North-West · Cameroon · 6.63° N · 10.67° E
Solar position in Nkambe
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Nkambe — computed for 6.63° N, 10.67° E, 1078 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Nkambe today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:53 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:17 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:42 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:03 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:31 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:01 | 71.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:31 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:59 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:20 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:45 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:09 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 56 min | |
Sun path diagram for Nkambe
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 73.2° at solar noon in Nkambe; on the December solstice only 59.9°. 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 | 06:34 | 12:28 | 18:22 | 11 h 48 min | 63.5° |
| February | 06:32 | 12:30 | 18:29 | 11 h 57 min | 72.9° |
| March | 06:21 | 12:24 | 18:27 | 12 h 07 min | 83.7° |
| April | 06:07 | 12:16 | 18:25 | 12 h 18 min | 84.7° |
| May | 06:00 | 12:13 | 18:27 | 12 h 27 min | 76.4° |
| June | 06:03 | 12:19 | 18:34 | 12 h 31 min | 73.2° |
| July | 06:10 | 12:23 | 18:37 | 12 h 27 min | 76.2° |
| August | 06:11 | 12:20 | 18:29 | 12 h 18 min | 84.6° |
| September | 06:06 | 12:10 | 18:13 | 12 h 07 min | 84.0° |
| October | 06:03 | 12:01 | 18:00 | 11 h 57 min | 72.6° |
| November | 06:09 | 12:03 | 17:57 | 11 h 48 min | 63.4° |
| December | 06:23 | 12:15 | 18:07 | 11 h 44 min | 59.9° |
A year of daylight in Nkambe
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 Nkambe
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
10°collects the most energy over a year: 1549 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 | 1529 | 99% | 3.46 | 1.4× |
| 7° = latitude | 1547 | 100% | 3.36 | 1.5× |
| 10° year-round best | 1549 | 100% | 3.30 | 1.6× |
| 15° | 1545 | 100% | 3.19 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1478 | 95% | 2.76 | 2.0× |
| 45° | 1333 | 86% | 2.21 | 2.5× |
| 60° | 1123 | 73% | 1.60 | 3.2× |
| 70° | 961 | 62% | 1.24 | 3.8× |
| 90° | 668 | 43% | 1.06 | 3.3× |
A fixed array in Nkambe produces the most over a year at 10°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.46 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 10°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Nkambe at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 10° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 10° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.94 | 5.43 | 4.51 | 5.15 | 22.1 °C |
| February | 5.82 | 4.31 | 3.55 | 4.85 | 23.9 °C |
| March | 5.63 | 3.29 | 2.69 | 4.53 | 24.7 °C |
| April | 5.41 | 2.32 | 1.87 | 4.23 | 24.3 °C |
| May | 5.26 | 1.72 | 1.37 | 4.02 | 23.6 °C |
| June | 4.78 | 1.57 | 1.25 | 3.63 | 22.7 °C |
| July | 4.30 | 1.56 | 1.24 | 3.30 | 21.7 °C |
| August | 4.21 | 1.84 | 1.48 | 3.30 | 21.5 °C |
| September | 4.68 | 2.50 | 2.05 | 3.76 | 21.9 °C |
| October | 5.11 | 3.47 | 2.86 | 4.23 | 22.4 °C |
| November | 5.65 | 4.87 | 4.04 | 4.85 | 22.5 °C |
| December | 5.83 | 5.69 | 4.73 | 5.12 | 21.8 °C |
| Year | 5.21 avg | 3.21 avg | 961 kWh | 1549 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 950 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 10°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Nkambe
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.
1.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 10°
How Nkambe compares in Cameroon
Against the other 86 places in Cameroon with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
25thof 87 places in Cameroon for sunshine: 5.21 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Cameroon: 1,549 against 1,454 kWh per kWp.
+9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Douala: 12 h 31 min against 12 h 21 min.
10°best year-round tilt here; across Cameroon it runs from 4° in Ébolowa to 15° in Kousséri.
Of the 87 places in Cameroon, Blangwa gets the most sun (6.11 peak sun hours a day) and Limbe the least (4.17); Nkambe ranks 25th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.24 kWh a day here, against 1.16 kWh on average in Cameroon. The shortest day lasts 11 h 44 min, −9 min compared with Douala.
Solar forecast for Nkambe, 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.