Bahrain · 26.23° N · 50.59° E
Solar position in Manama
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Manama — computed for 26.23° N, 50.59° E, 12 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Manama today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:24 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:50 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:18 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:41 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:13 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:21 | 52.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:30 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:01 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:25 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 17:52 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:19 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 20 min | |
Sun path diagram for Manama
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 87.2° at solar noon in Manama; on the December solstice only 40.4°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 53° 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 | 06:25 | 11:49 | 17:12 | 10 h 46 min | 43.9° |
| February | 06:08 | 11:51 | 17:34 | 11 h 26 min | 53.3° |
| March | 05:40 | 11:44 | 17:49 | 12 h 08 min | 64.1° |
| April | 05:08 | 11:36 | 18:04 | 12 h 55 min | 75.7° |
| May | 04:48 | 11:34 | 18:20 | 13 h 32 min | 84.0° |
| June | 04:45 | 11:39 | 18:32 | 13 h 47 min | 87.2° |
| July | 04:57 | 11:44 | 18:30 | 13 h 33 min | 84.2° |
| August | 05:12 | 11:40 | 18:08 | 12 h 56 min | 75.8° |
| September | 05:25 | 11:30 | 17:35 | 12 h 10 min | 64.4° |
| October | 05:39 | 11:22 | 17:04 | 11 h 25 min | 53.0° |
| November | 06:00 | 11:23 | 16:46 | 10 h 46 min | 43.8° |
| December | 06:20 | 11:35 | 16:50 | 10 h 30 min | 40.4° |
A year of daylight in Manama
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 Manama
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
23°collects the most energy over a year: 1650 kWh per kWp.
43°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° | 1545 | 94% | 2.75 | 2.0× |
| 15° | 1638 | 99% | 3.40 | 1.6× |
| 23° year-round best | 1650 | 100% | 3.67 | 1.4× |
| 26° = latitude | 1648 | 100% | 3.75 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1639 | 99% | 3.85 | 1.3× |
| 43° off-grid best | 1567 | 95% | 4.05 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1550 | 94% | 4.07 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1377 | 83% | 4.05 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1221 | 74% | 3.90 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 853 | 52% | 3.29 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Manama produces the most over a year at 23°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 43° it makes 4.05 kWh per kWp a day, 10% more than at 23°, and costs 5% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Manama at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 23° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 23° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.65 | 4.62 | 3.91 | 3.81 | 17.3 °C |
| February | 4.37 | 4.54 | 3.83 | 4.21 | 18.2 °C |
| March | 5.21 | 4.32 | 3.59 | 4.59 | 21.4 °C |
| April | 5.82 | 3.73 | 3.03 | 4.66 | 25.7 °C |
| May | 6.70 | 3.37 | 2.68 | 4.97 | 30.7 °C |
| June | 7.21 | 3.11 | 2.44 | 5.10 | 33.6 °C |
| July | 6.85 | 3.19 | 2.48 | 4.89 | 35.3 °C |
| August | 6.56 | 3.68 | 2.88 | 4.91 | 35.5 °C |
| September | 6.05 | 4.51 | 3.56 | 4.94 | 33.6 °C |
| October | 5.08 | 4.99 | 4.00 | 4.60 | 30.2 °C |
| November | 3.87 | 4.70 | 3.86 | 3.87 | 24.7 °C |
| December | 3.45 | 4.65 | 3.90 | 3.67 | 19.6 °C |
| Year | 5.41 avg | 4.11 avg | 1221 kWh | 1650 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 480 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 23°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Manama
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.
3.2 mrow pitch at 70°
2.9 mrow pitch at 23°
How Manama compares in Bahrain
Against the other 7 places in Bahrain with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
6thof 8 places in Bahrain for sunshine, shared: 5.41 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Bahrain: 1,650 against 1,661 kWh per kWp.
±0 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Al Muharraq: 13 h 47 min against 13 h 47 min.
23°best year-round tilt here, the same everywhere in Bahrain.
Of the 8 places in Bahrain, Dār Kulayb gets the most sun (5.50 peak sun hours a day) and Al Muharraq the least (5.39); Manama ranks joint 6th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.44 kWh a day here, against 2.44 kWh on average in Bahrain. The shortest day lasts 10 h 30 min, ±0 min compared with Al Muharraq.
Solar forecast for Manama, 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.