North · Cameroon · 7.77° N · 15.36° E
Solar position in Touboro
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Touboro — computed for 7.77° N, 15.36° E, 515 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Touboro today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:35 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:59 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:24 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:45 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:14 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:42 | 70.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:11 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:39 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:00 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:25 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:50 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 54 min | |
Sun path diagram for Touboro
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 74.3° at solar noon in Touboro; on the December solstice only 58.8°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° 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 | 06:17 | 12:09 | 18:02 | 11 h 45 min | 62.4° |
| February | 06:14 | 12:12 | 18:09 | 11 h 55 min | 71.8° |
| March | 06:02 | 12:05 | 18:09 | 12 h 07 min | 82.6° |
| April | 05:47 | 11:57 | 18:07 | 12 h 20 min | 85.8° |
| May | 05:40 | 11:55 | 18:10 | 12 h 30 min | 77.5° |
| June | 05:43 | 12:00 | 18:17 | 12 h 35 min | 74.3° |
| July | 05:49 | 12:05 | 18:20 | 12 h 30 min | 77.4° |
| August | 05:51 | 12:01 | 18:11 | 12 h 20 min | 85.8° |
| September | 05:48 | 11:51 | 17:55 | 12 h 07 min | 82.8° |
| October | 05:45 | 11:43 | 17:40 | 11 h 55 min | 71.5° |
| November | 05:52 | 11:44 | 17:36 | 11 h 45 min | 62.3° |
| December | 06:06 | 11:56 | 17:46 | 11 h 40 min | 58.8° |
A year of daylight in Touboro
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 Touboro
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
11°collects the most energy over a year: 1645 kWh per kWp.
0°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 | August kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1620 | 99% | 3.78 | 1.3× |
| 8° = latitude | 1643 | 100% | 3.70 | 1.4× |
| 11° year-round best | 1645 | 100% | 3.65 | 1.5× |
| 15° | 1642 | 100% | 3.58 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1573 | 96% | 3.20 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1418 | 86% | 2.67 | 2.4× |
| 60° | 1192 | 72% | 2.02 | 3.3× |
| 70° | 1015 | 62% | 1.56 | 4.1× |
| 90° | 697 | 42% | 1.08 | 3.5× |
A fixed array in Touboro produces the most over a year at 11°. The design month for an off-grid system is August: at 0° it makes 3.78 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 11°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Touboro at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 11° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 11° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.13 | 5.80 | 4.76 | 5.32 | 25.0 °C |
| February | 6.17 | 4.69 | 3.80 | 5.10 | 28.1 °C |
| March | 6.14 | 3.62 | 2.90 | 4.85 | 30.3 °C |
| April | 5.83 | 2.45 | 1.94 | 4.44 | 30.1 °C |
| May | 5.55 | 1.73 | 1.35 | 4.14 | 28.1 °C |
| June | 5.18 | 1.54 | 1.20 | 3.84 | 26.2 °C |
| July | 4.87 | 1.58 | 1.25 | 3.68 | 24.4 °C |
| August | 4.70 | 1.94 | 1.56 | 3.65 | 23.4 °C |
| September | 5.14 | 2.73 | 2.22 | 4.11 | 23.9 °C |
| October | 5.58 | 3.86 | 3.17 | 4.62 | 24.5 °C |
| November | 5.98 | 5.34 | 4.39 | 5.15 | 25.1 °C |
| December | 5.92 | 5.96 | 4.90 | 5.22 | 24.6 °C |
| Year | 5.60 avg | 3.43 avg | 1015 kWh | 1645 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 980 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 11°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Touboro
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.
2.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 11°
How Touboro compares in Cameroon
Against the other 86 places in Cameroon with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
18thof 87 places in Cameroon for sunshine: 5.60 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+13%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Cameroon: 1,645 against 1,454 kWh per kWp.
+13 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Douala: 12 h 35 min against 12 h 21 min.
11°best year-round tilt here; across Cameroon it runs from 4° in Ébolowa to 15° in Kousséri.
Of the 87 places in Cameroon, Blangwa gets the most sun (6.11 peak sun hours a day) and Limbe the least (4.17); Touboro ranks 18th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.20 kWh a day here, against 1.16 kWh on average in Cameroon. The shortest day lasts 11 h 40 min, −13 min compared with Douala.
Solar forecast for Touboro, 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.