Elazığ · Turkey · 38.72° N · 39.86° E
Solar position in Kovancılar
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kovancılar — computed for 38.72° N, 39.86° E, 971 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Kovancılar today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:09 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:40 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:11 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:38 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:15 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:04 | 39.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:53 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:30 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:57 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:28 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:59 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 52 min | |
Sun path diagram for Kovancılar
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 74.7° at solar noon in Kovancılar; on the December solstice only 27.9°. Sunrise swings from 59° ENE in June to 120° ESE in December — a 61° 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 | 07:34 | 12:31 | 17:29 | 9 h 55 min | 31.4° |
| February | 07:04 | 12:34 | 18:04 | 11 h 00 min | 40.8° |
| March | 06:22 | 12:27 | 18:33 | 12 h 10 min | 51.6° |
| April | 05:36 | 12:19 | 19:02 | 13 h 27 min | 63.2° |
| May | 05:03 | 12:17 | 19:30 | 14 h 27 min | 71.5° |
| June | 04:55 | 12:22 | 19:48 | 14 h 53 min | 74.7° |
| July | 05:12 | 12:26 | 19:41 | 14 h 29 min | 71.7° |
| August | 05:39 | 12:23 | 19:07 | 13 h 28 min | 63.3° |
| September | 06:07 | 12:13 | 18:19 | 12 h 12 min | 51.9° |
| October | 06:35 | 12:04 | 17:34 | 10 h 59 min | 40.5° |
| November | 07:09 | 12:06 | 17:03 | 9 h 54 min | 31.4° |
| December | 07:34 | 12:18 | 17:02 | 9 h 27 min | 27.9° |
A year of daylight in Kovancılar
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 Kovancılar
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
32°collects the most energy over a year: 1654 kWh per kWp.
66°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° | 1444 | 87% | 1.53 | 4.2× |
| 15° | 1595 | 96% | 2.14 | 3.0× |
| 30° | 1654 | 100% | 2.64 | 2.3× |
| 32° year-round best | 1654 | 100% | 2.69 | 2.2× |
| 39° = latitude | 1643 | 99% | 2.86 | 2.0× |
| 45° | 1617 | 98% | 2.97 | 1.9× |
| 60° | 1490 | 90% | 3.14 | 1.7× |
| 66° off-grid best | 1415 | 86% | 3.15 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1358 | 82% | 3.14 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 1008 | 61% | 2.91 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Kovancılar produces the most over a year at 32°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 66° it makes 3.15 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 32°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Kovancılar at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 32° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 32° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.04 | 3.59 | 3.28 | 2.82 | -3.1 °C |
| February snow | 2.93 | 3.99 | 3.61 | 3.51 | -1.0 °C |
| March | 4.05 | 4.18 | 3.72 | 4.22 | 4.1 °C |
| April | 5.19 | 4.08 | 3.55 | 4.68 | 9.2 °C |
| May | 6.49 | 4.02 | 3.42 | 5.24 | 14.7 °C |
| June | 7.90 | 4.07 | 3.38 | 5.83 | 20.8 °C |
| July | 7.97 | 4.30 | 3.50 | 5.89 | 25.3 °C |
| August | 7.14 | 4.95 | 4.04 | 5.83 | 25.7 °C |
| September | 5.82 | 5.70 | 4.75 | 5.64 | 20.5 °C |
| October | 3.87 | 5.04 | 4.33 | 4.42 | 13.7 °C |
| November | 2.59 | 4.43 | 3.93 | 3.57 | 5.4 °C |
| December snow | 1.86 | 3.47 | 3.14 | 2.69 | -0.6 °C |
| Year | 4.83 avg | 4.32 avg | 1358 kWh | 1654 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 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 440 Wp at 32°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Kovancılar
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.
4.8 mrow pitch at 70°
4.0 mrow pitch at 32°
How Kovancılar compares in Turkey
Against the other 415 places in Turkey with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
165thof 416 places in Turkey for sunshine, shared: 4.83 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Turkey: 1,654 against 1,567 kWh per kWp.
−15 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Istanbul: 14 h 53 min against 15 h 08 min.
32°best year-round tilt here; across Turkey it runs from 29° in Antakya to 36° in Ardahan.
Of the 416 places in Turkey, Sarigerme and 2 other places get the most sun (5.11 peak sun hours a day) and Hopa the least (3.80); Kovancılar ranks joint 165th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.14 kWh a day here, against 2.84 kWh on average in Turkey. The shortest day lasts 9 h 27 min, +14 min compared with Istanbul.
Solar forecast for Kovancılar, 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.