Hanoi · Vietnam · 21.02° N · 105.82° E
Solar position in Ô Chợ Dừa
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ô Chợ Dừa — computed for 21.02° N, 105.82° E, 16 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ô Chợ Dừa today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+7
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:41 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:07 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:33 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:55 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:26 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:40 | 56.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:55 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:25 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:48 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:14 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:40 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 29 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ô Chợ Dừa
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 87.6° at solar noon in Ô Chợ Dừa; on the December solstice only 45.6°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 50° 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 | 06:36 | 12:08 | 17:39 | 11 h 04 min | 49.1° |
| February | 06:23 | 12:10 | 17:57 | 11 h 34 min | 58.4° |
| March | 06:00 | 12:04 | 18:07 | 12 h 08 min | 69.2° |
| April | 05:33 | 11:55 | 18:17 | 12 h 44 min | 80.8° |
| May | 05:17 | 11:53 | 18:29 | 13 h 13 min | 89.2° |
| June | 05:16 | 11:58 | 18:40 | 13 h 25 min | 87.6° |
| July | 05:26 | 12:03 | 18:39 | 13 h 14 min | 89.4° |
| August | 05:37 | 11:59 | 18:22 | 12 h 45 min | 81.1° |
| September | 05:45 | 11:49 | 17:54 | 12 h 09 min | 69.7° |
| October | 05:54 | 11:41 | 17:28 | 11 h 34 min | 58.3° |
| November | 06:10 | 11:42 | 17:14 | 11 h 04 min | 49.1° |
| December | 06:28 | 11:54 | 17:20 | 10 h 51 min | 45.6° |
A year of daylight in Ô Chợ Dừa
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 Ô Chợ Dừa
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: 1128 kWh per kWp.
38°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 | January kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1097 | 97% | 1.87 | 2.1× |
| 15° year-round best | 1128 | 100% | 2.09 | 1.8× |
| 21° = latitude | 1124 | 100% | 2.15 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1101 | 98% | 2.21 | 1.6× |
| 38° off-grid best | 1064 | 94% | 2.23 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1019 | 90% | 2.21 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 888 | 79% | 2.10 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 779 | 69% | 1.96 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 547 | 49% | 1.57 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Ô Chợ Dừa produces the most over a year at 15°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 38° it makes 2.23 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 15°, and costs 6% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ô Chợ Dừa 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 | 2.32 | 2.33 | 1.96 | 2.09 | 15.6 °C |
| February | 2.70 | 2.35 | 1.95 | 2.34 | 18.0 °C |
| March | 2.97 | 2.20 | 1.80 | 2.45 | 21.1 °C |
| April | 3.85 | 2.37 | 1.91 | 3.06 | 24.7 °C |
| May | 4.88 | 2.39 | 1.91 | 3.74 | 27.2 °C |
| June | 5.07 | 2.33 | 1.85 | 3.81 | 28.3 °C |
| July | 4.88 | 2.31 | 1.83 | 3.70 | 28.2 °C |
| August | 4.61 | 2.56 | 2.04 | 3.58 | 27.9 °C |
| September | 4.45 | 3.04 | 2.45 | 3.61 | 26.7 °C |
| October | 3.79 | 3.20 | 2.62 | 3.24 | 23.9 °C |
| November | 3.28 | 3.41 | 2.84 | 2.99 | 20.5 °C |
| December | 2.61 | 2.88 | 2.43 | 2.43 | 16.3 °C |
| Year | 3.79 avg | 2.61 avg | 779 kWh | 1128 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through March on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 660 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 560 Wp at 15°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ô Chợ Dừa
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.
2.7 mrow pitch at 70°
2.5 mrow pitch at 15°
How Ô Chợ Dừa compares in Vietnam
Against the other 306 places in Vietnam with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
231stof 307 places in Vietnam for sunshine, shared: 3.79 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−15%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Vietnam: 1,128 against 1,320 kWh per kWp.
+39 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Ho Chi Minh City: 13 h 25 min against 12 h 46 min.
15°best year-round tilt here; across Vietnam it runs from 9° in Vĩnh Châu to 21° in Dien Bien Phu.
Of the 307 places in Vietnam, Phú Quý gets the most sun (5.45 peak sun hours a day) and Thị Trấn Thất Khê and one other place the least (3.61); Ô Chợ Dừa ranks joint 231st. In its darkest month, March, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.80 kWh a day here, against 1.53 kWh on average in Vietnam. The shortest day lasts 10 h 51 min, −38 min compared with Ho Chi Minh City.
Solar forecast for Ô Chợ Dừa, 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.