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Baladiyat ar Rayyan · Qatar · 25.26° N · 51.40° E

Solar position in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid — computed for 25.26° N, 51.40° E, 24 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:37103° ESE
Sunset today16:58257° WSW
Best panel angle22°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle43°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation52.6°
At solar noon, 11:18Open on the sun map

Sun in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid today

Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:20sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:4712° below
Civil dawn05:146° below
Sunrise05:37103° ESE
Golden hour ends06:09sun 6° up
Solar noon11:1852.6° high
Golden hour starts16:27sun 6° up
Sunset16:58257° WSW
Civil dusk17:226° below
Nautical dusk17:4912° below
Astronomical dusk18:1518° below
Day length11 h 21 min

Sun path diagram for Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid

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 solstice56789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice78910111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 88.2° at solar noon in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid; on the December solstice only 41.3°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 52° 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
January06:2111:4517:1010 h 50 min44.9°
February06:0411:4817:3111 h 27 min54.2°
March05:3711:4117:4512 h 08 min65.0°
April05:0611:3317:5912 h 53 min76.7°
May04:4711:3118:1513 h 28 min85.0°
June04:4411:3618:2713 h 43 min88.2°
July04:5611:4018:2513 h 29 min85.2°
August05:1011:3718:0412 h 54 min76.8°
September05:2211:2717:3212 h 10 min65.4°
October05:3511:1817:0211 h 26 min54.0°
November05:5511:2016:4410 h 49 min44.8°
December06:1511:3216:4910 h 34 min41.3°

A year of daylight in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid

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 Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid

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: 1645 kWh per kWp.

43°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

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 43°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°155094%2.792.0×
15°163599%3.401.5×
22° year-round best1645100%3.611.4×
25° = latitude1642100%3.691.3×
30°163199%3.811.3×
43° off-grid best155595%3.981.2×
45°153893%3.991.2×
60°136283%3.941.4×
70°120573%3.781.6×
90°84151%3.182.4×

A fixed array in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid produces the most over a year at 22°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 43° it makes 3.98 kWh per kWp a day, 10% more than at 22°, and costs 5% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid at 70°

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

0123456January: 3.85 (70°)3.8JanFebruary: 3.83 (70°)3.8FebMarch: 3.59 (70°)3.6MarApril: 3.00 (70°)3.0AprMay: 2.66 (70°)2.7MayJune: 2.42 (70°)2.4JunJuly: 2.45 (70°)2.4JulAugust: 2.83 (70°)2.8AugSeptember: 3.49 (70°)3.5SepOctober: 3.94 (70°)3.9OctNovember: 3.82 (70°)3.8NovDecember: 3.78 (70°)3.8Dec22°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 22°Mean temp.
January3.734.563.853.8018.1 °C
February4.504.563.834.2618.9 °C
March5.324.333.594.6422.1 °C
April5.863.703.004.6726.4 °C
May6.713.362.664.9731.3 °C
June7.123.092.425.0733.7 °C
July6.743.142.454.8335.4 °C
August6.503.622.834.8635.7 °C
September6.044.423.494.8933.9 °C
October5.134.913.944.5830.5 °C
November3.974.663.823.8825.5 °C
December3.514.533.783.6120.5 °C
Year5.43 avg4.07 avg1205 kWh1645 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 490 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 330 Wp at 22°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid

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.

3.1 mrow pitch at 70°

2.8 mrow pitch at 22°

Row spacing calculator

How Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid compares in Qatar

Against the other 9 places in Qatar with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

3rdof 10 places in Qatar for sunshine: 5.43 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Qatar: 1,645 against 1,627 kWh per kWp.

±0 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Doha: 13 h 43 min against 13 h 43 min.

22°best year-round tilt here; across Qatar it runs from 21° in Lusail to 22° in Doha.

Of the 10 places in Qatar, Umm Ghuwaylīnah gets the most sun (5.46 peak sun hours a day) and Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin the least (5.29); Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid ranks 3rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.42 kWh a day here, against 2.42 kWh on average in Qatar. The shortest day lasts 10 h 34 min, ±0 min compared with Doha.

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Solar forecast for Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid, 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 Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid

What is the best solar panel angle in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid is 22°, worth about 1645 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 43°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid today?
On 25 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:37 and sets at 16:58 local time (UTC+3), giving 11 h 21 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:18.
How many peak sun hours does Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid get?
On a flat surface 5.4 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.5 in December to 7.1 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 3.1 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid?
At solar noon the sun stands 88.2° above the horizon on the June solstice and 41.3° on the December solstice.
Is Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid a good place for solar panels?
With 5.4 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat Rāshid ranks 3rd of 10 places in Qatar for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (22°) makes about 1,645 kWh a year here, 1% more than the average place in Qatar.

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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.