Galicia · Spain · 42.69° N · 8.49° W
Solar position in A Estrada
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for A Estrada — computed for 42.69° N, 8.49° W, 301 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in A Estrada today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 07:23 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:55 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 08:28 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:57 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:37 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 14:17 | 35.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:58 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 19:37 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 20:06 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 20:39 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 21:12 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 40 min | |
Sun path diagram for A Estrada
Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.
- June solstice
- Equinox
- December solstice
- Today
On the June solstice the sun reaches 70.8° at solar noon in A Estrada; on the December solstice only 23.9°. Sunrise swings from 56° ENE in June to 122° ESE in December — a 66° arc along the horizon.
Sunrise, sunset and sun height by month
Values for the 21st of each month, local clock time including daylight saving time.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 08:58 | 13:45 | 18:32 | 9 h 35 min | 27.5° |
| February | 08:22 | 13:47 | 19:13 | 10 h 51 min | 36.9° |
| March | 07:35 | 13:41 | 19:47 | 12 h 12 min | 47.7° |
| April | 07:43 | 14:32 | 21:22 | 13 h 40 min | 59.3° |
| May | 07:06 | 14:30 | 21:55 | 14 h 49 min | 67.6° |
| June | 06:56 | 14:35 | 22:15 | 15 h 20 min | 70.8° |
| July | 07:14 | 14:40 | 22:05 | 14 h 51 min | 67.7° |
| August | 07:46 | 14:36 | 21:26 | 13 h 40 min | 59.3° |
| September | 08:20 | 14:26 | 20:33 | 12 h 13 min | 47.9° |
| October | 08:54 | 14:18 | 19:42 | 10 h 48 min | 36.5° |
| November | 08:32 | 13:19 | 18:06 | 9 h 34 min | 27.4° |
| December | 09:00 | 13:32 | 18:03 | 9 h 02 min | 23.9° |
A year of daylight in A Estrada
Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.
Best solar panel angle in A Estrada
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
34°collects the most energy over a year: 1411 kWh per kWp.
63°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.
- Yearly energy
- Worst-month energy
| Tilt | kWh/kWp per year | Share of best year | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1205 | 85% | 1.10 | 4.9× |
| 15° | 1346 | 95% | 1.60 | 3.5× |
| 30° | 1409 | 100% | 2.00 | 2.7× |
| 34° year-round best | 1411 | 100% | 2.09 | 2.5× |
| 43° = latitude | 1397 | 99% | 2.25 | 2.2× |
| 45° | 1389 | 98% | 2.28 | 2.1× |
| 60° | 1291 | 91% | 2.41 | 1.8× |
| 63° off-grid best | 1262 | 89% | 2.42 | 1.8× |
| 70° | 1185 | 84% | 2.42 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 894 | 63% | 2.22 | 1.6× |
A fixed array in A Estrada produces the most over a year at 34°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 63° it makes 2.42 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 34°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in A Estrada at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 34° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 34° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.55 | 2.74 | 2.40 | 2.15 | 8.1 °C |
| February | 2.50 | 3.63 | 3.18 | 3.10 | 8.0 °C |
| March | 3.63 | 4.07 | 3.54 | 3.87 | 9.7 °C |
| April | 4.95 | 4.19 | 3.62 | 4.57 | 11.5 °C |
| May | 5.93 | 4.00 | 3.41 | 4.91 | 13.9 °C |
| June | 6.46 | 3.85 | 3.23 | 5.01 | 17.0 °C |
| July | 6.64 | 4.11 | 3.42 | 5.20 | 19.3 °C |
| August | 5.90 | 4.51 | 3.77 | 5.07 | 19.8 °C |
| September | 4.65 | 4.81 | 4.05 | 4.65 | 18.1 °C |
| October | 2.90 | 3.87 | 3.30 | 3.34 | 14.7 °C |
| November | 1.81 | 3.04 | 2.63 | 2.41 | 10.6 °C |
| December | 1.41 | 2.77 | 2.42 | 2.09 | 8.5 °C |
| Year | 4.04 avg | 3.80 avg | 1185 kWh | 1411 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through January on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 490 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 560 Wp at 34°. The steep array is 13% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in A Estrada
Distance between rows of 2 m long panels (slope length) so that no row shades the next between 10:00 and 14:00 solar time on the winter solstice.
5.7 mrow pitch at 70°
4.6 mrow pitch at 34°
How A Estrada compares in Spain
Against the other 543 places in Spain with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
481stof 544 places in Spain for sunshine, shared: 4.04 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−12%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Spain: 1,411 against 1,601 kWh per kWp.
+16 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Madrid: 15 h 20 min against 15 h 04 min.
34°best year-round tilt here; across Spain it runs from 24° in Arona to 36° in Girona.
Of the 544 places in Spain, Playa del Ingles and one other place get the most sun (5.53 peak sun hours a day) and Santander the least (3.65); A Estrada ranks joint 481st. In its darkest month, January, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.40 kWh a day here, against 3.03 kWh on average in Spain. The shortest day lasts 9 h 02 min, −15 min compared with Madrid.
Solar forecast for A Estrada, next 48 hours
Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.
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Sun positions: NREL Solar Position Algorithm. Climate: NASA POWER monthly climatology (NASA Langley Research Center). Forecast: Deutscher Wetterdienst, ICON-EU (CC BY 4.0), processed. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones: IANA. Sources and licences.