Hama · Syria · 35.29° N · 36.75° E
Solar position in Şūrān
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Şūrān — computed for 35.29° N, 36.75° E, 356 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Şūrān today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:21 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:51 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:20 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:46 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:21 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:17 | 42.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:12 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:47 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:12 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:42 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:12 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 00 min | |
Sun path diagram for Şūrān
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 78.1° at solar noon in Şūrān; on the December solstice only 31.3°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 58° 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 | 07:39 | 12:44 | 17:49 | 10 h 11 min | 34.9° |
| February | 07:12 | 12:46 | 18:20 | 11 h 08 min | 44.2° |
| March | 06:35 | 12:40 | 18:45 | 12 h 10 min | 55.0° |
| April | 05:53 | 12:31 | 19:10 | 13 h 17 min | 66.6° |
| May | 05:24 | 12:29 | 19:34 | 14 h 10 min | 74.9° |
| June | 05:18 | 12:34 | 19:51 | 14 h 32 min | 78.1° |
| July | 05:33 | 12:39 | 19:44 | 14 h 11 min | 75.1° |
| August | 05:57 | 12:36 | 19:14 | 13 h 18 min | 66.8° |
| September | 06:20 | 12:25 | 18:31 | 12 h 12 min | 55.3° |
| October | 06:44 | 12:17 | 17:50 | 11 h 06 min | 44.0° |
| November | 07:13 | 12:18 | 17:23 | 10 h 10 min | 34.8° |
| December | 07:37 | 12:31 | 17:24 | 9 h 47 min | 31.3° |
A year of daylight in Şūrān
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 Şūrān
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
28°collects the most energy over a year: 1688 kWh per kWp.
56°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° | 1517 | 90% | 1.79 | 3.6× |
| 15° | 1651 | 98% | 2.38 | 2.6× |
| 28° year-round best | 1688 | 100% | 2.78 | 2.1× |
| 30° | 1687 | 100% | 2.83 | 2.0× |
| 35° = latitude | 1677 | 99% | 2.95 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1625 | 96% | 3.11 | 1.7× |
| 56° off-grid best | 1520 | 90% | 3.19 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1471 | 87% | 3.20 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1322 | 78% | 3.15 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 942 | 56% | 2.79 | 2.3× |
A fixed array in Şūrān produces the most over a year at 28°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 56° it makes 3.19 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 28°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Şūrān at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 28° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 28° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.35 | 3.51 | 3.09 | 2.84 | 6.7 °C |
| February | 3.22 | 3.94 | 3.45 | 3.53 | 8.3 °C |
| March | 4.67 | 4.60 | 3.98 | 4.60 | 11.8 °C |
| April | 5.96 | 4.43 | 3.77 | 5.19 | 15.7 °C |
| May | 7.12 | 4.09 | 3.40 | 5.60 | 20.7 °C |
| June | 8.05 | 3.81 | 3.10 | 5.87 | 25.1 °C |
| July | 7.89 | 3.95 | 3.18 | 5.79 | 27.9 °C |
| August | 7.12 | 4.60 | 3.72 | 5.69 | 28.0 °C |
| September | 5.90 | 5.34 | 4.37 | 5.39 | 25.2 °C |
| October | 4.29 | 5.15 | 4.30 | 4.49 | 20.5 °C |
| November | 3.01 | 4.59 | 3.95 | 3.64 | 13.3 °C |
| December | 2.20 | 3.59 | 3.15 | 2.78 | 8.3 °C |
| Year | 5.16 avg | 4.30 avg | 1322 kWh | 1688 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through January on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 420 Wp at 28°. The steep array is 10% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Şūrān
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.
4.2 mrow pitch at 70°
3.5 mrow pitch at 28°
How Şūrān compares in Syria
Against the other 87 places in Syria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
51stof 88 places in Syria for sunshine, shared: 5.16 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Syria: 1,688 against 1,731 kWh per kWp.
−5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Aleppo: 14 h 32 min against 14 h 38 min.
28°best year-round tilt here; across Syria it runs from 27° in Damascus to 31° in Al Qāmishlī.
Of the 88 places in Syria, As-Suwayda gets the most sun (5.64 peak sun hours a day) and Al Mālikīyah the least (5.02); Şūrān ranks joint 51st. In its darkest month, January, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.09 kWh a day here, against 3.06 kWh on average in Syria. The shortest day lasts 9 h 47 min, +5 min compared with Aleppo.
Solar forecast for Şūrān, 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.