Xorazm Region · Uzbekistan · 41.39° N · 60.36° E
Solar position in Xiva
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Xiva — computed for 41.39° N, 60.36° E, 98 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Xiva today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:48 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:20 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:53 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:21 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:59 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:42 | 36.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:24 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:03 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:31 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:03 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:35 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 42 min | |
Sun path diagram for Xiva
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 72.1° at solar noon in Xiva; on the December solstice only 25.2°. Sunrise swings from 57° ENE in June to 121° ESE in December — a 64° 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 | 08:19 | 13:09 | 18:00 | 9 h 41 min | 28.8° |
| February | 07:45 | 13:12 | 18:39 | 10 h 54 min | 38.1° |
| March | 07:00 | 13:05 | 19:11 | 12 h 11 min | 48.9° |
| April | 06:10 | 12:57 | 19:45 | 13 h 35 min | 60.5° |
| May | 05:34 | 12:55 | 20:16 | 14 h 41 min | 68.8° |
| June | 05:25 | 13:00 | 20:35 | 15 h 10 min | 72.1° |
| July | 05:43 | 13:04 | 20:26 | 14 h 43 min | 69.1° |
| August | 06:13 | 13:01 | 19:49 | 13 h 36 min | 60.7° |
| September | 06:44 | 12:51 | 18:57 | 12 h 13 min | 49.3° |
| October | 07:16 | 12:42 | 18:08 | 10 h 52 min | 37.9° |
| November | 07:53 | 12:44 | 17:34 | 9 h 41 min | 28.7° |
| December | 08:21 | 12:56 | 17:31 | 9 h 11 min | 25.2° |
A year of daylight in Xiva
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 Xiva
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
35°collects the most energy over a year: 1667 kWh per kWp.
68°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° | 1403 | 84% | 1.39 | 4.4× |
| 15° | 1579 | 95% | 2.02 | 3.0× |
| 30° | 1661 | 100% | 2.53 | 2.3× |
| 35° year-round best | 1667 | 100% | 2.67 | 2.1× |
| 41° = latitude | 1660 | 100% | 2.81 | 2.0× |
| 45° | 1647 | 99% | 2.89 | 1.9× |
| 60° | 1539 | 92% | 3.08 | 1.7× |
| 68° off-grid best | 1445 | 87% | 3.10 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1417 | 85% | 3.10 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 1078 | 65% | 2.90 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Xiva produces the most over a year at 35°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 68° it makes 3.10 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 35°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Xiva at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 35° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 35° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.91 | 3.61 | 3.29 | 2.84 | -2.6 °C |
| February snow | 2.89 | 4.34 | 3.93 | 3.75 | -0.6 °C |
| March | 4.27 | 4.83 | 4.24 | 4.66 | 7.7 °C |
| April | 5.59 | 4.66 | 3.97 | 5.07 | 15.2 °C |
| May | 6.82 | 4.45 | 3.65 | 5.35 | 23.7 °C |
| June | 7.74 | 4.33 | 3.47 | 5.56 | 29.3 °C |
| July | 7.53 | 4.45 | 3.54 | 5.49 | 31.4 °C |
| August | 6.91 | 5.12 | 4.12 | 5.65 | 28.8 °C |
| September | 5.62 | 5.81 | 4.82 | 5.57 | 21.7 °C |
| October | 3.86 | 5.44 | 4.68 | 4.70 | 12.8 °C |
| November | 2.40 | 4.28 | 3.81 | 3.47 | 4.2 °C |
| December snow | 1.70 | 3.41 | 3.10 | 2.67 | -1.9 °C |
| Year | 4.78 avg | 4.56 avg | 1417 kWh | 1667 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 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 440 Wp at 35°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Xiva
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.
5.3 mrow pitch at 70°
4.5 mrow pitch at 35°
How Xiva compares in Uzbekistan
Against the other 108 places in Uzbekistan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
22ndof 109 places in Uzbekistan for sunshine, shared: 4.78 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Uzbekistan: 1,667 against 1,620 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tashkent: 15 h 10 min against 15 h 09 min.
35°best year-round tilt here; across Uzbekistan it runs from 30° in Boysun to 36° in Nukus.
Of the 109 places in Uzbekistan, Tirmiz gets the most sun (5.12 peak sun hours a day) and Oltinko‘l the least (4.48); Xiva ranks joint 22nd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.10 kWh a day here, against 2.95 kWh on average in Uzbekistan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 11 min, −1 min compared with Tashkent.
Solar forecast for Xiva, 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.