Kef Governorate · Tunisia · 35.89° N · 8.55° E
Solar position in Tajerouine
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Tajerouine — computed for 35.89° N, 8.55° E, 660 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Tajerouine today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:14 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:44 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:14 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:40 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:15 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:09 | 42.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:03 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:39 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:05 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:35 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:04 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 59 min | |
Sun path diagram for Tajerouine
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 77.5° at solar noon in Tajerouine; on the December solstice only 30.7°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 59° 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 | 07:33 | 12:37 | 17:41 | 10 h 08 min | 34.3° |
| February | 07:06 | 12:39 | 18:13 | 11 h 07 min | 43.7° |
| March | 06:28 | 12:33 | 18:38 | 12 h 10 min | 54.5° |
| April | 05:45 | 12:24 | 19:04 | 13 h 19 min | 66.1° |
| May | 05:16 | 12:22 | 19:29 | 14 h 13 min | 74.4° |
| June | 05:09 | 12:27 | 19:45 | 14 h 36 min | 77.5° |
| July | 05:24 | 12:32 | 19:39 | 14 h 14 min | 74.5° |
| August | 05:49 | 12:28 | 19:08 | 13 h 19 min | 66.1° |
| September | 06:12 | 12:18 | 18:24 | 12 h 11 min | 54.7° |
| October | 06:37 | 12:10 | 17:42 | 11 h 05 min | 43.3° |
| November | 07:07 | 12:11 | 17:15 | 10 h 07 min | 34.2° |
| December | 07:32 | 12:23 | 17:15 | 9 h 43 min | 30.7° |
A year of daylight in Tajerouine
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 Tajerouine
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
30°collects the most energy over a year: 1657 kWh per kWp.
61°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° | 1464 | 88% | 1.88 | 3.2× |
| 15° | 1607 | 97% | 2.58 | 2.3× |
| 30° year-round best | 1657 | 100% | 3.12 | 1.8× |
| 36° = latitude | 1649 | 100% | 3.29 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1610 | 97% | 3.47 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1471 | 89% | 3.59 | 1.2× |
| 61° off-grid best | 1459 | 88% | 3.59 | 1.2× |
| 70° | 1332 | 80% | 3.55 | 1.3× |
| 90° | 971 | 59% | 3.17 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Tajerouine produces the most over a year at 30°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 61° it makes 3.59 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 30°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Tajerouine at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 30° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 30° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.61 | 4.29 | 3.78 | 3.41 | 7.0 °C |
| February | 3.44 | 4.47 | 3.93 | 3.96 | 7.5 °C |
| March | 4.60 | 4.63 | 4.02 | 4.63 | 10.5 °C |
| April | 5.71 | 4.28 | 3.66 | 5.01 | 14.0 °C |
| May | 6.65 | 3.89 | 3.27 | 5.26 | 18.0 °C |
| June | 7.56 | 3.75 | 3.08 | 5.55 | 22.8 °C |
| July | 7.56 | 3.95 | 3.21 | 5.57 | 26.4 °C |
| August | 6.71 | 4.45 | 3.62 | 5.40 | 26.1 °C |
| September | 5.15 | 4.61 | 3.83 | 4.72 | 21.8 °C |
| October | 4.00 | 4.79 | 4.05 | 4.26 | 17.8 °C |
| November | 2.85 | 4.41 | 3.82 | 3.55 | 11.8 °C |
| December | 2.32 | 4.05 | 3.55 | 3.12 | 8.0 °C |
| Year | 4.94 avg | 4.30 avg | 1332 kWh | 1657 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 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 380 Wp at 30°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Tajerouine
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.
4.3 mrow pitch at 70°
3.7 mrow pitch at 30°
How Tajerouine compares in Tunisia
Against the other 125 places in Tunisia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
66thof 126 places in Tunisia for sunshine: 4.94 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Tunisia: 1,657 against 1,645 kWh per kWp.
−5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tunis: 14 h 36 min against 14 h 41 min.
30°best year-round tilt here; across Tunisia it runs from 29° in Houmt Souk to 31° in Kairouan.
Of the 126 places in Tunisia, Nefta and 2 other places get the most sun (5.54 peak sun hours a day) and Grombalia and one other place the least (4.68); Tajerouine ranks 66th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.08 kWh a day here, against 3.03 kWh on average in Tunisia. The shortest day lasts 9 h 43 min, +5 min compared with Tunis.
Solar forecast for Tajerouine, 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.