Ad Dakhiliyah · Oman · 23.30° N · 57.95° E
Solar position in Samā’il
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Samā’il — computed for 23.30° N, 57.95° E, 405 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Samā’il today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:53 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:19 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:46 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:09 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:39 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:52 | 54.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:04 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:35 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:58 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:24 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:51 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 26 min | |
Sun path diagram for Samā’il
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 89.9° at solar noon in Samā’il; on the December solstice only 43.3°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 51° 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 | 06:51 | 12:19 | 17:47 | 10 h 56 min | 46.8° |
| February | 06:36 | 12:21 | 18:07 | 11 h 31 min | 56.2° |
| March | 06:11 | 12:15 | 18:19 | 12 h 08 min | 67.0° |
| April | 05:42 | 12:06 | 18:31 | 12 h 49 min | 78.6° |
| May | 05:24 | 12:04 | 18:45 | 13 h 21 min | 86.9° |
| June | 05:22 | 12:09 | 18:57 | 13 h 34 min | 89.9° |
| July | 05:33 | 12:14 | 18:55 | 13 h 22 min | 87.1° |
| August | 05:46 | 12:11 | 18:35 | 12 h 50 min | 78.8° |
| September | 05:56 | 12:01 | 18:05 | 12 h 09 min | 67.4° |
| October | 06:07 | 11:52 | 17:37 | 11 h 30 min | 56.0° |
| November | 06:25 | 11:53 | 17:21 | 10 h 56 min | 46.8° |
| December | 06:45 | 12:06 | 17:27 | 10 h 42 min | 43.3° |
A year of daylight in Samā’il
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 Samā’il
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
23°collects the most energy over a year: 1841 kWh per kWp.
24°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° | 1714 | 93% | 3.40 | 1.7× |
| 15° | 1825 | 99% | 4.28 | 1.3× |
| 23° year-round best = latitude | 1841 | 100% | 4.64 | 1.2× |
| 24° off-grid best | 1841 | 100% | 4.67 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1830 | 99% | 4.88 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1729 | 94% | 5.17 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1530 | 83% | 5.15 | 1.8× |
| 70° | 1350 | 73% | 4.96 | 2.3× |
| 90° | 936 | 51% | 4.16 | 3.6× |
A fixed array in Samā’il produces the most over a year at 23°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 24° it makes 4.67 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Samā’il at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 23° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 23° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.52 | 5.94 | 4.98 | 4.82 | 19.2 °C |
| February | 5.34 | 5.63 | 4.70 | 5.18 | 21.0 °C |
| March | 6.22 | 5.00 | 4.11 | 5.43 | 24.4 °C |
| April | 6.86 | 3.96 | 3.18 | 5.35 | 29.0 °C |
| May | 7.39 | 3.14 | 2.47 | 5.27 | 33.2 °C |
| June | 7.25 | 2.75 | 2.13 | 4.99 | 34.8 °C |
| July | 6.65 | 2.92 | 2.27 | 4.69 | 34.8 °C |
| August | 6.58 | 3.45 | 2.71 | 4.89 | 33.8 °C |
| September | 6.35 | 4.46 | 3.55 | 5.15 | 31.9 °C |
| October | 5.78 | 5.56 | 4.49 | 5.26 | 28.9 °C |
| November | 4.80 | 5.98 | 4.91 | 4.91 | 24.3 °C |
| December | 4.27 | 5.95 | 4.96 | 4.64 | 20.7 °C |
| Year | 6.00 avg | 4.56 avg | 1350 kWh | 1841 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 550 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 250 Wp at 23°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Samā’il
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.
2.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.8 mrow pitch at 23°
How Samā’il compares in Oman
Against the other 25 places in Oman with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
12thof 26 places in Oman for sunshine, shared: 6.01 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Oman: 1,841 against 1,840 kWh per kWp.
−1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Muscat: 13 h 34 min against 13 h 35 min.
23°best year-round tilt here; across Oman it runs from 19° in Şalālah to 24° in Şaḩam.
Of the 26 places in Oman, Adam gets the most sun (6.24 peak sun hours a day) and Khasab the least (5.71); Samā’il ranks joint 12th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.13 kWh a day here, against 2.15 kWh on average in Oman. The shortest day lasts 10 h 42 min, +1 min compared with Muscat.
Solar forecast for Samā’il, 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.