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Medina Region · Saudi Arabia · 23.50° N · 40.88° E

Solar position in Mahd adh Dhahab

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Mahd adh Dhahab — computed for 23.50° N, 40.88° E, 1039 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:17102° ESE
Sunset today17:43257° WSW
Best panel angle22°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle30°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation54.7°
At solar noon, 12:00Open on the sun map

Sun in Mahd adh Dhahab today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:01sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:2812° below
Civil dawn05:546° below
Sunrise06:17102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:48sun 6° up
Solar noon12:0054.7° high
Golden hour starts17:12sun 6° up
Sunset17:43257° WSW
Civil dusk18:066° below
Nautical dusk18:3212° below
Astronomical dusk18:5918° below
Day length11 h 26 min

Sun path diagram for Mahd adh Dhahab

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice6789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 89.9° at solar noon in Mahd adh Dhahab; on the December solstice only 43.1°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 51° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:0012:2717:5510 h 56 min46.7°
February06:4512:3018:1511 h 30 min56.0°
March06:1912:2318:2712 h 08 min66.8°
April05:5012:1518:4012 h 49 min78.4°
May05:3212:1318:5313 h 22 min86.7°
June05:3012:1819:0513 h 35 min89.9°
July05:4112:2219:0413 h 22 min86.9°
August05:5412:1918:4412 h 50 min78.5°
September06:0412:0918:1412 h 09 min67.1°
October06:1612:0017:4511 h 29 min55.8°
November06:3412:0217:2910 h 55 min46.6°
December06:5312:1417:3510 h 41 min43.1°

A year of daylight in Mahd adh Dhahab

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Mahd adh Dhahab

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

22°collects the most energy over a year: 1906 kWh per kWp.

30°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 22°Best worst-month 30°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°178694%3.451.8×
15°189399%4.321.3×
22° year-round best1906100%4.641.2×
23° = latitude1905100%4.681.2×
30° off-grid best189099%4.921.1×
45°177793%5.211.4×
60°156382%5.191.8×
70°137472%4.992.4×
90°94249%4.193.9×

A fixed array in Mahd adh Dhahab produces the most over a year at 22°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 30° it makes 4.92 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 22°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Mahd adh Dhahab at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 22° (year-round best).

0123456January: 5.07 (70°)5.1JanFebruary: 4.85 (70°)4.8FebMarch: 4.28 (70°)4.3MarApril: 3.24 (70°)3.2AprMay: 2.51 (70°)2.5MayJune: 2.11 (70°)2.1JunJuly: 2.24 (70°)2.2JulAugust: 2.79 (70°)2.8AugSeptember: 3.67 (70°)3.7SepOctober: 4.61 (70°)4.6OctNovember: 4.88 (70°)4.9NovDecember: 4.99 (70°)5.0Dec22°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 22°Mean temp.
January4.565.965.074.8616.0 °C
February5.455.754.855.3118.4 °C
March6.385.154.285.6221.9 °C
April6.893.983.245.4526.0 °C
May7.283.162.515.3030.3 °C
June7.822.702.115.3832.9 °C
July7.622.862.245.3233.3 °C
August7.043.542.795.2333.8 °C
September6.564.613.675.3332.1 °C
October5.855.674.615.3627.1 °C
November4.755.884.884.8521.7 °C
December4.285.914.994.6417.7 °C
Year6.21 avg4.59 avg1374 kWh1906 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 560 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 250 Wp at 22°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Mahd adh Dhahab

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.

2.9 mrow pitch at 70°

2.8 mrow pitch at 22°

Row spacing calculator

How Mahd adh Dhahab compares in Saudi Arabia

Against the other 95 places in Saudi Arabia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

30thof 96 places in Saudi Arabia for sunshine, shared: 6.21 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Saudi Arabia: 1,906 against 1,871 kWh per kWp.

+8 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Jeddah: 13 h 35 min against 13 h 27 min.

22°best year-round tilt here; across Saudi Arabia it runs from 17° in Şabyā to 28° in Ţurayf.

Of the 96 places in Saudi Arabia, Al Mash‘ilīyah gets the most sun (6.60 peak sun hours a day) and Al Khafjī the least (5.24); Mahd adh Dhahab ranks joint 30th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.11 kWh a day here, against 2.26 kWh on average in Saudi Arabia. The shortest day lasts 10 h 41 min, −8 min compared with Jeddah.

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Solar forecast for Mahd adh Dhahab, 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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Questions about the sun in Mahd adh Dhahab

What is the best solar panel angle in Mahd adh Dhahab?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Mahd adh Dhahab is 22°, worth about 1906 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 30°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Mahd adh Dhahab today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:17 and sets at 17:43 local time (UTC+3), giving 11 h 26 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:00.
How many peak sun hours does Mahd adh Dhahab get?
On a flat surface 6.2 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.3 in December to 7.8 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.7 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Mahd adh Dhahab?
At solar noon the sun stands 89.9° above the horizon on the June solstice and 43.1° on the December solstice.
Is Mahd adh Dhahab a good place for solar panels?
With 6.2 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Mahd adh Dhahab ranks joint 30th of 96 places in Saudi Arabia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (22°) makes about 1,906 kWh a year here, 2% more than the average place in Saudi Arabia.

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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.