Bas-Sassandra District · Ivory Coast · 4.94° N · 6.78° W
Solar position in Watté
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Watté — computed for 4.94° N, 6.78° W, 175 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Watté today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:01 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:26 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:50 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:12 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:40 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:11 | 73.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:42 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:10 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:31 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:56 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:20 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 58 min | |
Sun path diagram for Watté
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 71.5° at solar noon in Watté; on the December solstice only 61.6°. Sunrise swings from 66° 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 | 06:41 | 12:38 | 18:34 | 11 h 53 min | 65.2° |
| February | 06:40 | 12:40 | 18:40 | 11 h 59 min | 74.6° |
| March | 06:30 | 12:34 | 18:37 | 12 h 07 min | 85.4° |
| April | 06:18 | 12:25 | 18:33 | 12 h 15 min | 83.0° |
| May | 06:12 | 12:23 | 18:34 | 12 h 22 min | 74.7° |
| June | 06:16 | 12:28 | 18:41 | 12 h 25 min | 71.5° |
| July | 06:22 | 12:33 | 18:44 | 12 h 22 min | 74.5° |
| August | 06:22 | 12:30 | 18:37 | 12 h 15 min | 82.9° |
| September | 06:16 | 12:20 | 18:23 | 12 h 07 min | 85.6° |
| October | 06:12 | 12:11 | 18:11 | 11 h 59 min | 74.3° |
| November | 06:16 | 12:12 | 18:09 | 11 h 53 min | 65.1° |
| December | 06:30 | 12:25 | 18:20 | 11 h 50 min | 61.6° |
A year of daylight in Watté
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 Watté
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
6°collects the most energy over a year: 1355 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 | June kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1350 | 100% | 3.20 | 1.3× |
| 5° = latitude | 1355 | 100% | 3.12 | 1.3× |
| 6° year-round best | 1355 | 100% | 3.10 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1342 | 99% | 2.91 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1264 | 93% | 2.47 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1122 | 83% | 1.93 | 2.1× |
| 60° | 928 | 68% | 1.35 | 2.7× |
| 70° | 786 | 58% | 1.09 | 3.0× |
| 90° | 544 | 40% | 0.96 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Watté produces the most over a year at 6°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 0° it makes 3.20 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 6°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Watté at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 6° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 6° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.80 | 4.01 | 3.27 | 3.94 | 26.2 °C |
| February | 4.77 | 3.40 | 2.76 | 3.86 | 26.7 °C |
| March | 5.17 | 2.96 | 2.39 | 4.12 | 26.8 °C |
| April | 5.17 | 2.16 | 1.72 | 4.05 | 26.8 °C |
| May | 4.63 | 1.57 | 1.23 | 3.57 | 26.4 °C |
| June | 4.03 | 1.40 | 1.09 | 3.10 | 25.5 °C |
| July | 4.24 | 1.41 | 1.10 | 3.28 | 24.5 °C |
| August | 4.25 | 1.68 | 1.33 | 3.34 | 24.3 °C |
| September | 4.52 | 2.32 | 1.87 | 3.60 | 24.8 °C |
| October | 4.84 | 3.18 | 2.59 | 3.92 | 25.5 °C |
| November | 4.84 | 3.92 | 3.20 | 3.97 | 26.1 °C |
| December | 4.64 | 4.06 | 3.31 | 3.82 | 26.2 °C |
| Year | 4.66 avg | 2.67 avg | 786 kWh | 1355 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 1,080 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 380 Wp at 6°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Watté
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.
1.8 mrow pitch at 70°
2.1 mrow pitch at 6°
How Watté compares in Ivory Coast
Against the other 181 places in Ivory Coast with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
88thof 182 places in Ivory Coast for sunshine, shared: 4.66 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ivory Coast: 1,355 against 1,384 kWh per kWp.
−1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Abidjan: 12 h 25 min against 12 h 26 min.
6°best year-round tilt here; across Ivory Coast it runs from 5° in Tabou to 12° in Tengréla.
Of the 182 places in Ivory Coast, Tengréla gets the most sun (5.62 peak sun hours a day) and Gbabam the least (4.51); Watté ranks joint 88th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.09 kWh a day here, against 1.19 kWh on average in Ivory Coast. The shortest day lasts 11 h 50 min, +1 min compared with Abidjan.
Solar forecast for Watté, 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.