Khyber Pakhtunkhwa · Pakistan · 35.21° N · 71.88° E
Solar position in Upper Dir
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Upper Dir — computed for 35.21° N, 71.88° E, 1407 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Upper Dir today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:01 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:30 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:00 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:26 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:01 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:56 | 43.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:51 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:26 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:52 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:22 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:51 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 01 min | |
Sun path diagram for Upper Dir
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 Upper Dir; on the December solstice only 31.4°. 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 | 07:18 | 12:23 | 17:29 | 10 h 11 min | 34.9° |
| February | 06:52 | 12:26 | 18:00 | 11 h 08 min | 44.3° |
| March | 06:15 | 12:19 | 18:24 | 12 h 10 min | 55.1° |
| April | 05:33 | 12:11 | 18:49 | 13 h 17 min | 66.7° |
| May | 05:04 | 12:09 | 19:14 | 14 h 09 min | 75.0° |
| June | 04:58 | 12:14 | 19:30 | 14 h 32 min | 78.2° |
| July | 05:13 | 12:18 | 19:24 | 14 h 11 min | 75.2° |
| August | 05:36 | 12:15 | 18:54 | 13 h 18 min | 66.9° |
| September | 05:59 | 12:05 | 18:11 | 12 h 12 min | 55.5° |
| October | 06:23 | 11:56 | 17:30 | 11 h 07 min | 44.1° |
| November | 06:52 | 11:58 | 17:03 | 10 h 10 min | 34.9° |
| December | 07:16 | 12:10 | 17:03 | 9 h 47 min | 31.4° |
A year of daylight in Upper Dir
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 Upper Dir
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
31°collects the most energy over a year: 1702 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 | January kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1496 | 88% | 2.27 | 2.8× |
| 15° | 1645 | 97% | 3.02 | 2.0× |
| 30° | 1701 | 100% | 3.62 | 1.5× |
| 31° year-round best | 1702 | 100% | 3.65 | 1.5× |
| 35° = latitude | 1699 | 100% | 3.78 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1663 | 98% | 4.03 | 1.3× |
| 56° off-grid best | 1576 | 93% | 4.19 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1533 | 90% | 4.22 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1401 | 82% | 4.23 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 1052 | 62% | 3.94 | 2.6× |
A fixed array in Upper Dir produces the most over a year at 31°. The design month for an off-grid system is January: at 56° it makes 4.19 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 31°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Upper Dir at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 31° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 31° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.65 | 4.59 | 4.23 | 3.65 | -5.1 °C |
| February snow | 3.11 | 4.25 | 3.89 | 3.69 | -3.6 °C |
| March | 4.32 | 4.20 | 3.77 | 4.41 | 1.7 °C |
| April | 5.70 | 4.21 | 3.69 | 5.08 | 7.4 °C |
| May | 6.76 | 3.85 | 3.30 | 5.37 | 12.5 °C |
| June | 7.31 | 3.61 | 3.04 | 5.43 | 16.6 °C |
| July | 6.94 | 3.68 | 3.07 | 5.24 | 18.6 °C |
| August | 6.23 | 4.11 | 3.46 | 5.12 | 17.5 °C |
| September | 5.54 | 4.94 | 4.23 | 5.26 | 14.0 °C |
| October | 4.41 | 5.42 | 4.74 | 4.98 | 8.6 °C |
| November | 3.05 | 4.72 | 4.23 | 3.97 | 2.6 °C |
| December snow | 2.56 | 4.84 | 4.42 | 3.70 | -2.3 °C |
| Year | 4.89 avg | 4.37 avg | 1401 kWh | 1702 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 390 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 31°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Upper Dir
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 31°
How Upper Dir compares in Pakistan
Against the other 360 places in Pakistan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
325thof 361 places in Pakistan for sunshine, shared: 4.89 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Pakistan: 1,702 against 1,674 kWh per kWp.
+19 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lahore: 14 h 32 min against 14 h 13 min.
31°best year-round tilt here; across Pakistan it runs from 25° in Hyderabad to 33° in Karimabad.
Of the 361 places in Pakistan, Chaman and one other place get the most sun (6.09 peak sun hours a day) and Skardu the least (4.28); Upper Dir ranks joint 325th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.04 kWh a day here, against 2.48 kWh on average in Pakistan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 47 min, −18 min compared with Lahore.
Solar forecast for Upper Dir, 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.