Tartus · Syria · 34.82° N · 36.12° E
Solar position in Şāfītā
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Şāfītā — computed for 34.82° N, 36.12° E, 374 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Şāfītā today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:24 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:53 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:23 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:48 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:23 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:19 | 43.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:15 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:50 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:15 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:45 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:14 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 01 min | |
Sun path diagram for Şāfītā
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 78.6° at solar noon in Şāfītā; on the December solstice only 31.8°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 58° 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 | 07:40 | 12:46 | 17:53 | 10 h 13 min | 35.3° |
| February | 07:14 | 12:49 | 18:23 | 11 h 09 min | 44.7° |
| March | 06:38 | 12:42 | 18:47 | 12 h 10 min | 55.5° |
| April | 05:56 | 12:34 | 19:12 | 13 h 16 min | 67.1° |
| May | 05:28 | 12:32 | 19:36 | 14 h 08 min | 75.4° |
| June | 05:22 | 12:37 | 19:52 | 14 h 30 min | 78.6° |
| July | 05:37 | 12:41 | 19:46 | 14 h 09 min | 75.6° |
| August | 06:00 | 12:38 | 19:16 | 13 h 17 min | 67.2° |
| September | 06:22 | 12:28 | 18:34 | 12 h 11 min | 55.8° |
| October | 06:46 | 12:19 | 17:53 | 11 h 07 min | 44.4° |
| November | 07:15 | 12:21 | 17:27 | 10 h 12 min | 35.2° |
| December | 07:39 | 12:33 | 17:28 | 9 h 49 min | 31.8° |
A year of daylight in Şāfītā
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 Şāfītā
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: 1696 kWh per kWp.
56°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° | 1530 | 90% | 1.82 | 3.5× |
| 15° | 1661 | 98% | 2.41 | 2.6× |
| 28° year-round best | 1696 | 100% | 2.81 | 2.1× |
| 30° | 1695 | 100% | 2.86 | 2.0× |
| 35° = latitude | 1684 | 99% | 2.97 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1630 | 96% | 3.13 | 1.7× |
| 56° off-grid best | 1522 | 90% | 3.21 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1471 | 87% | 3.21 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1320 | 78% | 3.16 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 936 | 55% | 2.79 | 2.4× |
A fixed array in Şāfītā produces the most over a year at 28°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 56° it makes 3.21 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 28°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Şāfītā at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 28° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 28° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.40 | 3.56 | 3.10 | 2.87 | 9.3 °C |
| February | 3.28 | 3.99 | 3.47 | 3.55 | 10.3 °C |
| March | 4.75 | 4.67 | 4.01 | 4.66 | 12.9 °C |
| April | 6.03 | 4.45 | 3.77 | 5.24 | 16.1 °C |
| May | 7.20 | 4.06 | 3.38 | 5.64 | 20.3 °C |
| June | 8.05 | 3.75 | 3.07 | 5.87 | 24.1 °C |
| July | 7.87 | 3.90 | 3.16 | 5.79 | 26.7 °C |
| August | 7.12 | 4.56 | 3.70 | 5.70 | 27.0 °C |
| September | 5.95 | 5.34 | 4.38 | 5.43 | 25.0 °C |
| October | 4.34 | 5.18 | 4.31 | 4.51 | 21.3 °C |
| November | 3.05 | 4.57 | 3.89 | 3.61 | 15.6 °C |
| December | 2.26 | 3.64 | 3.16 | 2.81 | 11.2 °C |
| Year | 5.20 avg | 4.31 avg | 1320 kWh | 1696 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 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 420 Wp at 28°. The steep array is 8% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Şāfītā
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.
4.1 mrow pitch at 70°
3.5 mrow pitch at 28°
How Şāfītā compares in Syria
Against the other 87 places in Syria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
46thof 88 places in Syria for sunshine, shared: 5.20 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Syria: 1,696 against 1,731 kWh per kWp.
−8 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Aleppo: 14 h 30 min against 14 h 38 min.
28°best year-round tilt here; across Syria it runs from 27° in Damascus to 31° in Al Qāmishlī.
Of the 88 places in Syria, As-Suwayda gets the most sun (5.64 peak sun hours a day) and Al Mālikīyah the least (5.02); Şāfītā ranks joint 46th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.07 kWh a day here, against 3.06 kWh on average in Syria. The shortest day lasts 9 h 49 min, +7 min compared with Aleppo.
Solar forecast for Şāfītā, 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.