Istanbul · Turkey · 41.18° N · 29.61° E
Solar position in Şile
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Şile — computed for 41.18° N, 29.61° E, 0 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Şile today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:50 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:22 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:54 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:23 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:01 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:45 | 37.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:29 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:07 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:35 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:08 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:40 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 45 min | |
Sun path diagram for Şile
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 72.3° at solar noon in Şile; on the December solstice only 25.4°. Sunrise swings from 57° ENE in June to 121° ESE in December — a 64° 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 | 08:21 | 13:13 | 18:04 | 9 h 43 min | 29.0° |
| February | 07:48 | 13:15 | 18:42 | 10 h 55 min | 38.4° |
| March | 07:03 | 13:08 | 19:14 | 12 h 11 min | 49.2° |
| April | 06:13 | 13:00 | 19:47 | 13 h 34 min | 60.8° |
| May | 05:38 | 12:58 | 20:18 | 14 h 40 min | 69.1° |
| June | 05:28 | 13:03 | 20:37 | 15 h 09 min | 72.3° |
| July | 05:46 | 13:07 | 20:28 | 14 h 42 min | 69.2° |
| August | 06:16 | 13:04 | 19:51 | 13 h 35 min | 60.9° |
| September | 06:47 | 12:54 | 19:00 | 12 h 13 min | 49.5° |
| October | 07:19 | 12:45 | 18:12 | 10 h 52 min | 38.1° |
| November | 07:56 | 12:47 | 17:38 | 9 h 42 min | 28.9° |
| December | 08:23 | 12:59 | 17:35 | 9 h 12 min | 25.4° |
A year of daylight in Şile
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 Şile
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
31°collects the most energy over a year: 1390 kWh per kWp.
63°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° | 1221 | 88% | 1.07 | 5.3× |
| 15° | 1344 | 97% | 1.50 | 3.9× |
| 30° | 1390 | 100% | 1.84 | 3.0× |
| 31° year-round best | 1390 | 100% | 1.85 | 3.0× |
| 41° = latitude | 1373 | 99% | 2.01 | 2.6× |
| 45° | 1356 | 98% | 2.06 | 2.4× |
| 60° | 1246 | 90% | 2.16 | 2.0× |
| 63° off-grid best | 1215 | 87% | 2.16 | 1.9× |
| 70° | 1133 | 81% | 2.15 | 1.8× |
| 90° | 835 | 60% | 1.96 | 1.5× |
A fixed array in Şile produces the most over a year at 31°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 63° it makes 2.16 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 31°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Şile at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 31° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 31° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.51 | 2.49 | 2.19 | 1.96 | 5.6 °C |
| February | 2.20 | 2.89 | 2.54 | 2.52 | 5.9 °C |
| March | 3.46 | 3.72 | 3.25 | 3.60 | 7.7 °C |
| April | 4.85 | 4.01 | 3.46 | 4.45 | 10.8 °C |
| May | 6.08 | 4.00 | 3.38 | 5.01 | 15.9 °C |
| June | 6.98 | 3.97 | 3.29 | 5.35 | 20.8 °C |
| July | 7.14 | 4.21 | 3.45 | 5.50 | 23.6 °C |
| August | 6.20 | 4.60 | 3.77 | 5.23 | 24.2 °C |
| September | 4.57 | 4.55 | 3.78 | 4.40 | 21.0 °C |
| October | 2.98 | 3.84 | 3.25 | 3.30 | 16.5 °C |
| November | 1.92 | 3.13 | 2.70 | 2.45 | 12.0 °C |
| December | 1.36 | 2.46 | 2.15 | 1.85 | 7.7 °C |
| Year | 4.12 avg | 3.66 avg | 1133 kWh | 1390 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 550 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 640 Wp at 31°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Şile
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.
5.3 mrow pitch at 70°
4.2 mrow pitch at 31°
How Şile compares in Turkey
Against the other 415 places in Turkey with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
374thof 416 places in Turkey for sunshine, shared: 4.12 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−11%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Turkey: 1,390 against 1,567 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Istanbul: 15 h 09 min against 15 h 08 min.
31°best year-round tilt here; across Turkey it runs from 29° in Antakya to 36° in Ardahan.
Of the 416 places in Turkey, Sarigerme and 2 other places get the most sun (5.11 peak sun hours a day) and Hopa the least (3.80); Şile ranks joint 374th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.15 kWh a day here, against 2.84 kWh on average in Turkey. The shortest day lasts 9 h 12 min, −1 min compared with Istanbul.
Solar forecast for Şile, 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.