South Sinai · Egypt · 27.92° N · 34.33° E
Solar position in Sharm el-Sheikh
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Sharm el-Sheikh — computed for 27.92° N, 34.33° E, 11 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Sharm el-Sheikh today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:29 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:56 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:24 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:48 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:20 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:26 | 50.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:33 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:05 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:28 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:56 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:23 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 17 min | |
Sun path diagram for Sharm el-Sheikh
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 85.5° at solar noon in Sharm el-Sheikh; on the December solstice only 38.7°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 54° 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 | 06:34 | 11:54 | 17:14 | 10 h 40 min | 42.2° |
| February | 06:15 | 11:56 | 17:37 | 11 h 23 min | 51.6° |
| March | 05:45 | 11:49 | 17:54 | 12 h 09 min | 62.4° |
| April | 05:12 | 11:41 | 18:11 | 12 h 59 min | 74.0° |
| May | 05:50 | 12:39 | 19:28 | 13 h 38 min | 82.3° |
| June | 05:47 | 12:44 | 19:41 | 13 h 55 min | 85.5° |
| July | 05:59 | 12:49 | 19:38 | 13 h 39 min | 82.5° |
| August | 06:15 | 12:45 | 19:15 | 13 h 00 min | 74.1° |
| September | 06:30 | 12:35 | 18:40 | 12 h 10 min | 62.7° |
| October | 06:46 | 12:27 | 18:07 | 11 h 21 min | 51.3° |
| November | 06:08 | 11:28 | 16:48 | 10 h 40 min | 42.1° |
| December | 06:29 | 11:40 | 16:51 | 10 h 22 min | 38.7° |
A year of daylight in Sharm el-Sheikh
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 Sharm el-Sheikh
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
26°collects the most energy over a year: 1949 kWh per kWp.
38°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° | 1780 | 91% | 3.04 | 2.1× |
| 15° | 1920 | 99% | 3.99 | 1.5× |
| 26° year-round best | 1949 | 100% | 4.52 | 1.3× |
| 28° = latitude | 1948 | 100% | 4.60 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1944 | 100% | 4.67 | 1.2× |
| 38° off-grid best | 1909 | 98% | 4.92 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1852 | 95% | 5.06 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1651 | 85% | 5.13 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1465 | 75% | 5.00 | 2.1× |
| 90° | 1013 | 52% | 4.32 | 4.2× |
A fixed array in Sharm el-Sheikh produces the most over a year at 26°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 38° it makes 4.92 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 26°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Sharm el-Sheikh at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 26° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 26° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.09 | 5.99 | 5.06 | 4.72 | 17.4 °C |
| February | 5.02 | 5.85 | 4.92 | 5.19 | 18.4 °C |
| March | 6.24 | 5.57 | 4.64 | 5.76 | 20.6 °C |
| April | 7.11 | 4.49 | 3.70 | 5.78 | 23.3 °C |
| May | 7.67 | 3.58 | 2.89 | 5.65 | 26.7 °C |
| June | 8.17 | 3.07 | 2.45 | 5.64 | 29.1 °C |
| July | 7.96 | 3.20 | 2.54 | 5.56 | 30.5 °C |
| August | 7.42 | 3.98 | 3.18 | 5.60 | 30.8 °C |
| September | 6.60 | 5.11 | 4.12 | 5.61 | 29.2 °C |
| October | 5.38 | 5.74 | 4.67 | 5.19 | 26.8 °C |
| November | 4.40 | 6.14 | 5.06 | 4.86 | 22.9 °C |
| December | 3.82 | 5.96 | 5.00 | 4.52 | 19.2 °C |
| Year | 6.16 avg | 4.88 avg | 1465 kWh | 1949 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 480 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 260 Wp at 26°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Sharm el-Sheikh
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.
3.3 mrow pitch at 70°
3.0 mrow pitch at 26°
How Sharm el-Sheikh compares in Egypt
Against the other 235 places in Egypt with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
65thof 236 places in Egypt for sunshine, shared: 6.16 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Egypt: 1,949 against 1,878 kWh per kWp.
−10 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Cairo: 13 h 55 min against 14 h 05 min.
26°best year-round tilt here; across Egypt it runs from 20° in Hala'ib to 26° in Cairo.
Of the 236 places in Egypt, Aswān gets the most sun (6.52 peak sun hours a day) and ‘Izbat al Burj the least (5.35); Sharm el-Sheikh ranks joint 65th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.45 kWh a day here, against 2.63 kWh on average in Egypt. The shortest day lasts 10 h 22 min, +10 min compared with Cairo.
Solar forecast for Sharm el-Sheikh, 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.