Rhône-Alpes · France · 45.69° N · 5.91° E
Solar position in Aix-les-Bains
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Aix-les-Bains — computed for 45.69° N, 5.91° E, 246 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Aix-les-Bains today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:25 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:59 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:34 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:04 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:46 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:20 | 32.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:53 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:35 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:05 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:40 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:14 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 31 min | |
Sun path diagram for Aix-les-Bains
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 67.8° at solar noon in Aix-les-Bains; on the December solstice only 20.9°. Sunrise swings from 54° NE in June to 124° ESE in December — a 69° 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 | 08:09 | 12:47 | 17:26 | 9 h 17 min | 24.5° |
| February | 07:28 | 12:50 | 18:11 | 10 h 43 min | 33.9° |
| March | 06:37 | 12:43 | 18:50 | 12 h 12 min | 44.7° |
| April | 06:40 | 13:35 | 20:30 | 13 h 50 min | 56.3° |
| May | 05:58 | 13:33 | 21:07 | 15 h 09 min | 64.6° |
| June | 05:46 | 13:38 | 21:29 | 15 h 43 min | 67.8° |
| July | 06:07 | 13:42 | 21:17 | 15 h 10 min | 64.7° |
| August | 06:43 | 13:39 | 20:34 | 13 h 51 min | 56.3° |
| September | 07:21 | 13:29 | 19:36 | 12 h 14 min | 44.9° |
| October | 08:00 | 13:20 | 18:40 | 10 h 40 min | 33.5° |
| November | 07:43 | 12:22 | 17:00 | 9 h 16 min | 24.4° |
| December | 08:14 | 12:34 | 16:54 | 8 h 41 min | 20.9° |
A year of daylight in Aix-les-Bains
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 Aix-les-Bains
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
38°collects the most energy over a year: 1355 kWh per kWp.
71°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° | 1119 | 83% | 0.91 | 5.7× |
| 15° | 1269 | 94% | 1.40 | 3.8× |
| 30° | 1345 | 99% | 1.82 | 2.9× |
| 38° year-round best | 1355 | 100% | 2.00 | 2.5× |
| 45° | 1346 | 99% | 2.13 | 2.2× |
| 46° = latitude | 1343 | 99% | 2.14 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 1270 | 94% | 2.30 | 1.8× |
| 70° | 1180 | 87% | 2.34 | 1.6× |
| 71° off-grid best | 1169 | 86% | 2.34 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 920 | 68% | 2.23 | 1.4× |
A fixed array in Aix-les-Bains produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 71° it makes 2.34 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 38°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Aix-les-Bains at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 38° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 38° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.40 | 2.89 | 2.62 | 2.29 | -1.6 °C |
| February snow | 2.22 | 3.59 | 3.25 | 3.07 | -1.0 °C |
| March | 3.44 | 4.08 | 3.64 | 3.91 | 2.9 °C |
| April | 4.57 | 4.08 | 3.57 | 4.36 | 7.3 °C |
| May | 5.31 | 3.81 | 3.28 | 4.45 | 11.2 °C |
| June | 6.27 | 4.00 | 3.38 | 4.89 | 15.6 °C |
| July | 6.32 | 4.18 | 3.51 | 5.00 | 17.5 °C |
| August | 5.42 | 4.38 | 3.70 | 4.76 | 17.1 °C |
| September | 4.13 | 4.45 | 3.82 | 4.30 | 13.2 °C |
| October | 2.62 | 3.68 | 3.21 | 3.23 | 9.1 °C |
| November | 1.53 | 2.78 | 2.47 | 2.27 | 3.4 °C |
| December snow | 1.15 | 2.59 | 2.34 | 2.00 | -0.5 °C |
| Year | 3.71 avg | 3.71 avg | 1180 kWh | 1355 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 500 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 590 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Aix-les-Bains
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.
6.6 mrow pitch at 70°
5.4 mrow pitch at 38°
How Aix-les-Bains compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
157thof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 3.71 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,355 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
−28 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 15 h 43 min against 16 h 11 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across France it runs from 33° in Ajaccio to 39° in Lille.
Of the 657 places in France, Marseille 12 and 5 other places get the most sun (4.46 peak sun hours a day) and Maubeuge and one other place the least (3.10); Aix-les-Bains ranks joint 157th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.34 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 41 min, +26 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Aix-les-Bains, 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.