Sun Path: Lodwar, Kenya

Direct answer

For Lodwar at 3.1199, 35.5964, the declination-only solar-noon altitude is approximately 69.7° at the June solstice, 86.9° at an equinox and 63.4° at the December solstice. Refine these geometry checks with the project date, civil time, facade azimuth, terrain and local horizon. The reproducible location record is GeoNames ID 189280 in administrative area 51, at 3.1199, 35.5964; replace it with the surveyed parcel point before relying on the result. As a transparent geometry check, declination-only solar-noon altitude is about 69.7° at the June solstice, 86.9° at an equinox and 63.4° at the December solstice. Representative 21st-day geometry ranges from about 11.8 hours in December to 12.2 hours in June; this excludes atmospheric refraction, terrain and obstruction effects. The cited national authority is a discovery starting point; current local documents and a named qualified reviewer control project use of this sun path record.

Content and cited inputs reviewed by Harth team · Published 2026-08-26 · Updated 2026-08-31.

What must be verified for Lodwar?

Lodwar is represented here at approximately 3.1199, 35.5964 for discovery and workflow planning. A project address, parcel, elevation, exposure, authority, and submission date must replace that city-centre reference before design use.

How should sun path be established?

1. Fix the surveyed site and local time basis.
2. Select an authoritative weather source or a named solar-position algorithm.
3. Record period, percentile or scenario and units.
4. Test sensitivity to elevation, exposure, urban form and horizon.
5. Save the source file, retrieval date and checker in the model record.

What are the limits of this worksheet?

This sun-path-workflow page is a project-starting worksheet, not a design value or approval. The controlling authority and qualified professionals for the Lodwar site remain authoritative.

Lodwar monthly solar geometry check for sun path

Month-by-month geometry interpretation

• 21 January: approximate solar-noon altitude 66.7° (zenith angle 23.3°) and 11.8 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.0 hours longer than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 February: approximate solar-noon altitude 75.7° (zenith angle 14.3°) and 11.9 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.1 hours longer than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 March: approximate solar-noon altitude 86.5° (zenith angle 3.5°) and 12.0 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.1 hours longer than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 April: approximate solar-noon altitude 81.5° (zenith angle 8.5°) and 12.1 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.1 hours longer than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 May: approximate solar-noon altitude 73.0° (zenith angle 17.0°) and 12.2 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.1 hours longer than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 June: approximate solar-noon altitude 69.7° (zenith angle 20.3°) and 12.2 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.0 hours longer than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 July: approximate solar-noon altitude 72.7° (zenith angle 17.3°) and 12.2 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.0 hours shorter than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 August: approximate solar-noon altitude 81.4° (zenith angle 8.6°) and 12.1 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.1 hours shorter than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 September: approximate solar-noon altitude 86.7° (zenith angle 3.3°) and 12.0 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.1 hours shorter than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 October: approximate solar-noon altitude 75.1° (zenith angle 14.9°) and 11.9 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.1 hours shorter than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 November: approximate solar-noon altitude 66.4° (zenith angle 23.6°) and 11.8 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.1 hours shorter than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.
• 21 December: approximate solar-noon altitude 63.4° (zenith angle 26.6°) and 11.8 hours of geometric daylight. That is 0.0 hours shorter than the preceding representative date in this annual sequence.

Harth calculation for latitude 3.1199°: Cooper declination approximation, 90° - |latitude - declination| at solar noon, and centre-to-centre sunrise hour angle. See NOAA's solar calculation details for fuller method context. This screening table excludes equation-of-time/civil-time conversion, atmospheric refraction, terrain, facade azimuth and obstructions; it is not an hourly shading result.

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Sources and method

Location data from the GeoNames KE dump (CC BY 4.0, snapshot 2026-08-31, GeoNames ID 189280). Regulatory starting point: National Construction Authority and the applicable county government. Figures are illustrative — verify against the current locally adopted edition for the site. Solar-method context: NOAA Solar Calculation Details; the Harth monthly table uses a simpler declination and geometric-daylight approximation whose stated limitations must be retained.

Source links

• download.geonames.org

• nca.go.ke

• gml.noaa.gov