Eastern Darfur · Sudan · 12.44° N · 25.58° E
Solar position in Sh'īarīah
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Sh'īarīah — computed for 12.44° N, 25.58° E, 570 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Sh'īarīah today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:57 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:22 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:47 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:08 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:37 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:01 | 65.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:25 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:54 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:16 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:41 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:06 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 46 min | |
Sun path diagram for Sh'īarīah
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 79.0° at solar noon in Sh'īarīah; on the December solstice only 54.1°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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 | 06:43 | 12:29 | 18:14 | 11 h 31 min | 57.7° |
| February | 06:37 | 12:31 | 18:25 | 11 h 48 min | 67.1° |
| March | 06:21 | 12:24 | 18:28 | 12 h 07 min | 77.9° |
| April | 06:02 | 12:16 | 18:30 | 12 h 28 min | 89.5° |
| May | 05:52 | 12:14 | 18:36 | 12 h 45 min | 82.2° |
| June | 05:53 | 12:19 | 18:45 | 12 h 51 min | 79.0° |
| July | 06:01 | 12:24 | 18:46 | 12 h 45 min | 82.0° |
| August | 06:06 | 12:20 | 18:34 | 12 h 28 min | 89.6° |
| September | 06:06 | 12:10 | 18:14 | 12 h 08 min | 78.2° |
| October | 06:08 | 12:02 | 17:56 | 11 h 48 min | 66.8° |
| November | 06:18 | 12:03 | 17:48 | 11 h 31 min | 57.6° |
| December | 06:33 | 12:15 | 17:57 | 11 h 24 min | 54.1° |
A year of daylight in Sh'īarīah
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 Sh'īarīah
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
15°collects the most energy over a year: 1916 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 | August kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1857 | 97% | 4.56 | 1.2× |
| 12° = latitude | 1913 | 100% | 4.42 | 1.3× |
| 15° year-round best | 1916 | 100% | 4.36 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1862 | 97% | 3.93 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1703 | 89% | 3.29 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 1450 | 76% | 2.48 | 3.0× |
| 70° | 1242 | 65% | 1.90 | 4.1× |
| 90° | 844 | 44% | 1.11 | 4.1× |
A fixed array in Sh'īarīah produces the most over a year at 15°. The design month for an off-grid system is August: at 0° it makes 4.56 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 15°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Sh'īarīah at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 15° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 15° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.23 | 6.78 | 5.62 | 5.83 | 21.8 °C |
| February | 6.74 | 5.79 | 4.75 | 5.87 | 25.1 °C |
| March | 7.07 | 4.51 | 3.65 | 5.73 | 28.1 °C |
| April | 7.28 | 3.18 | 2.53 | 5.51 | 30.7 °C |
| May | 7.04 | 2.21 | 1.72 | 5.07 | 32.1 °C |
| June | 6.54 | 1.86 | 1.44 | 4.63 | 31.7 °C |
| July | 6.00 | 1.94 | 1.52 | 4.36 | 28.9 °C |
| August | 5.76 | 2.38 | 1.90 | 4.36 | 27.3 °C |
| September | 6.16 | 3.45 | 2.78 | 4.88 | 28.1 °C |
| October | 6.32 | 4.83 | 3.91 | 5.29 | 28.4 °C |
| November | 6.32 | 6.44 | 5.27 | 5.74 | 25.2 °C |
| December | 6.07 | 7.06 | 5.84 | 5.77 | 22.2 °C |
| Year | 6.46 avg | 4.19 avg | 1242 kWh | 1916 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 820 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 270 Wp at 15°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Sh'īarīah
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.
2.2 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 15°
How Sh'īarīah compares in Sudan
Against the other 74 places in Sudan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
21stof 75 places in Sudan for sunshine, shared: 6.46 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sudan: 1,916 against 1,880 kWh per kWp.
−12 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Khartoum: 12 h 51 min against 13 h 03 min.
15°best year-round tilt here; across Sudan it runs from 12° in Abyei to 19° in Atbara.
Of the 75 places in Sudan, Mellit gets the most sun (6.72 peak sun hours a day) and Port Sudan the least (5.78); Sh'īarīah ranks joint 21st. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.44 kWh a day here, against 1.52 kWh on average in Sudan. The shortest day lasts 11 h 24 min, +11 min compared with Khartoum.
Solar forecast for Sh'īarīah, 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.