Northern Darfur · Sudan · 14.13° N · 25.55° E
Solar position in Mellit
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Mellit — computed for 14.13° N, 25.55° E, 909 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Mellit today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:58 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:23 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:48 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:10 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:39 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:01 | 64.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:24 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:53 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:15 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:40 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:05 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 43 min | |
Sun path diagram for Mellit
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 80.7° at solar noon in Mellit; on the December solstice only 52.4°. 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 | 06:46 | 12:29 | 18:11 | 11 h 26 min | 56.0° |
| February | 06:38 | 12:31 | 18:24 | 11 h 46 min | 65.4° |
| March | 06:21 | 12:25 | 18:28 | 12 h 07 min | 76.2° |
| April | 06:00 | 12:16 | 18:32 | 12 h 31 min | 87.8° |
| May | 05:49 | 12:14 | 18:39 | 12 h 50 min | 83.9° |
| June | 05:50 | 12:19 | 18:48 | 12 h 58 min | 80.7° |
| July | 05:58 | 12:24 | 18:49 | 12 h 50 min | 83.7° |
| August | 06:05 | 12:20 | 18:36 | 12 h 32 min | 87.9° |
| September | 06:06 | 12:10 | 18:14 | 12 h 08 min | 76.5° |
| October | 06:09 | 12:02 | 17:54 | 11 h 45 min | 65.1° |
| November | 06:20 | 12:03 | 17:46 | 11 h 25 min | 55.9° |
| December | 06:37 | 12:15 | 17:54 | 11 h 18 min | 52.4° |
A year of daylight in Mellit
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 Mellit
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
16°collects the most energy over a year: 2013 kWh per kWp.
1°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 | August kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1944 | 97% | 4.92 | 1.2× |
| 1° off-grid best | 1953 | 97% | 4.91 | 1.2× |
| 14° = latitude | 2012 | 100% | 4.74 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 2013 | 100% | 4.72 | 1.3× |
| 16° year-round best | 2013 | 100% | 4.70 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1963 | 98% | 4.27 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1801 | 89% | 3.59 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1539 | 76% | 2.73 | 2.9× |
| 70° | 1322 | 66% | 2.10 | 3.9× |
| 90° | 897 | 45% | 1.15 | 4.2× |
A fixed array in Mellit produces the most over a year at 16°. The design month for an off-grid system is August: at 1° it makes 4.91 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 16°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Mellit at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 16° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 16° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.19 | 6.96 | 5.85 | 5.96 | 18.4 °C |
| February | 6.75 | 6.00 | 4.99 | 6.03 | 21.7 °C |
| March | 7.31 | 4.83 | 3.96 | 6.04 | 24.9 °C |
| April | 7.64 | 3.41 | 2.75 | 5.84 | 27.9 °C |
| May | 7.47 | 2.39 | 1.89 | 5.40 | 30.1 °C |
| June | 7.15 | 1.97 | 1.54 | 5.04 | 30.8 °C |
| July | 6.52 | 2.07 | 1.63 | 4.70 | 29.4 °C |
| August | 6.23 | 2.62 | 2.10 | 4.70 | 27.9 °C |
| September | 6.55 | 3.79 | 3.05 | 5.20 | 28.5 °C |
| October | 6.53 | 5.18 | 4.22 | 5.56 | 27.0 °C |
| November | 6.33 | 6.72 | 5.56 | 5.91 | 22.3 °C |
| December | 5.99 | 7.16 | 6.01 | 5.85 | 18.9 °C |
| Year | 6.72 avg | 4.42 avg | 1322 kWh | 2013 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 770 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 250 Wp at 16°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Mellit
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.
2.3 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 16°
How Mellit compares in Sudan
Against the other 74 places in Sudan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 75 places in Sudan for sunshine: 6.72 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sudan: 2,013 against 1,880 kWh per kWp.
−5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Khartoum: 12 h 58 min against 13 h 03 min.
16°best year-round tilt here; across Sudan it runs from 12° in Abyei to 19° in Atbara.
Mellit gets the most sun of the 75 places in Sudan (6.72 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Port Sudan with 5.78. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.54 kWh a day here, against 1.52 kWh on average in Sudan. The shortest day lasts 11 h 18 min, +5 min compared with Khartoum.
Solar forecast for Mellit, 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.