Gaza Province · Mozambique · 25.05° S · 33.64° E
Solar position in Xai-Xai
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Xai-Xai — computed for 25.05° S, 33.64° E, 4 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Xai-Xai today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 03:43 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:12 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 04:40 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:03 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 05:34 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:29 | 76.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:25 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:56 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:19 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:47 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:15 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 52 min | |
Sun path diagram for Xai-Xai
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 41.5° at solar noon in Xai-Xai; on the December solstice only 88.4°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 52° 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 | 05:13 | 11:56 | 18:39 | 13 h 26 min | 84.8° |
| February | 05:35 | 11:58 | 18:22 | 12 h 47 min | 75.4° |
| March | 05:49 | 11:52 | 17:55 | 12 h 06 min | 64.6° |
| April | 06:02 | 11:43 | 17:25 | 11 h 22 min | 53.0° |
| May | 06:17 | 11:41 | 17:06 | 10 h 49 min | 44.7° |
| June | 06:29 | 11:47 | 17:04 | 10 h 35 min | 41.5° |
| July | 06:28 | 11:51 | 17:15 | 10 h 48 min | 44.5° |
| August | 06:07 | 11:48 | 17:29 | 11 h 22 min | 52.9° |
| September | 05:36 | 11:38 | 17:41 | 12 h 05 min | 64.3° |
| October | 05:06 | 11:30 | 17:54 | 12 h 48 min | 75.7° |
| November | 04:48 | 11:31 | 18:14 | 13 h 26 min | 84.9° |
| December | 04:52 | 11:43 | 18:34 | 13 h 42 min | 88.4° |
A year of daylight in Xai-Xai
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 Xai-Xai
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
25°collects the most energy over a year: 1672 kWh per kWp.
33°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° | 1539 | 92% | 2.85 | 1.9× |
| 15° | 1651 | 99% | 3.65 | 1.4× |
| 25° year-round best = latitude | 1672 | 100% | 4.05 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1666 | 100% | 4.21 | 1.2× |
| 33° off-grid best | 1657 | 99% | 4.29 | 1.1× |
| 45° | 1583 | 95% | 4.50 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1410 | 84% | 4.51 | 1.7× |
| 70° | 1250 | 75% | 4.36 | 2.1× |
| 90° | 872 | 52% | 3.70 | 3.4× |
A fixed array in Xai-Xai produces the most over a year at 25°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 33° it makes 4.29 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 25°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Xai-Xai at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 25° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 25° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.79 | 2.87 | 2.31 | 4.89 | 27.0 °C |
| February | 6.55 | 3.59 | 2.90 | 5.05 | 27.0 °C |
| March | 5.75 | 4.29 | 3.49 | 4.86 | 26.5 °C |
| April | 4.75 | 4.78 | 3.93 | 4.49 | 24.7 °C |
| May | 4.16 | 5.42 | 4.49 | 4.42 | 22.8 °C |
| June | 3.60 | 5.24 | 4.36 | 4.05 | 21.1 °C |
| July | 3.79 | 5.22 | 4.37 | 4.17 | 20.4 °C |
| August | 4.48 | 5.08 | 4.23 | 4.51 | 21.5 °C |
| September | 5.18 | 4.42 | 3.65 | 4.65 | 23.1 °C |
| October | 5.70 | 3.55 | 2.90 | 4.60 | 24.5 °C |
| November | 6.21 | 2.88 | 2.33 | 4.60 | 25.7 °C |
| December | 6.67 | 2.64 | 2.12 | 4.72 | 26.7 °C |
| Year | 5.30 avg | 4.17 avg | 1250 kWh | 1672 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 560 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 290 Wp at 25°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Xai-Xai
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.
3.1 mrow pitch at 70°
2.9 mrow pitch at 25°
How Xai-Xai compares in Mozambique
Against the other 65 places in Mozambique with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
57thof 66 places in Mozambique for sunshine, shared: 5.30 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Mozambique: 1,672 against 1,681 kWh per kWp.
−4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Maputo: 13 h 42 min against 13 h 46 min.
25°best year-round tilt here; across Mozambique it runs from 12° in Mocímboa da Praia to 27° in Maputo.
Of the 66 places in Mozambique, Pebane gets the most sun (5.80 peak sun hours a day) and Boane the least (4.95); Xai-Xai ranks joint 57th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.12 kWh a day here, against 1.69 kWh on average in Mozambique. The shortest day lasts 10 h 35 min, +4 min compared with Maputo.
Solar forecast for Xai-Xai, 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.