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Solar data for Ukraine
Across the 272 places in Ukraine the best fixed tilt for solar panels runs from 33° in Sevastopol to 40° in Novhorod-Siverskyi, and flat ground gets 3.1 to 4.1 peak sun hours a day. Every number is computed for each place.
Solar power in Ukraine at a glance
Averages over 272 places with climate data, for a fixed array facing south.
- 3.11–3.30
- 3.30–3.49
- 3.49–3.68
- 3.68–3.86
- 3.86–4.05
Peak sun hours a day on flat ground. Each dot is one place.
The sunniest places in Ukraine, with 4.05 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, are Balaklava and one other place; the least sunny are Mostyska and 2 other places with 3.11. A 1 kWp array at its best angle makes from 1,129 kWh a year in Mostyska to 1,388 kWh in Balaklava — 1,242 kWh on average.
The best year-round tilt runs from 33° in Sevastopol to 40° in Novhorod-Siverskyi. Off-grid systems are sized for the darkest month and do better steeper, at 74° on average: at 70° that month brings 1.06 kWh per kWp a day in Novhorod-Siverskyi and 2.00 kWh in Reni.
Size an off-grid system or open any place below for its sun path, monthly table and tilt curve.
Sunniest places in Ukraine
Ranked by peak sun hours on flat ground: the yearly average of a day's sunshine energy (NASA POWER climatology). Output: 1 kWp at its best year-round angle.
| Rank | Place | Region | Sun hours/day | kWh per kWp a year | Best tilt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balaklava | Sevastopol City | 4.05 | 1,388 | 33° |
| 1 | Sevastopol | Sevastopol City | 4.05 | 1,386 | 33° |
| 3 | Yalta | Crimea | 4.01 | 1,375 | 33° |
| 4 | Bakhchysaray | Crimea | 4.00 | 1,371 | 33° |
| 5 | Yevpatoriya | Crimea | 3.97 | 1,364 | 33° |
| 5 | Saky | Crimea | 3.97 | 1,364 | 33° |
| 5 | Alushta | Crimea | 3.96 | 1,360 | 33° |
| 8 | Simferopol | Crimea | 3.94 | 1,354 | 33° |
| 9 | Sudak | Crimea | 3.93 | 1,345 | 33° |
| 10 | Feodosiya | Crimea | 3.90 | 1,334 | 33° |
Least sunny places in Ukraine
| Rank | Place | Region | Sun hours/day | kWh per kWp a year | Best tilt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 267 | Kovel | Volyn | 3.12 | 1,134 | 39° |
| 267 | Horodok | Lviv | 3.12 | 1,133 | 39° |
| 270 | Novoyavorivs'k | Lviv | 3.11 | 1,130 | 39° |
| 270 | Sambir | Lviv | 3.11 | 1,130 | 39° |
| 270 | Mostyska | Lviv | 3.11 | 1,129 | 39° |
Solar by region in Ukraine
Averages of the places in each region, sunniest first. Darkest month: what 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes a day in the worst month of the year.
| Region | Places | Sun hours/day | kWh per kWp a year | Best tilt | Darkest month at 70° | Sunniest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevastopol City | 2 | 4.05 | 1,387 | 33° | 1.63 kWh | Balaklava |
| Crimea | 13 | 3.92 | 1,348 | 33° | 1.60 kWh | Yalta |
| Kherson | 6 | 3.79 | 1,332 | 36° | 1.55 kWh | Skadovsk |
| Odesa | 12 | 3.76 | 1,322 | 36° | 1.71 kWh | Chornomors’k |
| Zaporizhzhia | 8 | 3.69 | 1,304 | 36° | 1.47 kWh | Berdyansk |
| Mykolaiv | 4 | 3.62 | 1,288 | 37° | 1.53 kWh | Mykolayiv |
| Dnipropetrovsk | 18 | 3.59 | 1,278 | 37° | 1.40 kWh | Nikopol |
| Donetsk | 32 | 3.58 | 1,275 | 37° | 1.39 kWh | Mariupol |
| Luhansk | 24 | 3.55 | 1,272 | 37° | 1.35 kWh | Voznesenivka |
| Kirovohrad | 6 | 3.54 | 1,264 | 37° | 1.38 kWh | Dolynska |
| Cherkasy | 9 | 3.45 | 1,240 | 38° | 1.40 kWh | Uman |
| Poltava | 6 | 3.45 | 1,239 | 38° | 1.29 kWh | Horishni Plavni |
| Kharkiv | 16 | 3.44 | 1,243 | 38° | 1.26 kWh | Lozova |
| Vinnytsia | 10 | 3.41 | 1,230 | 38° | 1.46 kWh | Tulchyn |
| Chernivtsi | 1 | 3.34 | 1,212 | 38° | 1.71 kWh | Chernivtsi |
| Kyiv Oblast | 22 | 3.34 | 1,205 | 38° | 1.25 kWh | Bohuslav |
| Kyiv City | 4 | 3.33 | 1,203 | 38° | 1.23 kWh | Bortnychi |
| Sumy | 10 | 3.32 | 1,207 | 39° | 1.16 kWh | Okhtyrka |
| Zakarpattia | 7 | 3.30 | 1,193 | 38° | 1.51 kWh | Vynohradiv |
| Khmelnytskyi | 12 | 3.30 | 1,189 | 38° | 1.30 kWh | Kamyanets-Podilskyi |
| Chernihiv Oblast | 6 | 3.28 | 1,194 | 39° | 1.15 kWh | Pryluky |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | 9 | 3.26 | 1,181 | 38° | 1.23 kWh | Berdychiv |
| Ternopil | 4 | 3.23 | 1,170 | 38° | 1.38 kWh | Chortkiv |
| Ivano-Frankivsk | 5 | 3.23 | 1,177 | 39° | 1.62 kWh | Nadvirna |
| Rivne Oblast | 6 | 3.17 | 1,151 | 39° | 1.19 kWh | Zdolbuniv |
| Lviv | 16 | 3.15 | 1,143 | 39° | 1.38 kWh | Zolochiv |
| Volyn | 4 | 3.14 | 1,139 | 39° | 1.20 kWh | Lutsk |
Largest places in Ukraine at a glance
| Place | Latitude | Best tilt | Off-grid tilt | Sun hours/day (flat) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyiv | 50.5° N | 38° | 77° | 3.33 |
| Kharkiv | 50.0° N | 38° | 76° | 3.42 |
| Odesa | 46.5° N | 35° | 67° | 3.81 |
| Dnipro | 48.5° N | 37° | 75° | 3.56 |
| Donetsk | 48.0° N | 37° | 75° | 3.59 |
| Lviv | 49.8° N | 39° | 76° | 3.16 |
| Zaporizhzhya | 47.9° N | 37° | 71° | 3.64 |
| Kryvyy Rih | 47.9° N | 37° | 71° | 3.61 |
| Sevastopol | 44.6° N | 33° | 64° | 4.05 |
| Mykolayiv | 47.0° N | 36° | 68° | 3.72 |
| Vinnytsya | 49.2° N | 38° | 76° | 3.42 |
| Luhansk | 48.6° N | 37° | 75° | 3.55 |
| Makiyivka | 48.0° N | 37° | 75° | 3.59 |
| Simferopol | 45.0° N | 33° | 65° | 3.94 |
| Chernihiv | 51.5° N | 39° | 77° | 3.25 |
| Poltava | 49.6° N | 38° | 76° | 3.45 |
| Khmelnytskyi | 49.4° N | 38° | 76° | 3.32 |
| Cherkasy | 49.4° N | 38° | 76° | 3.45 |
| Chernivtsi | 48.3° N | 38° | 76° | 3.34 |
| Zhytomyr | 50.3° N | 38° | 76° | 3.30 |
Daylight and clock time in Ukraine
In Novhorod-Siverskyi (52.0° N), the northernmost place, the longest day of the year lasts 16 h 44 min and the shortest 7 h 44 min; in Yalta (44.5° N), the southernmost, 15 h 33 min and 8 h 50 min. Some parts of Ukraine change the clocks and some do not; the table shows each time zone.
| Time zone | Places | UTC offset | Clocks change in 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe/Kyiv | 257 | UTC+2, in summer UTC+3 | Forward on Sun 29 Mar, back on Sun 25 Oct |
| Europe/Simferopol | 15 | UTC+3 | no daylight saving time |