Insolation Levels (Africa)
Average Insolation (10 year average) kWh/m2/day
Country
State/City
Latitude
Longitude
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year Avg
BF
Ouagadougou
12'24" N
1'30" E
5.48
6.43
6.56
6.62
6.53
6.16
5.76
5.48
5.87
6.18
5.83
5.35
6.02
CF
Bangui
18'32" N
120'36" E
4.13
4.97
5.99
6.61
6.17
5.53
5.73
4.87
5.07
4.55
4.07
3.81
5.12
CM
Yaounde
3'48" N
11'30" W
4.94
5.38
5.16
4.68
4.46
4.42
5.17
5.07
5.03
5.4
5.29
4.83
4.98
DJ
djibouti
11'33" N
43'09" E
5.6
5.77
6.59
6.81
6.85
6.87
6.46
6.47
6.56
6.77
6.22
5.55
6.37
DZ
alger
36'50" N
3'E
2.22
2.94
3.87
5
5.88
6.69
7.23
6.48
5.15
3.53
2.43
2.02
4.45
EG
Cairo
29'35" N
31'09" E
3.39
4.17
5.24
6.49
7.11
8
7.88
7.4
6.42
5.07
3.86
3.19
5.68
ET
addis abeba
9'2" N
38'42" E
5.96
5.8
6.23
6.31
6.11
5.79
5.03
5
5.64
6.31
6.15
5.75
5.84
GH
accra
5'36" N
0'12" W
5.65
6.01
5.65
5.33
5
4.49
4.5
4.59
4.67
5.25
5.7
5.55
5.2
GM
gambia
13'28" N
16'39" W
5.01
5.93
6.67
6.92
6.72
6.06
5.48
5.09
5.3
5.67
5.36
4.95
5.76
GN
conakry
9'36" N
13'36" E
5.81
6.41
6.51
6.22
5.69
5.69
5.09
5.05
5.46
5.87
5.98
5.6
5.78
KE
nairobi
1'16" S
36'48" E
6.05
6.24
6.07
5.7
5.42
5.14
4.88
5.09
5.78
6.03
5.48
5.6
5.62
LR
liberia
6'30" N
9'30" W
5.43
5.72
5.59
5.31
5.11
4.61
4.25
4.19
4.67
5.13
5.24
5.2
5.03
LY
tarabulus
32'54" N
13'11" E
3.1
4.03
5.19
6.48
6.89
7.77
8.11
7.45
6.12
4.58
3.35
2.76
5.48
MA
rabat
32'32" N
9'17" W
3.13
3.86
5.09
6.08
6.89
7.31
7.34
6.8
5.69
4.37
3.25
2.82
5.21
ML
bamako
12'30" N
7'54" E
5.61
6.35
6.64
6.78
6.42
6.47
5.87
5.65
6.04
6.13
5.85
5.36
6.09
MR
nouakchott
17'45" N
15'45" E
5.31
6.21
6.8
7.54
7.57
7.63
7.2
6.9
6.78
6.34
5.49
4.88
6.55
NE
niamey
13'30" N
2'12" W
5.42
6.39
6.72
6.79
6.75
6.31
6.07
5.78
6.07
6.16
5.79
5.29
6.12
NG
abuja
9'12" N
7'11" E
5.57
6.33
6.22
6.1
5.89
5.47
4.92
4.65
5.12
5.82
5.81
5.42
5.61
SD
al khur-tum
15'33" N
32'32" E
5.46
6.19
6.75
7.25
6.85
6.96
6.52
6.35
6.42
6.17
5.66
5.22
6.31
SL
freetown
8'29" N
13'14" W
5.19
5.91
6.08
5.47
4.76
4.09
3.6
3.58
4.25
4.84
4.93
4.94
4.8
SN
dakar
14'38" N
17'27" W
4.84
5.77
6.56
6.81
6.7
5.7
5.15
5.01
5.13
5.46
5.03
4.63
5.56
SO
muqdisho
2'02" N
45'20" E
6.38
6.81
6.71
6.28
5.85
5.45
5.21
5.61
6.15
6.16
6
5.91
6.04
TN
tunis
36'48" N
10'6.8" E
2.29
3.06
4.09
5.47
6.38
7.16
7.57
6.8
5.33
3.65
2.54
2.08
4.7
Data courtesy of: NASA - Surface meteorology and Solar Energy Data Set Reference:
Whitlock, C. E., et al., Release 3 NASA Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy Data Set for Renewable Energy Industry Use.
Rise & Shine 2000, the 26th Annual Conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc. and Solar, Oct. 21-24, 2000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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