Kerman · Iran · 30.12° N · 55.12° E
Solar position in Shahr-e Bābak
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Shahr-e Bābak — computed for 30.12° N, 55.12° E, 1846 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Shahr-e Bābak today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:37 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:04 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:33 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:57 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:30 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:33 | 48.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:36 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:09 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:34 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:02 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:29 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 12 min | |
Sun path diagram for Shahr-e Bābak
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 83.3° at solar noon in Shahr-e Bābak; on the December solstice only 36.5°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 55° 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 | 06:45 | 12:00 | 17:16 | 10 h 32 min | 40.0° |
| February | 06:24 | 12:03 | 17:42 | 11 h 18 min | 49.4° |
| March | 05:52 | 11:56 | 18:01 | 12 h 09 min | 60.2° |
| April | 05:16 | 11:48 | 18:20 | 13 h 04 min | 71.8° |
| May | 04:52 | 11:46 | 18:39 | 13 h 47 min | 80.1° |
| June | 04:48 | 11:51 | 18:53 | 14 h 05 min | 83.3° |
| July | 05:01 | 11:55 | 18:49 | 13 h 48 min | 80.3° |
| August | 05:20 | 11:52 | 18:24 | 13 h 05 min | 71.9° |
| September | 05:37 | 11:42 | 17:47 | 12 h 11 min | 60.5° |
| October | 05:55 | 11:34 | 17:12 | 11 h 17 min | 49.2° |
| November | 06:19 | 11:35 | 16:50 | 10 h 31 min | 40.0° |
| December | 06:41 | 11:47 | 16:53 | 10 h 12 min | 36.5° |
A year of daylight in Shahr-e Bābak
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 Shahr-e Bābak
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: 1984 kWh per kWp.
37°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° | 1772 | 89% | 2.98 | 2.2× |
| 15° | 1936 | 98% | 4.05 | 1.5× |
| 28° year-round best | 1984 | 100% | 4.76 | 1.2× |
| 30° = latitude | 1983 | 100% | 4.85 | 1.2× |
| 37° off-grid best | 1965 | 99% | 5.11 | 1.1× |
| 45° | 1913 | 96% | 5.33 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1730 | 87% | 5.47 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1553 | 78% | 5.37 | 2.0× |
| 90° | 1106 | 56% | 4.71 | 3.8× |
A fixed array in Shahr-e Bābak produces the most over a year at 28°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 37° it makes 5.11 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 28°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Shahr-e Bābak 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 | 3.78 | 5.97 | 5.31 | 4.86 | 4.4 °C |
| February | 4.59 | 5.63 | 4.97 | 5.15 | 6.5 °C |
| March | 5.82 | 5.41 | 4.69 | 5.68 | 11.1 °C |
| April | 6.62 | 4.39 | 3.72 | 5.56 | 16.5 °C |
| May | 7.56 | 3.76 | 3.10 | 5.65 | 22.6 °C |
| June | 8.19 | 3.39 | 2.73 | 5.68 | 27.4 °C |
| July | 7.83 | 3.52 | 2.82 | 5.53 | 28.8 °C |
| August | 7.56 | 4.30 | 3.49 | 5.82 | 26.8 °C |
| September | 6.68 | 5.41 | 4.46 | 5.89 | 23.5 °C |
| October | 5.44 | 6.12 | 5.16 | 5.61 | 18.1 °C |
| November | 4.15 | 6.12 | 5.31 | 5.02 | 10.7 °C |
| December | 3.59 | 6.08 | 5.37 | 4.76 | 6.1 °C |
| Year | 5.99 avg | 5.01 avg | 1553 kWh | 1984 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 250 Wp at 28°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Shahr-e Bābak
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.
3.5 mrow pitch at 70°
3.2 mrow pitch at 28°
How Shahr-e Bābak compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
8thof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.99 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+13%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,984 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−29 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 14 h 05 min against 14 h 35 min.
28°best year-round tilt here; across Iran it runs from 24° in Kīsh to 33° in Khūy.
Of the 423 places in Iran, Jālq gets the most sun (6.10 peak sun hours a day) and Bandar-e Anzalī the least (3.92); Shahr-e Bābak ranks joint 8th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.73 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 10 h 12 min, +28 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Shahr-e Bābak, 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.