Drâa-Tafilalet · Morocco · 30.92° N · 6.89° W
Solar position in Ouarzazate
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ouarzazate — computed for 30.92° N, 6.89° W, 1113 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ouarzazate today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:15 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:43 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:11 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:36 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:09 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:11 | 47.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:13 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:46 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:11 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:39 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:07 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 10 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ouarzazate
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 82.5° at solar noon in Ouarzazate; on the December solstice only 35.7°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 55° 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 | 08:24 | 13:39 | 18:53 | 10 h 29 min | 39.3° |
| February | 07:02 | 12:41 | 18:19 | 11 h 17 min | 48.6° |
| March | 06:30 | 12:34 | 18:39 | 12 h 09 min | 59.4° |
| April | 06:53 | 13:26 | 19:59 | 13 h 06 min | 71.1° |
| May | 06:29 | 13:24 | 20:19 | 13 h 51 min | 79.3° |
| June | 06:24 | 13:29 | 20:34 | 14 h 09 min | 82.5° |
| July | 06:38 | 13:34 | 20:29 | 13 h 52 min | 79.5° |
| August | 06:57 | 13:30 | 20:03 | 13 h 06 min | 71.1° |
| September | 07:15 | 13:20 | 19:25 | 12 h 10 min | 59.7° |
| October | 07:34 | 13:12 | 18:49 | 11 h 15 min | 48.3° |
| November | 07:59 | 13:13 | 18:27 | 10 h 28 min | 39.1° |
| December | 08:21 | 13:25 | 18:29 | 10 h 09 min | 35.7° |
A year of daylight in Ouarzazate
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 Ouarzazate
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
30°collects the most energy over a year: 1964 kWh per kWp.
34°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° | 1731 | 88% | 2.93 | 2.2× |
| 15° | 1906 | 97% | 4.05 | 1.5× |
| 30° year-round best | 1964 | 100% | 4.89 | 1.2× |
| 31° = latitude | 1964 | 100% | 4.94 | 1.2× |
| 34° off-grid best | 1960 | 100% | 5.07 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1905 | 97% | 5.41 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1733 | 88% | 5.58 | 1.7× |
| 70° | 1562 | 80% | 5.49 | 2.1× |
| 90° | 1124 | 57% | 4.85 | 4.1× |
A fixed array in Ouarzazate produces the most over a year at 30°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 34° it makes 5.07 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 30°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ouarzazate at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 30° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 30° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.95 | 6.56 | 5.75 | 5.25 | 7.5 °C |
| February | 4.81 | 6.18 | 5.40 | 5.54 | 8.8 °C |
| March | 6.00 | 5.72 | 4.93 | 5.92 | 12.3 °C |
| April | 7.00 | 4.68 | 3.97 | 5.91 | 15.8 °C |
| May | 7.58 | 3.78 | 3.14 | 5.68 | 19.9 °C |
| June | 8.04 | 3.35 | 2.72 | 5.57 | 24.8 °C |
| July | 7.50 | 3.53 | 2.83 | 5.28 | 29.0 °C |
| August | 6.78 | 4.06 | 3.27 | 5.20 | 28.1 °C |
| September | 5.99 | 4.93 | 4.07 | 5.30 | 23.3 °C |
| October | 4.90 | 5.50 | 4.64 | 5.08 | 18.1 °C |
| November | 3.99 | 6.04 | 5.21 | 4.96 | 11.8 °C |
| December | 3.57 | 6.28 | 5.49 | 4.89 | 8.3 °C |
| Year | 5.85 avg | 5.04 avg | 1562 kWh | 1964 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 430 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 240 Wp at 30°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ouarzazate
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.
3.6 mrow pitch at 70°
3.3 mrow pitch at 30°
How Ouarzazate compares in Morocco
Against the other 175 places in Morocco with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
8thof 176 places in Morocco for sunshine, shared: 5.85 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Morocco: 1,964 against 1,808 kWh per kWp.
−14 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Casablanca: 14 h 09 min against 14 h 23 min.
30°best year-round tilt here; across Morocco it runs from 25° in Smara to 31° in Oujda.
Of the 176 places in Morocco, Zagora gets the most sun (6.02 peak sun hours a day) and Azla the least (4.95); Ouarzazate ranks joint 8th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.72 kWh a day here, against 2.86 kWh on average in Morocco. The shortest day lasts 10 h 09 min, +13 min compared with Casablanca.
Solar forecast for Ouarzazate, 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.