Niger · 13.51° N · 2.11° E
Solar position in Niamey
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Niamey — computed for 13.51° N, 2.11° E, 206 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Niamey today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:32 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:57 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:22 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:43 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:12 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:35 | 64.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:58 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:27 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:49 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:14 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:39 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 44 min | |
Sun path diagram for Niamey
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 80.1° at solar noon in Niamey; on the December solstice only 53.1°. 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 | 07:19 | 13:02 | 18:46 | 11 h 28 min | 56.7° |
| February | 07:11 | 13:05 | 18:58 | 11 h 47 min | 66.0° |
| March | 06:55 | 12:58 | 19:02 | 12 h 07 min | 76.8° |
| April | 06:35 | 12:50 | 19:05 | 12 h 30 min | 88.4° |
| May | 06:24 | 12:48 | 19:12 | 12 h 48 min | 83.3° |
| June | 06:25 | 12:53 | 19:21 | 12 h 55 min | 80.1° |
| July | 06:33 | 12:58 | 19:22 | 12 h 48 min | 83.1° |
| August | 06:39 | 12:54 | 19:09 | 12 h 30 min | 88.5° |
| September | 06:40 | 12:44 | 18:48 | 12 h 08 min | 77.1° |
| October | 06:43 | 12:36 | 18:29 | 11 h 46 min | 65.7° |
| November | 06:53 | 12:37 | 18:21 | 11 h 27 min | 56.5° |
| December | 07:09 | 12:49 | 18:29 | 11 h 20 min | 53.1° |
A year of daylight in Niamey
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 Niamey
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
15°collects the most energy over a year: 1781 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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1731 | 97% | 4.61 | 1.1× |
| 1° off-grid best | 1737 | 98% | 4.60 | 1.1× |
| 14° = latitude | 1781 | 100% | 4.33 | 1.2× |
| 15° year-round best | 1781 | 100% | 4.30 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1733 | 97% | 3.76 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1589 | 89% | 3.03 | 1.9× |
| 60° | 1361 | 76% | 2.18 | 2.5× |
| 70° | 1174 | 66% | 1.62 | 3.2× |
| 90° | 807 | 45% | 1.18 | 3.6× |
A fixed array in Niamey produces the most over a year at 15°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 1° it makes 4.60 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 15°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Niamey at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 15° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 15° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.67 | 5.89 | 4.87 | 5.18 | 23.1 °C |
| February | 6.19 | 5.23 | 4.26 | 5.30 | 26.7 °C |
| March | 6.50 | 4.30 | 3.44 | 5.21 | 30.5 °C |
| April | 6.56 | 3.23 | 2.54 | 4.94 | 33.8 °C |
| May | 6.44 | 2.40 | 1.86 | 4.66 | 34.3 °C |
| June | 6.12 | 2.08 | 1.62 | 4.40 | 31.9 °C |
| July | 5.88 | 2.06 | 1.62 | 4.30 | 29.3 °C |
| August | 5.66 | 2.44 | 1.95 | 4.31 | 27.4 °C |
| September | 6.06 | 3.49 | 2.82 | 4.82 | 27.9 °C |
| October | 6.08 | 4.71 | 3.80 | 5.08 | 29.1 °C |
| November | 5.87 | 5.84 | 4.75 | 5.23 | 27.0 °C |
| December | 5.57 | 6.24 | 5.13 | 5.18 | 24.0 °C |
| Year | 6.05 avg | 3.99 avg | 1174 kWh | 1781 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 730 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 270 Wp at 15°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Niamey
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 15°
How Niamey compares in Niger
Against the other 41 places in Niger with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
34thof 42 places in Niger for sunshine: 6.05 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Niger: 1,781 against 1,815 kWh per kWp.
−2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with the average place in Niger: 12 h 55 min against 12 h 58 min.
15°best year-round tilt here; across Niger it runs from 13° in Gaya to 19° in Arlit.
Of the 42 places in Niger, Arlit gets the most sun (6.52 peak sun hours a day) and Gaya the least (5.74); Niamey ranks 34th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.62 kWh a day here, against 1.69 kWh on average in Niger. The shortest day lasts 11 h 20 min, +2 min compared with the average.
Solar forecast for Niamey, 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.