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Solar position in Malemba-Nkulu

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Malemba-Nkulu — computed for 8.04° S, 26.80° E, 572 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:46102° ESE
Sunset today18:07258° WSW
Best panel angle13°year-round, facing north
Off-grid angle0°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation86.2°
At solar noon, 11:57Open on the sun map

Sun in Malemba-Nkulu today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:35sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0012° below
Civil dawn05:256° below
Sunrise05:46102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:15sun 6° up
Solar noon11:5786.2° high
Golden hour starts17:39sun 6° up
Sunset18:07258° WSW
Civil dusk18:286° below
Nautical dusk18:5312° below
Astronomical dusk19:1818° below
Day length12 h 20 min

Sun path diagram for Malemba-Nkulu

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 solstice7891011121314151617EquinoxDecember solstice6789101112131415161718Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 58.5° at solar noon in Malemba-Nkulu; on the December solstice only 74.6°. 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:0812:2418:3912 h 31 min78.2°
February06:1612:2618:3512 h 19 min87.6°
March06:1612:1918:2312 h 06 min81.6°
April06:1412:1118:0811 h 53 min70.0°
May06:1712:0918:0111 h 43 min61.7°
June06:2412:1418:0411 h 39 min58.5°
July06:2712:1918:1011 h 43 min61.5°
August06:1912:1618:1211 h 53 min69.9°
September06:0312:0518:0812 h 06 min81.3°
October05:4711:5718:0712 h 19 min87.3°
November05:4311:5818:1412 h 31 min78.1°
December05:5212:1018:2812 h 36 min74.6°

A year of daylight in Malemba-Nkulu

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 Malemba-Nkulu

Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

13°collects the most energy over a year: 1601 kWh per kWp.

0°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 13°Best worst-month 0°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJanuary kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0° off-grid best156998%3.911.2×
8° = latitude1597100%3.771.3×
13° year-round best1601100%3.661.4×
15°1600100%3.611.4×
30°154296%3.121.8×
45°139987%2.492.3×
60°118374%1.783.1×
70°101163%1.353.7×
90°69243%1.123.3×

A fixed array in Malemba-Nkulu produces the most over a year at 13°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 0° it makes 3.91 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 13°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Malemba-Nkulu at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 13° (year-round best).

0123456January: 1.35 (70°)1.3JanFebruary: 1.69 (70°)1.7FebMarch: 2.38 (70°)2.4MarApril: 3.38 (70°)3.4AprMay: 4.37 (70°)4.4MayJune: 4.71 (70°)4.7JunJuly: 4.46 (70°)4.5JulAugust: 3.57 (70°)3.6AugSeptember: 2.69 (70°)2.7SepOctober: 1.92 (70°)1.9OctNovember: 1.39 (70°)1.4NovDecember: 1.27 (70°)1.3Dec13°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 13°Mean temp.
January4.871.691.353.6623.3 °C
February5.242.101.694.0423.9 °C
March5.452.922.384.3623.9 °C
April5.714.103.384.8024.0 °C
May5.775.304.375.0824.1 °C
June5.535.694.715.0023.3 °C
July5.535.404.464.9423.7 °C
August5.514.373.574.6626.2 °C
September5.503.332.694.4227.5 °C
October5.362.401.924.1526.0 °C
November5.131.751.393.8624.2 °C
December4.941.591.273.6723.4 °C
Year5.38 avg3.40 avg1011 kWh1601 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 930 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 13°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Malemba-Nkulu

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°

2.3 mrow pitch at 13°

Row spacing calculator

How Malemba-Nkulu compares in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Against the other 113 places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

18thof 114 places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for sunshine, shared: 5.38 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1,602 against 1,465 kWh per kWp.

+13 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kinshasa: 12 h 36 min against 12 h 23 min.

13°best year-round tilt here; across the Democratic Republic of the Congo it runs from 0° in Boende to 17° in Lubumbashi.

Of the 114 places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mokambo gets the most sun (5.73 peak sun hours a day) and Tshela the least (4.07); Malemba-Nkulu ranks joint 18th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.27 kWh a day here, against 1.20 kWh on average in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The shortest day lasts 11 h 39 min, −13 min compared with Kinshasa.

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Solar forecast for Malemba-Nkulu, 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 Malemba-Nkulu

What is the best solar panel angle in Malemba-Nkulu?
For a fixed array facing north, the best year-round tilt in Malemba-Nkulu is 13°, worth about 1601 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through January does better at about 0°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Malemba-Nkulu today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:46 and sets at 18:07 local time (UTC+2), giving 12 h 20 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:57.
How many peak sun hours does Malemba-Nkulu get?
On a flat surface 5.4 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.9 in January to 5.8 in May. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.6 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Malemba-Nkulu?
At solar noon the sun stands 58.5° above the horizon on the June solstice and 74.6° on the December solstice.
Is Malemba-Nkulu a good place for solar panels?
With 5.4 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Malemba-Nkulu ranks joint 18th of 114 places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (13°) makes about 1,602 kWh a year here, 9% more than the average place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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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.