Sool · Somalia · 8.48° N · 47.36° E
Solar position in Laascaanood
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Laascaanood — computed for 8.48° N, 47.36° E, 692 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Laascaanood today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:27 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:52 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:17 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:38 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:06 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:34 | 69.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:02 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:30 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:52 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:16 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:41 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 52 min | |
Sun path diagram for Laascaanood
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 75.0° at solar noon in Laascaanood; on the December solstice only 58.1°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 06:10 | 12:01 | 17:53 | 11 h 43 min | 61.7° |
| February | 06:07 | 12:04 | 18:01 | 11 h 54 min | 71.0° |
| March | 05:54 | 11:57 | 18:01 | 12 h 07 min | 81.8° |
| April | 05:38 | 11:49 | 17:59 | 12 h 21 min | 86.6° |
| May | 05:30 | 11:47 | 18:03 | 12 h 32 min | 78.3° |
| June | 05:33 | 11:52 | 18:10 | 12 h 37 min | 75.0° |
| July | 05:40 | 11:57 | 18:13 | 12 h 33 min | 78.0° |
| August | 05:43 | 11:53 | 18:04 | 12 h 21 min | 86.4° |
| September | 05:39 | 11:43 | 17:47 | 12 h 07 min | 82.2° |
| October | 05:38 | 11:35 | 17:32 | 11 h 54 min | 70.8° |
| November | 05:45 | 11:36 | 17:27 | 11 h 42 min | 61.6° |
| December | 05:59 | 11:48 | 17:37 | 11 h 38 min | 58.1° |
A year of daylight in Laascaanood
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 Laascaanood
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
10°collects the most energy over a year: 1953 kWh per kWp.
0°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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1927 | 99% | 4.92 | 1.2× |
| 8° = latitude | 1952 | 100% | 4.70 | 1.3× |
| 10° year-round best | 1953 | 100% | 4.63 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1946 | 100% | 4.45 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1852 | 95% | 3.73 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1650 | 85% | 2.83 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 1360 | 70% | 1.85 | 3.4× |
| 70° | 1135 | 58% | 1.28 | 4.7× |
| 90° | 750 | 38% | 1.09 | 4.1× |
A fixed array in Laascaanood produces the most over a year at 10°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 4.92 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 10°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Laascaanood at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 10° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 10° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.48 | 6.46 | 5.33 | 5.69 | 23.3 °C |
| February | 7.01 | 5.56 | 4.58 | 5.92 | 24.4 °C |
| March | 7.33 | 4.19 | 3.41 | 5.90 | 26.5 °C |
| April | 7.09 | 2.57 | 2.06 | 5.46 | 27.8 °C |
| May | 6.79 | 1.66 | 1.30 | 5.07 | 27.9 °C |
| June | 6.51 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 4.80 | 27.7 °C |
| July | 6.20 | 1.63 | 1.28 | 4.63 | 27.0 °C |
| August | 6.74 | 2.13 | 1.70 | 5.13 | 27.4 °C |
| September | 6.83 | 3.33 | 2.68 | 5.38 | 28.3 °C |
| October | 6.42 | 4.51 | 3.67 | 5.28 | 27.0 °C |
| November | 6.32 | 5.84 | 4.79 | 5.44 | 25.2 °C |
| December | 6.25 | 6.61 | 5.44 | 5.53 | 23.7 °C |
| Year | 6.66 avg | 3.83 avg | 1135 kWh | 1953 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 1,010 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 250 Wp at 10°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Laascaanood
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.
2.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 10°
How Laascaanood compares in Somalia
Against the other 41 places in Somalia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
3rdof 42 places in Somalia for sunshine, shared: 6.66 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Somalia: 1,953 against 1,818 kWh per kWp.
+23 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mogadishu: 12 h 37 min against 12 h 14 min.
10°best year-round tilt here; across Somalia it runs from 0° in Kismayo to 12° in El Dibir.
Of the 42 places in Somalia, Burao gets the most sun (6.74 peak sun hours a day) and Bu’aale the least (5.81); Laascaanood ranks joint 3rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.17 kWh a day here, against 1.13 kWh on average in Somalia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 38 min, −22 min compared with Mogadishu.
Solar forecast for Laascaanood, 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.