Central Sulawesi · Indonesia · 1.04° N · 120.82° E
Solar position in Toli-Toli
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Toli-Toli — computed for 1.04° N, 120.82° E, 327 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Toli-Toli today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+8
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:28 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:52 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:17 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:38 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:06 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:40 | 76.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:15 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:43 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:04 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:29 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:53 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 05 min | |
Sun path diagram for Toli-Toli
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 67.6° at solar noon in Toli-Toli; on the December solstice only 65.5°. Sunrise swings from 67° 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 | 06:05 | 12:07 | 18:10 | 12 h 04 min | 69.1° |
| February | 06:07 | 12:10 | 18:12 | 12 h 05 min | 78.4° |
| March | 06:00 | 12:03 | 18:07 | 12 h 07 min | 89.2° |
| April | 05:51 | 11:55 | 17:59 | 12 h 08 min | 79.2° |
| May | 05:48 | 11:53 | 17:58 | 12 h 10 min | 70.9° |
| June | 05:52 | 11:58 | 18:03 | 12 h 11 min | 67.6° |
| July | 05:58 | 12:03 | 18:08 | 12 h 10 min | 70.6° |
| August | 05:55 | 12:00 | 18:04 | 12 h 08 min | 78.9° |
| September | 05:46 | 11:49 | 17:53 | 12 h 07 min | 89.7° |
| October | 05:38 | 11:41 | 17:43 | 12 h 05 min | 78.3° |
| November | 05:40 | 11:42 | 17:44 | 12 h 04 min | 69.1° |
| December | 05:52 | 11:54 | 17:56 | 12 h 04 min | 65.5° |
A year of daylight in Toli-Toli
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 Toli-Toli
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
0°collects the most energy over a year: 1540 kWh per kWp.
2°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 | January kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° year-round best | 1540 | 100% | 3.82 | 1.2× |
| 1° = latitude | 1539 | 100% | 3.85 | 1.2× |
| 2° off-grid best | 1539 | 100% | 3.87 | 1.2× |
| 15° | 1494 | 97% | 4.06 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1367 | 89% | 4.08 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1167 | 76% | 3.89 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 917 | 60% | 3.48 | 3.2× |
| 70° | 756 | 49% | 3.11 | 3.4× |
| 90° | 508 | 33% | 2.17 | 2.6× |
A fixed array in Toli-Toli produces the most over a year at 0°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 2° it makes 3.87 kWh per kWp a day, 1% more than at 0°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Toli-Toli at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 0° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 0° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.84 | 3.83 | 3.11 | 3.82 | 26.9 °C |
| February | 5.26 | 3.52 | 2.86 | 4.17 | 26.8 °C |
| March | 5.66 | 2.86 | 2.30 | 4.49 | 27.1 °C |
| April | 5.65 | 1.78 | 1.40 | 4.47 | 27.5 °C |
| May | 5.36 | 1.26 | 0.97 | 4.24 | 27.8 °C |
| June | 4.99 | 1.27 | 0.98 | 3.94 | 27.5 °C |
| July | 5.13 | 1.28 | 0.99 | 4.06 | 27.3 °C |
| August | 5.58 | 1.44 | 1.12 | 4.42 | 27.4 °C |
| September | 5.80 | 2.40 | 1.91 | 4.59 | 27.5 °C |
| October | 5.54 | 3.35 | 2.71 | 4.38 | 27.7 °C |
| November | 5.28 | 4.02 | 3.26 | 4.17 | 27.4 °C |
| December | 4.91 | 4.07 | 3.31 | 3.87 | 27.2 °C |
| Year | 5.33 avg | 2.58 avg | 756 kWh | 1540 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through May on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 1,210 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 310 Wp at 0°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Toli-Toli
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.
1.7 mrow pitch at 70°
2.0 mrow pitch at 0°
How Toli-Toli compares in Indonesia
Against the other 446 places in Indonesia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
108thof 447 places in Indonesia for sunshine, shared: 5.33 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Indonesia: 1,540 against 1,498 kWh per kWp.
−18 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Jakarta: 12 h 11 min against 12 h 29 min.
0°best year-round tilt here; across Indonesia it runs from 0° in Batam to 12° in Kupang.
Of the 447 places in Indonesia, Lewoleba gets the most sun (5.95 peak sun hours a day) and Kuala Tungkal the least (4.48); Toli-Toli ranks joint 108th. In its darkest month, May, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.97 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Indonesia. The shortest day lasts 12 h 04 min, +18 min compared with Jakarta.
Solar forecast for Toli-Toli, 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.