Guadalcanal Province · Solomon Islands · 9.42° S · 160.05° E
Solar position in Malango
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Malango — computed for 9.42° S, 160.05° E, 1 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Malango today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+11
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:40 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:05 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:30 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:52 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:20 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:03 | 87.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:47 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:15 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:37 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:02 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:27 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 23 min | |
Sun path diagram for Malango
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 57.1° at solar noon in Malango; on the December solstice only 76.0°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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 | 06:13 | 12:30 | 18:48 | 12 h 35 min | 79.5° |
| February | 06:22 | 12:33 | 18:43 | 12 h 21 min | 88.8° |
| March | 06:23 | 12:27 | 18:30 | 12 h 06 min | 80.4° |
| April | 06:23 | 12:18 | 18:13 | 11 h 51 min | 68.8° |
| May | 06:26 | 12:16 | 18:05 | 11 h 39 min | 60.4° |
| June | 06:34 | 12:21 | 18:08 | 11 h 34 min | 57.1° |
| July | 06:36 | 12:26 | 18:15 | 11 h 39 min | 60.1° |
| August | 06:27 | 12:23 | 18:18 | 11 h 50 min | 68.4° |
| September | 06:10 | 12:13 | 18:15 | 12 h 06 min | 79.8° |
| October | 05:54 | 12:04 | 18:15 | 12 h 21 min | 88.8° |
| November | 05:48 | 12:05 | 18:22 | 12 h 35 min | 79.6° |
| December | 05:57 | 12:17 | 18:37 | 12 h 41 min | 76.0° |
A year of daylight in Malango
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 Malango
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
8°collects the most energy over a year: 1452 kWh per kWp.
24°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° | 1439 | 99% | 3.12 | 1.4× |
| 8° year-round best | 1452 | 100% | 3.32 | 1.3× |
| 9° = latitude | 1451 | 100% | 3.34 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1444 | 99% | 3.45 | 1.2× |
| 24° off-grid best | 1409 | 97% | 3.56 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1369 | 94% | 3.59 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1220 | 84% | 3.53 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1010 | 70% | 3.27 | 2.1× |
| 70° | 849 | 58% | 2.99 | 2.7× |
| 90° | 574 | 40% | 2.23 | 2.4× |
A fixed array in Malango produces the most over a year at 8°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 24° it makes 3.56 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 8°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Malango at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 8° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 8° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.34 | 1.64 | 1.28 | 4.05 | 28.2 °C |
| February | 5.36 | 2.19 | 1.73 | 4.15 | 28.1 °C |
| March | 5.28 | 2.89 | 2.32 | 4.19 | 28.1 °C |
| April | 4.98 | 3.65 | 2.95 | 4.06 | 28.1 °C |
| May | 4.51 | 4.04 | 3.27 | 3.76 | 28.1 °C |
| June | 4.08 | 3.98 | 3.23 | 3.43 | 27.9 °C |
| July | 3.98 | 3.69 | 2.99 | 3.32 | 27.4 °C |
| August | 4.53 | 3.64 | 2.95 | 3.74 | 27.3 °C |
| September | 5.15 | 3.20 | 2.58 | 4.14 | 27.6 °C |
| October | 5.53 | 2.44 | 1.95 | 4.33 | 27.7 °C |
| November | 5.66 | 1.79 | 1.40 | 4.33 | 28.0 °C |
| December | 5.62 | 1.56 | 1.21 | 4.23 | 28.3 °C |
| Year | 5.00 avg | 2.90 avg | 849 kWh | 1452 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 970 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 350 Wp at 8°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Malango
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.
2.1 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 8°
How Malango compares in the Solomon Islands
Against the other 2 places in the Solomon Islands with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
3rdof 3 places in the Solomon Islands for sunshine: 5.00 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Solomon Islands: 1,452 against 1,455 kWh per kWp.
±0 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Honiara: 12 h 41 min against 12 h 41 min.
8°best year-round tilt here, the same everywhere in the Solomon Islands.
Malango gets the least sun of the 3 places in the Solomon Islands (5.00 peak sun hours a day); the sunniest are Tandai and one other place with 5.02. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.21 kWh a day here, against 1.22 kWh on average in the Solomon Islands. The shortest day lasts 11 h 34 min, ±0 min compared with Honiara.
Solar forecast for Malango, 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.