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Maysan · Iraq · 31.53° N · 47.29° E

Solar position in Qal‘at Şāliḩ

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Qal‘at Şāliḩ — computed for 31.53° N, 47.29° E, 8 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:00103° ESE
Sunset today17:09257° WSW
Best panel angle28°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle51°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation46.7°
At solar noon, 11:34Open on the sun map

Sun in Qal‘at Şāliḩ today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:38sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0712° below
Civil dawn05:356° below
Sunrise06:00103° ESE
Golden hour ends06:33sun 6° up
Solar noon11:3446.7° high
Golden hour starts16:36sun 6° up
Sunset17:09257° WSW
Civil dusk17:346° below
Nautical dusk18:0212° below
Astronomical dusk18:3018° below
Day length11 h 09 min

Sun path diagram for Qal‘at Şāliḩ

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice56789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice78910111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 81.9° at solar noon in Qal‘at Şāliḩ; on the December solstice only 35.1°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 56° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:4912:0217:1510 h 26 min38.6°
February06:2612:0417:4211 h 16 min48.0°
March05:5311:5818:0212 h 09 min58.8°
April05:1611:4918:2313 h 07 min70.4°
May04:5111:4718:4413 h 53 min78.7°
June04:4611:5218:5814 h 12 min81.9°
July04:5911:5718:5413 h 54 min78.9°
August05:1911:5318:2713 h 08 min70.5°
September05:3811:4317:4912 h 11 min59.1°
October05:5811:3517:1211 h 14 min47.7°
November06:2311:3616:4910 h 26 min38.5°
December06:4611:4816:5110 h 06 min35.1°

A year of daylight in Qal‘at Şāliḩ

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Qal‘at Şāliḩ

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

28°collects the most energy over a year: 1719 kWh per kWp.

51°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 28°Best worst-month 51°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°155190%2.362.6×
15°168398%3.121.9×
28° year-round best1719100%3.621.5×
30°1717100%3.681.5×
32° = latitude1714100%3.741.4×
45°165396%4.011.3×
51° off-grid best160093%4.071.2×
60°149487%4.091.3×
70°134178%4.001.6×
90°95756%3.502.7×

A fixed array in Qal‘at Şāliḩ produces the most over a year at 28°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 51° it makes 4.07 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 28°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Qal‘at Şāliḩ at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 28° (year-round best).

0123456January: 4.13 (70°)4.1JanFebruary: 4.30 (70°)4.3FebMarch: 4.16 (70°)4.2MarApril: 3.39 (70°)3.4AprMay: 2.99 (70°)3.0MayJune: 2.75 (70°)2.8JunJuly: 2.83 (70°)2.8JulAugust: 3.32 (70°)3.3AugSeptember: 4.05 (70°)4.0SepOctober: 4.12 (70°)4.1OctNovember: 4.11 (70°)4.1NovDecember: 4.00 (70°)4.0Dec28°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 28°Mean temp.
January3.194.764.133.8411.3 °C
February4.155.014.304.4613.9 °C
March5.304.964.164.9919.5 °C
April5.964.153.394.8825.4 °C
May6.933.782.995.1032.4 °C
June7.973.562.755.4337.2 °C
July7.563.692.835.2339.4 °C
August7.084.313.325.2739.1 °C
September6.185.154.055.2334.9 °C
October4.655.104.124.5128.7 °C
November3.484.894.113.9518.9 °C
December2.934.654.003.6213.0 °C
Year5.46 avg4.50 avg1341 kWh1719 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 330 Wp at 28°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Qal‘at Şāliḩ

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.

3.7 mrow pitch at 70°

3.3 mrow pitch at 28°

Row spacing calculator

How Qal‘at Şāliḩ compares in Iraq

Against the other 100 places in Iraq with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

33rdof 101 places in Iraq for sunshine, shared: 5.46 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iraq: 1,719 against 1,733 kWh per kWp.

−9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Baghdad: 14 h 12 min against 14 h 22 min.

28°best year-round tilt here; across Iraq it runs from 26° in Al Fāw to 31° in Mosul.

Of the 101 places in Iraq, Basrah and 2 other places get the most sun (5.64 peak sun hours a day) and Dêrelûk Devera Nihêliya the least (4.99); Qal‘at Şāliḩ ranks joint 33rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.75 kWh a day here, against 2.99 kWh on average in Iraq. The shortest day lasts 10 h 06 min, +9 min compared with Baghdad.

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Solar forecast for Qal‘at Şāliḩ, 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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Questions about the sun in Qal‘at Şāliḩ

What is the best solar panel angle in Qal‘at Şāliḩ?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Qal‘at Şāliḩ is 28°, worth about 1719 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 51°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Qal‘at Şāliḩ today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:00 and sets at 17:09 local time (UTC+3), giving 11 h 09 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:34.
How many peak sun hours does Qal‘at Şāliḩ get?
On a flat surface 5.5 hours a day averaged over the year, from 2.9 in December to 8.0 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 3.6 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Qal‘at Şāliḩ?
At solar noon the sun stands 81.9° above the horizon on the June solstice and 35.1° on the December solstice.
Is Qal‘at Şāliḩ a good place for solar panels?
With 5.5 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Qal‘at Şāliḩ ranks joint 33rd of 101 places in Iraq for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (28°) makes about 1,719 kWh a year here, 1% less than the average place in Iraq.

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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.