South Ethiopia Regional State · Ethiopia · 7.02° N · 37.86° E
Solar position in Shanto
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Shanto — computed for 7.02° N, 37.86° E, 1876 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Shanto today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:04 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:29 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:54 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:15 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:43 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:12 | 71.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:42 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:10 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:31 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:56 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:20 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 55 min | |
Sun path diagram for Shanto
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 73.6° at solar noon in Shanto; on the December solstice only 59.5°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 06:46 | 12:39 | 18:33 | 11 h 47 min | 63.1° |
| February | 06:44 | 12:42 | 18:40 | 11 h 56 min | 72.5° |
| March | 06:32 | 12:35 | 18:39 | 12 h 07 min | 83.3° |
| April | 06:17 | 12:27 | 18:36 | 12 h 19 min | 85.1° |
| May | 06:11 | 12:25 | 18:39 | 12 h 28 min | 76.8° |
| June | 06:14 | 12:30 | 18:46 | 12 h 32 min | 73.6° |
| July | 06:20 | 12:35 | 18:49 | 12 h 28 min | 76.6° |
| August | 06:22 | 12:31 | 18:41 | 12 h 19 min | 85.0° |
| September | 06:18 | 12:21 | 18:25 | 12 h 07 min | 83.6° |
| October | 06:15 | 12:13 | 18:11 | 11 h 56 min | 72.2° |
| November | 06:20 | 12:14 | 18:07 | 11 h 47 min | 63.0° |
| December | 06:35 | 12:26 | 18:18 | 11 h 43 min | 59.5° |
A year of daylight in Shanto
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 Shanto
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
11°collects the most energy over a year: 1735 kWh per kWp.
0°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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1707 | 98% | 3.69 | 1.4× |
| 7° = latitude | 1731 | 100% | 3.58 | 1.5× |
| 11° year-round best | 1735 | 100% | 3.49 | 1.6× |
| 15° | 1731 | 100% | 3.39 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1658 | 96% | 2.92 | 2.1× |
| 45° | 1492 | 86% | 2.32 | 2.6× |
| 60° | 1249 | 72% | 1.66 | 3.4× |
| 70° | 1060 | 61% | 1.29 | 4.1× |
| 90° | 718 | 41% | 1.09 | 3.6× |
A fixed array in Shanto produces the most over a year at 11°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.69 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 11°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Shanto at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 11° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 11° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.16 | 5.91 | 4.96 | 5.49 | 19.6 °C |
| February | 6.56 | 5.03 | 4.19 | 5.60 | 21.4 °C |
| March | 6.49 | 3.65 | 3.02 | 5.31 | 21.7 °C |
| April | 6.00 | 2.30 | 1.89 | 4.74 | 20.4 °C |
| May | 5.80 | 1.67 | 1.35 | 4.45 | 19.4 °C |
| June | 5.19 | 1.56 | 1.26 | 3.97 | 18.1 °C |
| July | 4.51 | 1.58 | 1.29 | 3.49 | 17.5 °C |
| August | 4.81 | 1.88 | 1.54 | 3.80 | 17.6 °C |
| September | 5.36 | 2.74 | 2.28 | 4.37 | 18.3 °C |
| October | 5.96 | 4.07 | 3.42 | 5.06 | 18.4 °C |
| November | 6.01 | 5.36 | 4.52 | 5.32 | 18.2 °C |
| December | 6.04 | 6.18 | 5.21 | 5.48 | 18.3 °C |
| Year | 5.73 avg | 3.49 avg | 1060 kWh | 1735 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 940 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 340 Wp at 11°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Shanto
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.
1.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 11°
How Shanto compares in Ethiopia
Against the other 232 places in Ethiopia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
180thof 233 places in Ethiopia for sunshine, shared: 5.73 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ethiopia: 1,735 against 1,799 kWh per kWp.
−7 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Addis Ababa: 12 h 32 min against 12 h 39 min.
11°best year-round tilt here; across Ethiopia it runs from 7° in Kahandhale to 17° in Inda Silasē.
Of the 233 places in Ethiopia, Hartīshēk gets the most sun (6.56 peak sun hours a day) and Tēpī the least (5.08); Shanto ranks joint 180th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.26 kWh a day here, against 1.32 kWh on average in Ethiopia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 43 min, +7 min compared with Addis Ababa.
Solar forecast for Shanto, 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.