Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari · Iran · 32.33° N · 50.86° E
Solar position in Shahr-e Kord
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Shahr-e Kord — computed for 32.33° N, 50.86° E, 2066 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Shahr-e Kord today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:54 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:23 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:51 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:16 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:50 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:50 | 45.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:50 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:24 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:49 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:17 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:46 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 07 min | |
Sun path diagram for Shahr-e Kord
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 81.1° at solar noon in Shahr-e Kord; on the December solstice only 34.3°. Sunrise swings from 61° 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.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 07:06 | 12:17 | 17:29 | 10 h 23 min | 37.8° |
| February | 06:43 | 12:20 | 17:57 | 11 h 14 min | 47.2° |
| March | 06:09 | 12:13 | 18:18 | 12 h 09 min | 58.0° |
| April | 05:30 | 12:05 | 18:40 | 13 h 09 min | 69.6° |
| May | 05:05 | 12:03 | 19:01 | 13 h 56 min | 77.9° |
| June | 05:00 | 12:08 | 19:16 | 14 h 16 min | 81.1° |
| July | 05:13 | 12:12 | 19:11 | 13 h 58 min | 78.1° |
| August | 05:34 | 12:09 | 18:44 | 13 h 10 min | 69.7° |
| September | 05:53 | 11:59 | 18:04 | 12 h 11 min | 58.3° |
| October | 06:14 | 11:51 | 17:27 | 11 h 13 min | 46.9° |
| November | 06:41 | 11:52 | 17:03 | 10 h 23 min | 37.7° |
| December | 07:03 | 12:04 | 17:05 | 10 h 02 min | 34.3° |
A year of daylight in Shahr-e Kord
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 Kord
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: 1882 kWh per kWp.
50°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° | 1688 | 90% | 2.49 | 2.7× |
| 15° | 1839 | 98% | 3.36 | 1.9× |
| 28° year-round best | 1882 | 100% | 3.94 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1881 | 100% | 4.01 | 1.5× |
| 32° = latitude | 1878 | 100% | 4.08 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1814 | 96% | 4.41 | 1.3× |
| 50° off-grid best | 1768 | 94% | 4.49 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1643 | 87% | 4.54 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1478 | 79% | 4.46 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 1059 | 56% | 3.93 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Shahr-e Kord produces the most over a year at 28°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 50° it makes 4.49 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 28°, and costs 6% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Shahr-e Kord 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 snow | 3.18 | 5.02 | 4.53 | 4.05 | 0.4 °C |
| February | 4.02 | 4.88 | 4.37 | 4.51 | 2.2 °C |
| March | 5.24 | 5.00 | 4.41 | 5.24 | 6.4 °C |
| April | 6.04 | 4.20 | 3.63 | 5.25 | 11.2 °C |
| May | 7.33 | 3.87 | 3.26 | 5.68 | 17.3 °C |
| June | 8.39 | 3.62 | 2.97 | 5.99 | 23.4 °C |
| July | 7.88 | 3.74 | 3.04 | 5.71 | 26.2 °C |
| August | 7.48 | 4.48 | 3.67 | 5.89 | 25.1 °C |
| September | 6.51 | 5.53 | 4.60 | 5.90 | 21.1 °C |
| October | 4.99 | 5.82 | 4.96 | 5.29 | 14.9 °C |
| November | 3.55 | 5.34 | 4.71 | 4.39 | 6.8 °C |
| December | 2.97 | 4.97 | 4.46 | 3.94 | 2.4 °C |
| Year | 5.64 avg | 4.70 avg | 1478 kWh | 1882 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 400 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 300 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 Kord
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.
3.8 mrow pitch at 70°
3.3 mrow pitch at 28°
How Shahr-e Kord compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
138thof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.64 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,882 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−18 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 14 h 16 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 Kord ranks joint 138th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.97 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 10 h 02 min, +17 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Shahr-e Kord, 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.