North Hamgyong · North Korea · 42.06° N · 129.70° E
Solar position in Puryŏng-ŭp
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Puryŏng-ŭp — computed for 42.06° N, 129.70° E, 176 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Puryŏng-ŭp today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+9
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:11 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:43 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:16 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:44 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:23 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:05 | 35.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:46 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:25 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:53 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:26 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:58 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 40 min | |
Sun path diagram for Puryŏng-ŭp
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 71.4° at solar noon in Puryŏng-ŭp; on the December solstice only 24.5°. Sunrise swings from 57° ENE in June to 122° ESE in December — a 65° 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 | 07:43 | 12:32 | 17:21 | 9 h 38 min | 28.1° |
| February | 07:09 | 12:35 | 18:00 | 10 h 52 min | 37.4° |
| March | 06:23 | 12:28 | 18:33 | 12 h 10 min | 48.2° |
| April | 05:32 | 12:20 | 19:08 | 13 h 36 min | 59.8° |
| May | 04:55 | 12:17 | 19:40 | 14 h 45 min | 68.1° |
| June | 04:45 | 12:22 | 20:00 | 15 h 15 min | 71.4° |
| July | 05:03 | 12:27 | 19:51 | 14 h 48 min | 68.4° |
| August | 05:34 | 12:24 | 19:13 | 13 h 39 min | 60.1° |
| September | 06:07 | 12:14 | 18:21 | 12 h 14 min | 48.7° |
| October | 06:40 | 12:05 | 17:30 | 10 h 51 min | 37.3° |
| November | 07:17 | 12:06 | 16:55 | 9 h 38 min | 28.1° |
| December | 07:45 | 12:19 | 16:52 | 9 h 07 min | 24.5° |
A year of daylight in Puryŏng-ŭp
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 Puryŏng-ŭp
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
43°collects the most energy over a year: 1456 kWh per kWp.
40°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° | 1150 | 79% | 3.67 | 2.7× |
| 15° | 1325 | 91% | 3.74 | 1.9× |
| 30° | 1429 | 98% | 3.61 | 1.5× |
| 40° off-grid best | 1455 | 100% | 3.42 | 1.4× |
| 42° = latitude | 1456 | 100% | 3.37 | 1.5× |
| 43° year-round best | 1456 | 100% | 3.35 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1455 | 100% | 3.30 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1403 | 96% | 2.83 | 1.7× |
| 70° | 1327 | 91% | 2.44 | 2.0× |
| 90° | 1087 | 75% | 1.59 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Puryŏng-ŭp produces the most over a year at 43°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 40° it makes 3.42 kWh per kWp a day, 2% more than at 43°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Puryŏng-ŭp at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 43° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 43° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.19 | 4.50 | 4.25 | 3.85 | -12.2 °C |
| February snow | 3.11 | 5.01 | 4.68 | 4.49 | -9.1 °C |
| March snow | 4.15 | 5.24 | 4.78 | 4.91 | -2.6 °C |
| April | 4.88 | 4.09 | 3.61 | 4.46 | 5.1 °C |
| May | 5.12 | 3.47 | 2.97 | 4.03 | 11.9 °C |
| June | 4.97 | 3.11 | 2.60 | 3.64 | 16.7 °C |
| July | 4.54 | 2.96 | 2.44 | 3.35 | 19.9 °C |
| August | 4.47 | 3.39 | 2.81 | 3.61 | 20.1 °C |
| September | 4.22 | 4.22 | 3.60 | 4.16 | 14.8 °C |
| October | 3.35 | 4.66 | 4.10 | 4.25 | 7.3 °C |
| November snow | 2.27 | 4.28 | 3.90 | 3.66 | -1.8 °C |
| December snow | 1.88 | 4.21 | 3.95 | 3.52 | -10.1 °C |
| Year | 3.76 avg | 4.09 avg | 1327 kWh | 1456 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 480 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 350 Wp at 43°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Puryŏng-ŭp
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.
5.5 mrow pitch at 70°
5.0 mrow pitch at 43°
How Puryŏng-ŭp compares in North Korea
Against the other 96 places in North Korea with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
85thof 97 places in North Korea for sunshine: 3.76 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in North Korea: 1,456 against 1,424 kWh per kWp.
+20 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Pyongyang: 15 h 15 min against 14 h 55 min.
43°best year-round tilt here; across North Korea it runs from 34° in Ongjin to 44° in Namyang-nodongjagu.
Of the 97 places in North Korea, Sinp’o and one other place get the most sun (3.91 peak sun hours a day) and Ŏrang and one other place the least (3.70); Puryŏng-ŭp ranks 85th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.44 kWh a day here, against 2.28 kWh on average in North Korea. The shortest day lasts 9 h 07 min, −19 min compared with Pyongyang.
Solar forecast for Puryŏng-ŭp, 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.