Oman · 23.58° N · 58.41° E
Solar position in Muscat
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Muscat — computed for 23.58° N, 58.41° E, 14 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Muscat today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:51 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:18 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:44 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:07 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:38 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:50 | 54.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:02 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:33 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:56 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:22 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:49 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 26 min | |
Sun path diagram for Muscat
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 89.9° at solar noon in Muscat; on the December solstice only 43.0°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 51° 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 | 06:50 | 12:17 | 17:45 | 10 h 55 min | 46.6° |
| February | 06:35 | 12:20 | 18:05 | 11 h 30 min | 55.9° |
| March | 06:09 | 12:13 | 18:17 | 12 h 08 min | 66.7° |
| April | 05:40 | 12:05 | 18:30 | 12 h 50 min | 78.3° |
| May | 05:22 | 12:02 | 18:44 | 13 h 22 min | 86.6° |
| June | 05:20 | 12:08 | 18:55 | 13 h 35 min | 89.9° |
| July | 05:31 | 12:12 | 18:54 | 13 h 23 min | 86.9° |
| August | 05:44 | 12:09 | 18:34 | 12 h 50 min | 78.5° |
| September | 05:54 | 11:59 | 18:04 | 12 h 09 min | 67.1° |
| October | 06:06 | 11:50 | 17:35 | 11 h 29 min | 55.7° |
| November | 06:24 | 11:52 | 17:19 | 10 h 55 min | 46.5° |
| December | 06:43 | 12:04 | 17:24 | 10 h 41 min | 43.0° |
A year of daylight in Muscat
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 Muscat
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: 1812 kWh per kWp.
27°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° | 1689 | 93% | 3.29 | 1.7× |
| 15° | 1797 | 99% | 4.12 | 1.3× |
| 23° year-round best | 1812 | 100% | 4.46 | 1.2× |
| 24° = latitude | 1812 | 100% | 4.49 | 1.2× |
| 27° off-grid best | 1809 | 100% | 4.60 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1801 | 99% | 4.69 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1701 | 94% | 4.97 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1505 | 83% | 4.94 | 1.8× |
| 70° | 1328 | 73% | 4.75 | 2.2× |
| 90° | 919 | 51% | 3.99 | 3.4× |
A fixed array in Muscat produces the most over a year at 23°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 27° it makes 4.60 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 23°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Muscat 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 | 4.38 | 5.71 | 4.78 | 4.63 | 20.1 °C |
| February | 5.21 | 5.48 | 4.56 | 5.03 | 21.5 °C |
| March | 6.10 | 4.93 | 4.05 | 5.33 | 24.5 °C |
| April | 6.75 | 3.94 | 3.17 | 5.28 | 28.8 °C |
| May | 7.33 | 3.15 | 2.48 | 5.24 | 33.0 °C |
| June | 7.17 | 2.76 | 2.15 | 4.96 | 34.3 °C |
| July | 6.64 | 2.94 | 2.30 | 4.70 | 34.1 °C |
| August | 6.53 | 3.45 | 2.72 | 4.87 | 33.1 °C |
| September | 6.31 | 4.45 | 3.55 | 5.13 | 31.6 °C |
| October | 5.68 | 5.49 | 4.43 | 5.18 | 29.1 °C |
| November | 4.70 | 5.85 | 4.80 | 4.79 | 25.0 °C |
| December | 4.14 | 5.72 | 4.75 | 4.46 | 21.6 °C |
| Year | 5.91 avg | 4.48 avg | 1328 kWh | 1812 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 550 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 260 Wp at 23°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Muscat
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.
2.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.8 mrow pitch at 23°
How Muscat compares in Oman
Against the other 25 places in Oman with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
20thof 26 places in Oman for sunshine, shared: 5.91 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Oman: 1,812 against 1,840 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with the average place in Oman: 13 h 35 min against 13 h 34 min.
23°best year-round tilt here; across Oman it runs from 19° in Şalālah to 24° in Şaḩam.
Of the 26 places in Oman, Adam gets the most sun (6.24 peak sun hours a day) and Khasab the least (5.71); Muscat ranks joint 20th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.15 kWh a day here, against 2.15 kWh on average in Oman. The shortest day lasts 10 h 41 min, −1 min compared with the average.
Solar forecast for Muscat, 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.