Narathiwat · Thailand · 6.03° N · 101.97° E
Solar position in Su-ngai Kolok
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Su-ngai Kolok — computed for 6.03° N, 101.97° E, 19 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Su-ngai Kolok today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+7
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:47 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:12 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:36 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:58 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:26 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:56 | 71.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:26 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:54 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:15 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:40 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:04 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 56 min | |
Sun path diagram for Su-ngai Kolok
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 72.6° at solar noon in Su-ngai Kolok; on the December solstice only 60.5°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 113° 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 | 06:28 | 12:23 | 18:18 | 11 h 50 min | 64.1° |
| February | 06:26 | 12:25 | 18:24 | 11 h 58 min | 73.4° |
| March | 06:16 | 12:19 | 18:22 | 12 h 07 min | 84.2° |
| April | 06:02 | 12:10 | 18:19 | 12 h 17 min | 84.2° |
| May | 05:56 | 12:08 | 18:21 | 12 h 25 min | 75.8° |
| June | 05:59 | 12:13 | 18:28 | 12 h 28 min | 72.6° |
| July | 06:05 | 12:18 | 18:31 | 12 h 25 min | 75.6° |
| August | 06:06 | 12:15 | 18:23 | 12 h 17 min | 83.9° |
| September | 06:01 | 12:05 | 18:08 | 12 h 07 min | 84.7° |
| October | 05:57 | 11:56 | 17:55 | 11 h 58 min | 73.3° |
| November | 06:03 | 11:57 | 17:52 | 11 h 50 min | 64.1° |
| December | 06:16 | 12:10 | 18:03 | 11 h 47 min | 60.5° |
A year of daylight in Su-ngai Kolok
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 Su-ngai Kolok
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
4°collects the most energy over a year: 1436 kWh per kWp.
24°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° | 1433 | 100% | 2.97 | 1.6× |
| 4° year-round best | 1436 | 100% | 3.05 | 1.5× |
| 6° = latitude | 1435 | 100% | 3.08 | 1.5× |
| 15° | 1416 | 99% | 3.21 | 1.4× |
| 24° off-grid best | 1369 | 95% | 3.27 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1324 | 92% | 3.28 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1163 | 81% | 3.17 | 1.8× |
| 60° | 949 | 66% | 2.91 | 2.3× |
| 70° | 792 | 55% | 2.65 | 2.7× |
| 90° | 543 | 38% | 1.97 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Su-ngai Kolok produces the most over a year at 4°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 24° it makes 3.27 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 4°, and costs 5% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Su-ngai Kolok at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 4° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 4° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.43 | 3.79 | 3.11 | 3.62 | 24.5 °C |
| February | 5.44 | 3.98 | 3.27 | 4.42 | 24.8 °C |
| March | 5.80 | 3.28 | 2.67 | 4.65 | 25.7 °C |
| April | 5.79 | 2.26 | 1.80 | 4.56 | 26.8 °C |
| May | 5.25 | 1.69 | 1.33 | 4.09 | 27.1 °C |
| June | 5.06 | 1.57 | 1.23 | 3.92 | 26.8 °C |
| July | 5.04 | 1.61 | 1.27 | 3.92 | 26.5 °C |
| August | 5.18 | 1.99 | 1.58 | 4.07 | 26.4 °C |
| September | 5.07 | 2.65 | 2.13 | 4.02 | 26.3 °C |
| October | 4.59 | 3.08 | 2.50 | 3.69 | 26.0 °C |
| November | 4.00 | 3.19 | 2.60 | 3.23 | 25.6 °C |
| December | 3.75 | 3.25 | 2.65 | 3.05 | 25.0 °C |
| Year | 4.95 avg | 2.69 avg | 792 kWh | 1436 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 960 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 4°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Su-ngai Kolok
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°
2.1 mrow pitch at 4°
How Su-ngai Kolok compares in Thailand
Against the other 294 places in Thailand with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
245thof 295 places in Thailand for sunshine, shared: 4.95 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Thailand: 1,436 against 1,509 kWh per kWp.
−28 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bangkok: 12 h 28 min against 12 h 56 min.
4°best year-round tilt here; across Thailand it runs from 4° in Narathiwat to 23° in Mae Chan.
Of the 295 places in Thailand, Bangkok and 7 other places get the most sun (5.23 peak sun hours a day) and Mae Ramat the least (4.74); Su-ngai Kolok ranks joint 245th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.23 kWh a day here, against 1.53 kWh on average in Thailand. The shortest day lasts 11 h 47 min, +28 min compared with Bangkok.
Solar forecast for Su-ngai Kolok, 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.