Sun position in Eldoret

Sun times in Eldoret on 4 November 2026

Times are computed for 0.5204°, 35.2699° and refreshed every day. For any other date, an exact azimuth or a shadow drawn on the map, open the interactive sun position map for Eldoret.

The sun’s path over Eldoret

How high the sun stands and where, from sunrise to sunset: today, at both solstices and at the equinox. The higher a curve climbs, the higher the sun; where a curve meets the bottom line, the sun rises or sets at that compass bearing.

The sun through the year in Eldoret

At the June solstice the midday sun reaches 67.1° above the horizon in Eldoret and the day lasts 12 h 09 min. At the December solstice the sun climbs only to 66.0° and the day shrinks to 12 h 06 min. That difference is what decides whether a garden, a window or a solar array sees the sun in winter. The noon shadow column gives the length of the shadow of anything one metre tall.

Eldoret through 2026 at a glance

• From 22 March to 21 September the midday sun stands north of the zenith, and the rest of the year to the south: in Eldoret even a north-facing window gets the noon sun for part of the year.
• The sun passes straight overhead at solar noon on 22 March and 21 September: for a moment upright posts, people and buildings cast no shadow at all.
• Sunset in Eldoret moves more with the drift of solar noon than with the seasons: the earliest is at 18:25 on 3 November and the latest at 18:56 on 11 February.
• Day length barely changes in Eldoret: the longest day is only 3 minutes longer than the shortest.

The winter solstice 2026: the moment, and the shortest and the longest day, city by city →

When the days start getting longer: the earliest sunset, the latest sunrise and lighter evenings, city by city →

Planning around the sun in Eldoret

Solar panels

At 0.5° N a fixed array facing due south collects the most over a year at a tilt of about 3°. Use the solar panel angle calculator with the coordinates 0.5204°, 35.2699° for the exact optimum, the seasonal optima and the loss from an east or west facing roof.

Buying a flat or a plot

At the December solstice the noon sun in Eldoret sits 66.0° above the horizon, so every obstacle casts a shadow 0.4 times its own height at midday. Check what stands to the south before you commit: place the building on the map and read the shaded hours for 21 December.

Photography

Golden hour runs 06:20–06:48 in the morning and 17:57–18:25 in the evening today, and the sun sets toward WSW (255°). The golden hour calculator gives the same windows for any date, and the map’s alignment finder shows the days when the setting sun lines up with a street.

More on planning around the sun: which way a house, garden or balcony should face, how long golden hour lasts and why the earliest sunset comes before the shortest day.

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On the same latitude

Eldoret lies at 0.5° N. On the same parallel the longest and the shortest day last just as long and the noon sun climbs just as high, whatever the clocks say there:

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