Solar Resource

Name: Ghana Solar Resource
Creator: NASA POWER

Monthly global horizontal, direct normal and diffuse irradiance, clear-sky irradiance and clearness index for all 16 Ghanaian regional capitals, 1990-2026 — the inputs a solar yield estimate is built from. NASA POWER. 7040 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · covers 1990 to 2026listing updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵39.007,040 recordsClimate

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
city	TEXT NOT NULL
region	TEXT
year	INTEGER NOT NULL
month	INTEGER NOT NULL
ghi_kwh_m2_day	DECIMAL(8,3)
dni_kwh_m2_day	DECIMAL(8,3)
diffuse_kwh_m2_day	DECIMAL(8,3)
clearsky_ghi_kwh_m2_day	DECIMAL(8,3)
clearness_index	DECIMAL(6,3)
temp_mean_c	DECIMAL(6,2)
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Solar Resource
cityTEXT NOT NULL	regionTEXT	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	monthINTEGER NOT NULL	ghi kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)	dni kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)	diffuse kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)	clearsky ghi kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)	clearness indexDECIMAL(6,3)	temp mean cDECIMAL(6,2)	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	sourceTEXT
Accra	Greater Accra Region	1990	1	5.26	—	2.97	5.74	—	26.78	5.55711	-0.201238	NASA POWER (public domain)
Accra	Greater Accra Region	1990	2	5.38	—	3.53	6.13	—	27.26	5.55711	-0.201238	NASA POWER (public domain)
Accra	Greater Accra Region	1990	3	5.77	—	3.6	6.38	—	28.06	5.55711	-0.201238	NASA POWER (public domain)
Accra	Greater Accra Region	1990	4	5.22	—	3.79	6.8	—	27.55	5.55711	-0.201238	NASA POWER (public domain)
Accra	Greater Accra Region	1990	5	5.24	—	3.23	6.68	—	26.51	5.55711	-0.201238	NASA POWER (public domain)

cityTEXT NOT NULL	regionTEXT	yearINTEGER NOT NULL	monthINTEGER NOT NULL	ghi kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)	dni kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)	diffuse kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)	clearsky ghi kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)	clearness indexDECIMAL(6,3)	temp mean cDECIMAL(6,2)	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	sourceTEXT
example-city-1	example-region-1	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	example-source-1
example-city-2	example-region-2	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	example-source-2
example-city-3	example-region-3	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	example-source-3
example-city-4	example-region-4	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	example-source-4
example-city-5	example-region-5	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	example-source-5
example-city-6	example-region-6	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	example-source-6
example-city-7	example-region-7	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	example-source-7
example-city-8	example-region-8	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/solar_resource

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: 1990 to 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: NASA POWER

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (NASA POWER). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 1990 to 2026; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Solar resource (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from NASA POWER]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/solar-resource

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/solar_resource?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/solar_resource?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/solar_resource",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
city	TEXT NOT NULL
region	TEXT
year	INTEGER NOT NULL
month	INTEGER NOT NULL
ghi_kwh_m2_day	DECIMAL(8,3)
dni_kwh_m2_day	DECIMAL(8,3)
diffuse_kwh_m2_day	DECIMAL(8,3)
clearsky_ghi_kwh_m2_day	DECIMAL(8,3)
clearness_index	DECIMAL(6,3)
temp_mean_c	DECIMAL(6,2)
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
source	TEXT

cityTEXT NOT NULL

regionTEXT

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

monthINTEGER NOT NULL

ghi kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)

dni kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)

diffuse kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)

clearsky ghi kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)

clearness indexDECIMAL(6,3)

temp mean cDECIMAL(6,2)

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

sourceTEXT

Accra

Greater Accra Region

1990

5.26

—

2.97

5.74

—

26.78

5.55711

-0.201238

NASA POWER (public domain)

Accra

Greater Accra Region

1990

5.38

—

3.53

6.13

—

27.26

5.55711

-0.201238

NASA POWER (public domain)

Accra

Greater Accra Region

1990

5.77

—

3.6

6.38

—

28.06

5.55711

-0.201238

NASA POWER (public domain)

Accra

Greater Accra Region

1990

5.22

—

3.79

6.8

—

27.55

5.55711

-0.201238

NASA POWER (public domain)

Accra

Greater Accra Region

1990

5.24

—

3.23

6.68

—

26.51

5.55711

-0.201238

NASA POWER (public domain)

cityTEXT NOT NULL

regionTEXT

yearINTEGER NOT NULL

monthINTEGER NOT NULL

ghi kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)

dni kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)

diffuse kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)

clearsky ghi kwh m2 dayDECIMAL(8,3)

clearness indexDECIMAL(6,3)

temp mean cDECIMAL(6,2)

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

sourceTEXT

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example-city-7

example-region-7

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example-city-8

example-region-8

example-source-8

How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Solar resource (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from NASA POWER]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/solar-resource

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/solar_resource?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/solar_resource?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/solar_resource",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]