Corsica · France · 41.92° N · 8.74° E
Solar position in Ajaccio
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ajaccio — computed for 41.92° N, 8.74° E, 0 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ajaccio today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:14 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:46 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:19 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:47 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:26 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:09 | 36.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:51 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:30 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:58 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:31 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:03 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 42 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ajaccio
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 71.5° at solar noon in Ajaccio; on the December solstice only 24.7°. Sunrise swings from 57° ENE in June to 121° ESE in December — a 65° 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 | 07:47 | 12:36 | 17:25 | 9 h 39 min | 28.3° |
| February | 07:12 | 12:38 | 18:05 | 10 h 53 min | 37.6° |
| March | 06:26 | 12:32 | 18:38 | 12 h 11 min | 48.4° |
| April | 06:35 | 13:23 | 20:12 | 13 h 37 min | 60.0° |
| May | 05:59 | 13:21 | 20:44 | 14 h 45 min | 68.3° |
| June | 05:49 | 13:26 | 21:03 | 15 h 14 min | 71.5° |
| July | 06:08 | 13:31 | 20:54 | 14 h 46 min | 68.5° |
| August | 06:39 | 13:28 | 20:16 | 13 h 37 min | 60.1° |
| September | 07:11 | 13:17 | 19:24 | 12 h 13 min | 48.7° |
| October | 07:44 | 13:09 | 18:34 | 10 h 50 min | 37.3° |
| November | 07:21 | 12:10 | 16:59 | 9 h 38 min | 28.1° |
| December | 07:49 | 12:23 | 16:56 | 9 h 07 min | 24.7° |
A year of daylight in Ajaccio
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 Ajaccio
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
33°collects the most energy over a year: 1533 kWh per kWp.
65°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° | 1313 | 86% | 1.21 | 4.9× |
| 15° | 1466 | 96% | 1.76 | 3.4× |
| 30° | 1531 | 100% | 2.21 | 2.6× |
| 33° year-round best | 1533 | 100% | 2.28 | 2.5× |
| 42° = latitude | 1519 | 99% | 2.46 | 2.2× |
| 45° | 1507 | 98% | 2.51 | 2.1× |
| 60° | 1396 | 91% | 2.65 | 1.7× |
| 65° off-grid best | 1341 | 87% | 2.66 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1277 | 83% | 2.66 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 954 | 62% | 2.44 | 1.6× |
A fixed array in Ajaccio produces the most over a year at 33°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 65° it makes 2.66 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 33°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ajaccio at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 33° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 33° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.78 | 3.24 | 2.81 | 2.48 | 11.3 °C |
| February | 2.71 | 3.96 | 3.44 | 3.33 | 10.9 °C |
| March | 4.04 | 4.56 | 3.93 | 4.29 | 12.3 °C |
| April | 5.39 | 4.54 | 3.87 | 4.94 | 14.4 °C |
| May | 6.46 | 4.26 | 3.58 | 5.27 | 17.4 °C |
| June | 7.41 | 4.20 | 3.47 | 5.60 | 21.4 °C |
| July | 7.48 | 4.42 | 3.62 | 5.70 | 24.2 °C |
| August | 6.46 | 4.84 | 3.97 | 5.44 | 24.7 °C |
| September | 4.83 | 4.93 | 4.09 | 4.72 | 22.1 °C |
| October | 3.28 | 4.42 | 3.71 | 3.73 | 19.2 °C |
| November | 2.01 | 3.36 | 2.86 | 2.61 | 15.6 °C |
| December | 1.57 | 3.09 | 2.66 | 2.28 | 12.6 °C |
| Year | 4.46 avg | 4.15 avg | 1277 kWh | 1533 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 440 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 520 Wp at 33°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ajaccio
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.
5.5 mrow pitch at 70°
4.4 mrow pitch at 33°
How Ajaccio compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 4.46 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+22%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,534 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
−57 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 15 h 14 min against 16 h 11 min.
33°best year-round tilt here; across France it runs from 33° in Ajaccio to 39° in Lille.
Ajaccio shares the top spot for sunshine among the 657 places in France (4.46 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny are Maubeuge and one other place with 3.10. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.66 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 9 h 07 min, +53 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Ajaccio, 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.