Razavi Khorasan · Iran · 35.24° N · 60.62° E
Solar position in Torbat-e Jām
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Torbat-e Jām — computed for 35.24° N, 60.62° E, 908 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Torbat-e Jām today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:16 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:45 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:15 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:41 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:16 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:11 | 43.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:06 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 16:41 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:07 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 17:37 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:06 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 00 min | |
Sun path diagram for Torbat-e Jām
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 78.2° at solar noon in Torbat-e Jām; 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 | 06:33 | 11:38 | 16:44 | 10 h 11 min | 34.9° |
| February | 06:07 | 11:41 | 17:15 | 11 h 08 min | 44.3° |
| March | 05:30 | 11:34 | 17:39 | 12 h 10 min | 55.1° |
| April | 04:48 | 11:26 | 18:04 | 13 h 17 min | 66.7° |
| May | 04:19 | 11:24 | 18:29 | 14 h 10 min | 75.0° |
| June | 04:13 | 11:29 | 18:45 | 14 h 32 min | 78.2° |
| July | 04:28 | 11:33 | 18:39 | 14 h 11 min | 75.2° |
| August | 04:51 | 11:30 | 18:09 | 13 h 18 min | 66.8° |
| September | 05:14 | 11:20 | 17:26 | 12 h 12 min | 55.4° |
| October | 05:38 | 11:11 | 16:45 | 11 h 07 min | 44.0° |
| November | 06:08 | 11:13 | 16:18 | 10 h 10 min | 34.8° |
| December | 06:32 | 11:25 | 16:18 | 9 h 47 min | 31.3° |
A year of daylight in Torbat-e Jām
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 Torbat-e Jām
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: 1832 kWh per kWp.
58°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° | 1613 | 88% | 2.12 | 3.1× |
| 15° | 1776 | 97% | 2.94 | 2.2× |
| 30° year-round best | 1832 | 100% | 3.57 | 1.7× |
| 35° = latitude | 1827 | 100% | 3.73 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1781 | 97% | 3.97 | 1.5× |
| 58° off-grid best | 1652 | 90% | 4.11 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1625 | 89% | 4.12 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1469 | 80% | 4.07 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 1063 | 58% | 3.64 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Torbat-e Jām produces the most over a year at 30°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 58° it makes 4.11 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 30°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Torbat-e Jām 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 | 2.71 | 4.42 | 3.98 | 3.61 | 1.3 °C |
| February | 3.54 | 4.61 | 4.12 | 4.15 | 3.4 °C |
| March | 4.70 | 4.70 | 4.11 | 4.75 | 8.7 °C |
| April | 5.91 | 4.38 | 3.74 | 5.17 | 14.1 °C |
| May | 7.26 | 4.10 | 3.41 | 5.64 | 20.0 °C |
| June | 8.28 | 3.88 | 3.18 | 5.95 | 24.1 °C |
| July | 8.09 | 4.07 | 3.31 | 5.91 | 25.7 °C |
| August | 7.50 | 4.83 | 3.97 | 6.04 | 23.7 °C |
| September | 6.36 | 5.78 | 4.84 | 5.98 | 19.3 °C |
| October | 4.73 | 5.89 | 5.04 | 5.25 | 13.9 °C |
| November | 3.22 | 5.16 | 4.54 | 4.18 | 7.1 °C |
| December | 2.56 | 4.54 | 4.07 | 3.57 | 2.6 °C |
| Year | 5.41 avg | 4.70 avg | 1469 kWh | 1832 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 370 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 330 Wp at 30°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Torbat-e Jām
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°
3.6 mrow pitch at 30°
How Torbat-e Jām compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
196thof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.41 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,832 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 14 h 32 min against 14 h 35 min.
30°best year-round tilt here; across Iran it runs from 24° in Kīsh to 33° in Khūy.
Of the 423 places in Iran, Jālq gets the most sun (6.10 peak sun hours a day) and Bandar-e Anzalī the least (3.92); Torbat-e Jām ranks joint 196th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.18 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 9 h 47 min, +2 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Torbat-e Jām, 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.