North Denmark · Denmark · 57.05° N · 9.92° E
Solar position in Aalborg
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Aalborg — computed for 57.05° N, 9.92° E, 10 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Aalborg today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:04 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:48 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:33 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:12 | 111° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:09 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:04 | 21.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:58 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:55 | 249° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:34 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:19 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:03 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 42 min | |
Sun path diagram for Aalborg
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 56.4° at solar noon in Aalborg; on the December solstice only 9.6°. Sunrise swings from 41° NE in June to 135° SE in December — a 94° 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 | 08:39 | 12:31 | 16:24 | 7 h 45 min | 13.2° |
| February | 07:34 | 12:34 | 17:34 | 10 h 00 min | 22.5° |
| March | 06:19 | 12:27 | 18:36 | 12 h 16 min | 33.3° |
| April | 05:56 | 13:19 | 20:42 | 14 h 46 min | 44.9° |
| May | 04:50 | 13:17 | 21:44 | 16 h 53 min | 53.2° |
| June | 04:25 | 13:22 | 22:19 | 17 h 54 min | 56.4° |
| July | 04:57 | 13:26 | 21:54 | 16 h 56 min | 53.4° |
| August | 05:59 | 13:23 | 20:46 | 14 h 47 min | 45.0° |
| September | 07:03 | 13:13 | 19:22 | 12 h 19 min | 33.6° |
| October | 08:06 | 13:04 | 18:02 | 9 h 56 min | 22.2° |
| November | 08:14 | 12:05 | 15:57 | 7 h 43 min | 13.1° |
| December | 08:57 | 12:18 | 15:39 | 6 h 42 min | 9.6° |
A year of daylight in Aalborg
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 Aalborg
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
42°collects the most energy over a year: 1080 kWh per kWp.
77°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° | 846 | 78% | 0.19 | 25.9× |
| 15° | 981 | 91% | 0.34 | 14.9× |
| 30° | 1061 | 98% | 0.48 | 10.6× |
| 42° year-round best | 1080 | 100% | 0.57 | 8.6× |
| 45° | 1079 | 100% | 0.59 | 8.2× |
| 57° = latitude | 1050 | 97% | 0.65 | 7.0× |
| 60° | 1037 | 96% | 0.66 | 6.7× |
| 70° | 975 | 90% | 0.69 | 5.8× |
| 77° off-grid best | 918 | 85% | 0.69 | 5.4× |
| 90° | 785 | 73% | 0.67 | 4.7× |
A fixed array in Aalborg produces the most over a year at 42°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 77° it makes 0.69 kWh per kWp a day, 21% more than at 42°, and costs 15% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Aalborg at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 42° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 42° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.41 | 1.07 | 0.94 | 0.80 | 1.9 °C |
| February | 1.00 | 1.95 | 1.73 | 1.59 | 1.5 °C |
| March | 2.43 | 3.66 | 3.26 | 3.25 | 3.0 °C |
| April | 4.12 | 4.53 | 3.98 | 4.43 | 6.7 °C |
| May | 5.41 | 4.64 | 4.00 | 4.91 | 10.9 °C |
| June | 5.89 | 4.51 | 3.83 | 4.91 | 14.4 °C |
| July | 5.41 | 4.35 | 3.65 | 4.59 | 16.8 °C |
| August | 4.29 | 4.15 | 3.49 | 4.07 | 16.9 °C |
| September | 2.88 | 3.73 | 3.18 | 3.32 | 14.1 °C |
| October | 1.41 | 2.51 | 2.17 | 2.05 | 10.0 °C |
| November | 0.53 | 1.29 | 1.11 | 0.96 | 6.4 °C |
| December | 0.28 | 0.80 | 0.69 | 0.57 | 3.6 °C |
| Year | 2.85 avg | 3.10 avg | 975 kWh | 1080 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 1,720 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 2,060 Wp at 42°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Aalborg
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.
17.6 mrow pitch at 70°
13.5 mrow pitch at 42°
How Aalborg compares in Denmark
Against the other 59 places in Denmark with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
36thof 60 places in Denmark for sunshine, shared: 2.85 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Denmark: 1,080 against 1,077 kWh per kWp.
+22 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Copenhagen: 17 h 54 min against 17 h 32 min.
42°best year-round tilt here; across Denmark it runs from 40° in Nykøbing Falster to 42° in Århus.
Of the 60 places in Denmark, Køge and one other place get the most sun (2.90 peak sun hours a day) and Viborg the least (2.81); Aalborg ranks joint 36th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.69 kWh a day here, against 0.77 kWh on average in Denmark. The shortest day lasts 6 h 42 min, −19 min compared with Copenhagen.
Solar forecast for Aalborg, 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.