Bamingui-Bangoran · Central African Republic · 8.41° N · 20.65° E
Solar position in Ndélé
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ndélé — computed for 8.41° N, 20.65° E, 514 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ndélé today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:14 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:39 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:03 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:25 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 05:53 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:21 | 69.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:49 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:17 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:39 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:03 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:28 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 53 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ndélé
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 75.0° at solar noon in Ndélé; on the December solstice only 58.2°. 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.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:57 | 11:48 | 17:40 | 11 h 43 min | 61.7° |
| February | 05:53 | 11:51 | 17:48 | 11 h 54 min | 71.1° |
| March | 05:41 | 11:44 | 17:48 | 12 h 07 min | 81.9° |
| April | 05:25 | 11:36 | 17:46 | 12 h 21 min | 86.5° |
| May | 05:17 | 11:33 | 17:50 | 12 h 32 min | 78.2° |
| June | 05:20 | 11:39 | 17:57 | 12 h 37 min | 75.0° |
| July | 05:27 | 11:43 | 18:00 | 12 h 32 min | 78.0° |
| August | 05:29 | 11:40 | 17:51 | 12 h 21 min | 86.4° |
| September | 05:26 | 11:30 | 17:34 | 12 h 07 min | 82.2° |
| October | 05:25 | 11:21 | 17:18 | 11 h 54 min | 70.8° |
| November | 05:31 | 11:23 | 17:14 | 11 h 43 min | 61.6° |
| December | 05:46 | 11:35 | 17:24 | 11 h 38 min | 58.2° |
A year of daylight in Ndélé
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 Ndélé
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
12°collects the most energy over a year: 1671 kWh per kWp.
0°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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1640 | 98% | 3.91 | 1.3× |
| 8° = latitude | 1667 | 100% | 3.77 | 1.4× |
| 12° year-round best | 1671 | 100% | 3.67 | 1.5× |
| 15° | 1669 | 100% | 3.59 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1604 | 96% | 3.09 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1451 | 87% | 2.44 | 2.4× |
| 60° | 1222 | 73% | 1.72 | 3.3× |
| 70° | 1042 | 62% | 1.28 | 4.1× |
| 90° | 714 | 43% | 1.07 | 3.6× |
A fixed array in Ndélé produces the most over a year at 12°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.91 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 12°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ndélé at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 12° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 12° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.17 | 6.03 | 4.90 | 5.38 | 27.3 °C |
| February | 6.28 | 4.87 | 3.91 | 5.18 | 30.5 °C |
| March | 6.23 | 3.69 | 2.94 | 4.91 | 31.8 °C |
| April | 6.13 | 2.54 | 2.00 | 4.64 | 31.3 °C |
| May | 5.78 | 1.78 | 1.39 | 4.27 | 29.3 °C |
| June | 5.28 | 1.58 | 1.24 | 3.89 | 27.0 °C |
| July | 4.91 | 1.63 | 1.28 | 3.67 | 25.6 °C |
| August | 4.81 | 1.99 | 1.59 | 3.70 | 24.8 °C |
| September | 5.29 | 2.82 | 2.29 | 4.21 | 25.1 °C |
| October | 5.56 | 3.89 | 3.18 | 4.59 | 25.8 °C |
| November | 6.02 | 5.51 | 4.51 | 5.23 | 25.8 °C |
| December | 5.97 | 6.21 | 5.08 | 5.31 | 25.8 °C |
| Year | 5.70 avg | 3.54 avg | 1042 kWh | 1671 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 950 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 12°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ndélé
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°
2.2 mrow pitch at 12°
How Ndélé compares in the Central African Republic
Against the other 32 places in the Central African Republic with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 33 places in the Central African Republic for sunshine: 5.70 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Central African Republic: 1,671 against 1,550 kWh per kWp.
+14 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bangui: 12 h 37 min against 12 h 23 min.
12°best year-round tilt here; across the Central African Republic it runs from 6° in Bimbo to 12° in Ndélé.
Ndélé gets the most sun of the 33 places in the Central African Republic (5.70 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Nola with 4.89. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.24 kWh a day here, against 1.19 kWh on average in the Central African Republic. The shortest day lasts 11 h 38 min, −14 min compared with Bangui.
Solar forecast for Ndélé, 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.