirates it runs from 22° in Zayed City to 24° in Ras Al Khaimah.
Of the 30 places in the United Arab Emirates, Zayed City gets the most sun (6.09 peak sun hours a day) and Dibba Al-Fujairah and one other place the least (5.64); Khalifah A City ranks 7th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.31 kWh a day here, against 2.31 kWh on average in the United Arab Emirates. The shortest day lasts 10 h 37 min, +3 min compared with Dubai.
Solar forecast for Khalifah A City, 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.