Nakhchivan · Azerbaijan · 39.12° N · 45.46° E
Solar position in Nehram
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Nehram — computed for 39.12° N, 45.46° E, 825 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Nehram today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:48 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:19 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:50 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:17 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:54 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:42 | 38.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:29 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:06 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:33 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:04 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:35 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 48 min | |
Sun path diagram for Nehram
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 74.3° at solar noon in Nehram; on the December solstice only 27.5°. Sunrise swings from 58° ENE in June to 120° ESE in December — a 62° 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 | 08:13 | 13:09 | 18:06 | 9 h 53 min | 31.0° |
| February | 07:42 | 13:11 | 18:41 | 10 h 59 min | 40.4° |
| March | 07:00 | 13:05 | 19:10 | 12 h 10 min | 51.2° |
| April | 06:13 | 12:56 | 19:41 | 13 h 28 min | 62.8° |
| May | 05:40 | 12:54 | 20:09 | 14 h 29 min | 71.1° |
| June | 05:32 | 12:59 | 20:27 | 14 h 55 min | 74.3° |
| July | 05:49 | 13:04 | 20:19 | 14 h 31 min | 71.3° |
| August | 06:16 | 13:01 | 19:45 | 13 h 29 min | 62.9° |
| September | 06:44 | 12:51 | 18:57 | 12 h 13 min | 51.5° |
| October | 07:13 | 12:42 | 18:11 | 10 h 58 min | 40.1° |
| November | 07:47 | 12:43 | 17:39 | 9 h 52 min | 31.0° |
| December | 08:13 | 12:56 | 17:38 | 9 h 25 min | 27.5° |
A year of daylight in Nehram
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 Nehram
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
33°collects the most energy over a year: 1653 kWh per kWp.
65°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° | 1430 | 87% | 1.63 | 3.8× |
| 15° | 1586 | 96% | 2.26 | 2.7× |
| 30° | 1651 | 100% | 2.77 | 2.1× |
| 33° year-round best | 1653 | 100% | 2.86 | 2.0× |
| 39° = latitude | 1645 | 100% | 3.00 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1623 | 98% | 3.12 | 1.7× |
| 60° | 1503 | 91% | 3.29 | 1.5× |
| 65° off-grid best | 1445 | 87% | 3.30 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1378 | 83% | 3.29 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 1038 | 63% | 3.05 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Nehram produces the most over a year at 33°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 65° it makes 3.30 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 33°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Nehram at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 33° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 33° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.41 | 4.23 | 3.88 | 3.36 | -3.6 °C |
| February snow | 3.34 | 4.64 | 4.22 | 4.09 | -1.3 °C |
| March | 3.97 | 4.12 | 3.66 | 4.15 | 3.6 °C |
| April | 4.98 | 3.95 | 3.44 | 4.50 | 8.4 °C |
| May | 6.31 | 3.97 | 3.38 | 5.10 | 13.9 °C |
| June | 7.62 | 4.05 | 3.38 | 5.67 | 19.4 °C |
| July | 7.52 | 4.24 | 3.49 | 5.66 | 22.4 °C |
| August | 6.87 | 4.85 | 4.01 | 5.69 | 22.2 °C |
| September | 5.60 | 5.49 | 4.62 | 5.48 | 18.0 °C |
| October | 3.75 | 4.86 | 4.20 | 4.32 | 11.4 °C |
| November | 2.52 | 4.20 | 3.75 | 3.45 | 3.5 °C |
| December snow | 1.96 | 3.62 | 3.29 | 2.86 | -1.6 °C |
| Year | 4.74 avg | 4.35 avg | 1378 kWh | 1653 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 360 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 410 Wp at 33°. The steep array is 13% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Nehram
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.
4.8 mrow pitch at 70°
4.1 mrow pitch at 33°
How Nehram compares in Azerbaijan
Against the other 64 places in Azerbaijan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 65 places in Azerbaijan for sunshine: 4.74 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+21%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Azerbaijan: 1,653 against 1,366 kWh per kWp.
−8 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Baku: 14 h 55 min against 15 h 03 min.
33°best year-round tilt here; across Azerbaijan it runs from 30° in Baku to 35° in Sheki.
Nehram gets the most sun of the 65 places in Azerbaijan (4.74 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny are Quba and one other place with 3.72. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.29 kWh a day here, against 2.54 kWh on average in Azerbaijan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 25 min, +8 min compared with Baku.
Solar forecast for Nehram, 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.