Bas-Sassandra District · Ivory Coast · 6.12° N · 6.71° W
Solar position in Petitgoa I
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Petitgoa I — computed for 6.12° N, 6.71° W, 171 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Petitgoa I today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:02 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:26 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:51 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:12 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:40 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:10 | 72.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:41 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:09 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:30 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:55 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:19 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 56 min | |
Sun path diagram for Petitgoa I
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 72.7° at solar noon in Petitgoa I; on the December solstice only 60.5°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 113° 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 | 06:43 | 12:38 | 18:32 | 11 h 50 min | 64.1° |
| February | 06:41 | 12:40 | 18:39 | 11 h 58 min | 73.4° |
| March | 06:30 | 12:34 | 18:37 | 12 h 07 min | 84.2° |
| April | 06:16 | 12:25 | 18:34 | 12 h 17 min | 84.2° |
| May | 06:10 | 12:23 | 18:36 | 12 h 25 min | 75.9° |
| June | 06:14 | 12:28 | 18:43 | 12 h 29 min | 72.7° |
| July | 06:20 | 12:33 | 18:46 | 12 h 25 min | 75.7° |
| August | 06:21 | 12:30 | 18:38 | 12 h 17 min | 84.1° |
| September | 06:16 | 12:19 | 18:23 | 12 h 07 min | 84.5° |
| October | 06:12 | 12:11 | 18:10 | 11 h 57 min | 73.1° |
| November | 06:18 | 12:12 | 18:07 | 11 h 49 min | 63.9° |
| December | 06:31 | 12:24 | 18:18 | 11 h 46 min | 60.5° |
A year of daylight in Petitgoa I
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 Petitgoa I
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
7°collects the most energy over a year: 1341 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 | 1333 | 99% | 3.21 | 1.3× |
| 6° = latitude | 1341 | 100% | 3.13 | 1.3× |
| 7° year-round best | 1341 | 100% | 3.11 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1331 | 99% | 2.96 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1260 | 94% | 2.57 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1125 | 84% | 2.06 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 939 | 70% | 1.49 | 2.5× |
| 70° | 799 | 60% | 1.17 | 2.9× |
| 90° | 557 | 42% | 1.00 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Petitgoa I produces the most over a year at 7°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.21 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 7°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Petitgoa I at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 7° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 7° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.81 | 4.11 | 3.36 | 3.99 | 25.6 °C |
| February | 4.82 | 3.50 | 2.84 | 3.91 | 26.6 °C |
| March | 5.17 | 3.03 | 2.45 | 4.13 | 26.6 °C |
| April | 5.25 | 2.29 | 1.83 | 4.11 | 26.3 °C |
| May | 4.91 | 1.73 | 1.37 | 3.79 | 25.9 °C |
| June | 4.20 | 1.49 | 1.17 | 3.23 | 24.9 °C |
| July | 4.03 | 1.48 | 1.17 | 3.11 | 24.2 °C |
| August | 3.98 | 1.72 | 1.37 | 3.12 | 24.2 °C |
| September | 4.33 | 2.33 | 1.88 | 3.45 | 24.7 °C |
| October | 4.56 | 3.07 | 2.50 | 3.70 | 25.2 °C |
| November | 4.63 | 3.78 | 3.09 | 3.82 | 25.7 °C |
| December | 4.51 | 4.01 | 3.28 | 3.75 | 25.5 °C |
| Year | 4.60 avg | 2.71 avg | 799 kWh | 1341 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 1,010 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 380 Wp at 7°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Petitgoa I
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°
2.1 mrow pitch at 7°
How Petitgoa I compares in Ivory Coast
Against the other 181 places in Ivory Coast with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
129thof 182 places in Ivory Coast for sunshine, shared: 4.60 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ivory Coast: 1,341 against 1,384 kWh per kWp.
+3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Abidjan: 12 h 29 min against 12 h 26 min.
7°best year-round tilt here; across Ivory Coast it runs from 5° in Tabou to 12° in Tengréla.
Of the 182 places in Ivory Coast, Tengréla gets the most sun (5.62 peak sun hours a day) and Gbabam the least (4.51); Petitgoa I ranks joint 129th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.17 kWh a day here, against 1.19 kWh on average in Ivory Coast. The shortest day lasts 11 h 46 min, −3 min compared with Abidjan.
Solar forecast for Petitgoa I, 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.