Salyan District · Azerbaijan · 39.60° N · 48.98° E
Solar position in Salyan
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Salyan — computed for 39.60° N, 48.98° E, -17 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Salyan today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:33 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:04 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:35 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:03 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:40 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:28 | 38.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:15 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:52 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:20 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:51 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:22 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 49 min | |
Sun path diagram for Salyan
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 73.8° at solar noon in Salyan; on the December solstice only 27.0°. Sunrise swings from 58° ENE in June to 120° ESE in December — a 62° 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 | 08:00 | 12:55 | 17:50 | 9 h 51 min | 30.6° |
| February | 07:28 | 12:57 | 18:27 | 10 h 58 min | 39.9° |
| March | 06:46 | 12:51 | 18:56 | 12 h 10 min | 50.7° |
| April | 05:58 | 12:42 | 19:27 | 13 h 29 min | 62.3° |
| May | 05:25 | 12:40 | 19:56 | 14 h 32 min | 70.6° |
| June | 05:16 | 12:45 | 20:15 | 14 h 58 min | 73.8° |
| July | 05:33 | 12:50 | 20:06 | 14 h 33 min | 70.8° |
| August | 06:01 | 12:47 | 19:32 | 13 h 30 min | 62.5° |
| September | 06:30 | 12:36 | 18:43 | 12 h 13 min | 51.1° |
| October | 07:00 | 12:28 | 17:56 | 10 h 57 min | 39.7° |
| November | 07:34 | 12:29 | 17:24 | 9 h 50 min | 30.5° |
| December | 08:00 | 12:42 | 17:23 | 9 h 22 min | 27.0° |
A year of daylight in Salyan
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 Salyan
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
31°collects the most energy over a year: 1359 kWh per kWp.
62°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° | 1202 | 88% | 1.28 | 4.3× |
| 15° | 1317 | 97% | 1.77 | 3.2× |
| 30° | 1359 | 100% | 2.14 | 2.5× |
| 31° year-round best | 1359 | 100% | 2.16 | 2.4× |
| 40° = latitude | 1344 | 99% | 2.32 | 2.1× |
| 45° | 1324 | 97% | 2.39 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1216 | 89% | 2.49 | 1.6× |
| 62° off-grid best | 1196 | 88% | 2.49 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1106 | 81% | 2.47 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 820 | 60% | 2.23 | 1.4× |
A fixed array in Salyan produces the most over a year at 31°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 62° it makes 2.49 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 31°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Salyan at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 31° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 31° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.85 | 3.05 | 2.69 | 2.42 | 5.7 °C |
| February | 2.44 | 3.13 | 2.75 | 2.77 | 6.1 °C |
| March | 3.52 | 3.58 | 3.12 | 3.53 | 9.2 °C |
| April | 4.62 | 3.70 | 3.16 | 4.12 | 12.9 °C |
| May | 6.08 | 3.91 | 3.26 | 4.89 | 19.6 °C |
| June | 6.96 | 3.90 | 3.18 | 5.23 | 24.8 °C |
| July | 6.56 | 3.92 | 3.16 | 4.97 | 27.4 °C |
| August | 5.91 | 4.28 | 3.46 | 4.84 | 27.4 °C |
| September | 4.40 | 4.16 | 3.42 | 4.07 | 23.5 °C |
| October | 2.95 | 3.56 | 2.99 | 3.12 | 18.1 °C |
| November | 2.03 | 3.12 | 2.69 | 2.50 | 11.9 °C |
| December | 1.61 | 2.82 | 2.47 | 2.16 | 7.4 °C |
| Year | 4.09 avg | 3.60 avg | 1106 kWh | 1359 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 480 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 550 Wp at 31°. The steep array is 12% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Salyan
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.
4.9 mrow pitch at 70°
4.0 mrow pitch at 31°
How Salyan compares in Azerbaijan
Against the other 64 places in Azerbaijan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
14thof 65 places in Azerbaijan for sunshine, shared: 4.09 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Azerbaijan: 1,359 against 1,366 kWh per kWp.
−5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Baku: 14 h 58 min against 15 h 03 min.
31°best year-round tilt here; across Azerbaijan it runs from 30° in Baku to 35° in Sheki.
Of the 65 places in Azerbaijan, Nehram gets the most sun (4.74 peak sun hours a day) and Quba and one other place the least (3.72); Salyan ranks joint 14th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.47 kWh a day here, against 2.54 kWh on average in Azerbaijan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 22 min, +5 min compared with Baku.
Solar forecast for Salyan, 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.