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Faranah · Guinea · 8.89° N · 10.17° W

Solar position in Yende Millimou

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Yende Millimou — computed for 8.89° N, 10.17° W, 468 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:28102° ESE
Sunset today18:20258° WSW
Best panel angle11°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle0°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation69.3°
At solar noon, 12:24Open on the sun map

Sun in Yende Millimou today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:18sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:4212° below
Civil dawn06:076° below
Sunrise06:28102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:57sun 6° up
Solar noon12:2469.3° high
Golden hour starts17:52sun 6° up
Sunset18:20258° WSW
Civil dusk18:426° below
Nautical dusk19:0612° below
Astronomical dusk19:3118° below
Day length11 h 52 min

Sun path diagram for Yende Millimou

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice789101112131415161718Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 75.5° at solar noon in Yende Millimou; on the December solstice only 57.7°. 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:0112:5218:4211 h 41 min61.3°
February06:5712:5418:5111 h 54 min70.7°
March06:4412:4718:5112 h 07 min81.5°
April06:2812:3918:5012 h 22 min86.9°
May06:2012:3718:5412 h 34 min78.6°
June06:2312:4219:0112 h 39 min75.5°
July06:3012:4719:0412 h 34 min78.5°
August06:3212:4318:5412 h 22 min86.9°
September06:3012:3318:3712 h 07 min81.7°
October06:2812:2518:2111 h 53 min70.3°
November06:3512:2618:1711 h 41 min61.1°
December06:5012:3818:2711 h 36 min57.7°

A year of daylight in Yende Millimou

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Yende Millimou

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: 1511 kWh per kWp.

0°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 11°Best worst-month 0°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJuly kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0° off-grid best148999%3.551.3×
9° = latitude1511100%3.421.4×
11° year-round best1511100%3.381.4×
15°1509100%3.301.4×
30°144996%2.881.7×
45°131287%2.342.1×
60°111173%1.722.7×
70°95263%1.333.2×
90°66044%1.092.9×

A fixed array in Yende Millimou produces the most over a year at 11°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.55 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 11°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Yende Millimou at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 11° (year-round best).

012345January: 4.14 (70°)4.1JanFebruary: 3.55 (70°)3.6FebMarch: 2.82 (70°)2.8MarApril: 2.02 (70°)2.0AprMay: 1.52 (70°)1.5MayJune: 1.32 (70°)1.3JunJuly: 1.33 (70°)1.3JulAugust: 1.59 (70°)1.6AugSeptember: 2.19 (70°)2.2SepOctober: 2.98 (70°)3.0OctNovember: 3.69 (70°)3.7NovDecember: 4.21 (70°)4.2Dec11°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 11°Mean temp.
January5.375.024.144.6623.7 °C
February5.644.343.554.7025.7 °C
March5.743.482.824.6127.0 °C
April5.602.522.024.3427.3 °C
May5.271.911.524.0026.4 °C
June4.751.671.323.5825.1 °C
July4.441.671.333.3823.8 °C
August4.391.981.593.4223.3 °C
September4.832.692.193.8623.9 °C
October5.163.642.984.2624.8 °C
November5.124.503.694.3824.8 °C
December5.185.104.214.5423.6 °C
Year5.12 avg3.20 avg952 kWh1511 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 900 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 350 Wp at 11°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Yende Millimou

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°

Row spacing calculator

How Yende Millimou compares in Guinea

Against the other 46 places in Guinea with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

43rdof 47 places in Guinea for sunshine: 5.12 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Guinea: 1,512 against 1,594 kWh per kWp.

−2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Conakry: 12 h 39 min against 12 h 41 min.

11°best year-round tilt here; across Guinea it runs from 10° in Nzérékoré to 14° in Kintinian.

Of the 47 places in Guinea, Kintinian gets the most sun (5.75 peak sun hours a day) and Nzérékoré the least (4.86); Yende Millimou ranks 43rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.32 kWh a day here, against 1.35 kWh on average in Guinea. The shortest day lasts 11 h 36 min, +2 min compared with Conakry.

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Solar forecast for Yende Millimou, 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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Questions about the sun in Yende Millimou

What is the best solar panel angle in Yende Millimou?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Yende Millimou is 11°, worth about 1511 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through July does better at about 0°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Yende Millimou today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:28 and sets at 18:20 local time (UTC), giving 11 h 52 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:24.
How many peak sun hours does Yende Millimou get?
On a flat surface 5.1 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.4 in August to 5.7 in March. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.7 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Yende Millimou?
At solar noon the sun stands 75.5° above the horizon on the June solstice and 57.7° on the December solstice.
Is Yende Millimou a good place for solar panels?
With 5.1 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Yende Millimou ranks 43rd of 47 places in Guinea for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (11°) makes about 1,512 kWh a year here, 5% less than the average place in Guinea.

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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.