Møre og Romsdal · Norway · 62.47° N · 6.15° E
Solar position in Ålesund
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ålesund — computed for 62.47° N, 6.15° E, 3 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ålesund today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:13 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:05 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:58 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:45 | 114° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:56 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:19 | 15.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:41 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:52 | 245° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:39 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:31 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:23 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 06 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ålesund
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 51.0° at solar noon in Ålesund; on the December solstice only 4.3°. Sunrise swings from 27° NNE in June to 146° SSE in December — a 119° 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 | 09:31 | 12:46 | 16:02 | 6 h 30 min | 7.8° |
| February | 08:04 | 12:49 | 17:34 | 9 h 30 min | 17.1° |
| March | 06:33 | 12:43 | 18:53 | 12 h 20 min | 27.9° |
| April | 05:51 | 13:34 | 21:18 | 15 h 28 min | 39.5° |
| May | 04:21 | 13:32 | 22:44 | 18 h 23 min | 47.8° |
| June | 03:37 | 13:37 | 23:37 | 20 h 00 min | 51.0° |
| July | 04:27 | 13:41 | 22:54 | 18 h 27 min | 48.0° |
| August | 05:53 | 13:38 | 21:22 | 15 h 29 min | 39.6° |
| September | 07:16 | 13:27 | 19:39 | 12 h 23 min | 28.1° |
| October | 08:37 | 13:19 | 18:01 | 9 h 24 min | 16.8° |
| November | 09:07 | 12:20 | 15:34 | 6 h 27 min | 7.7° |
| December | 10:04 | 12:33 | 15:01 | 4 h 57 min | 4.3° |
A year of daylight in Ålesund
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 Ålesund
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: 833 kWh per kWp.
59°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° | 665 | 80% | 0.06 | 69.2× |
| 15° | 762 | 91% | 0.07 | 62.2× |
| 30° | 819 | 98% | 0.08 | 56.1× |
| 42° year-round best | 833 | 100% | 0.08 | 52.5× |
| 45° | 832 | 100% | 0.08 | 51.6× |
| 59° off-grid best | 805 | 97% | 0.08 | 47.4× |
| 60° | 801 | 96% | 0.08 | 47.1× |
| 62° = latitude | 794 | 95% | 0.08 | 46.4× |
| 70° | 758 | 91% | 0.08 | 43.9× |
| 90° | 621 | 75% | 0.08 | 36.8× |
A fixed array in Ålesund produces the most over a year at 42°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 59° it makes 0.08 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 42°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ålesund 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 snow | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.1 °C |
| February snow | 0.65 | 1.36 | 1.20 | 1.06 | -0.1 °C |
| March | 1.73 | 2.59 | 2.31 | 2.27 | 1.0 °C |
| April | 3.32 | 3.72 | 3.29 | 3.57 | 3.8 °C |
| May | 4.60 | 4.17 | 3.64 | 4.29 | 7.0 °C |
| June | 4.87 | 4.01 | 3.44 | 4.22 | 10.4 °C |
| July | 4.53 | 3.87 | 3.29 | 3.97 | 13.1 °C |
| August | 3.46 | 3.46 | 2.94 | 3.33 | 13.2 °C |
| September | 2.04 | 2.65 | 2.27 | 2.34 | 10.6 °C |
| October | 0.98 | 1.83 | 1.58 | 1.46 | 6.5 °C |
| November | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.47 | 3.1 °C |
| December | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 1.0 °C |
| Year | 2.23 avg | 2.40 avg | 758 kWh | 833 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 14,240 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 14,420 Wp at 42°. The steep array is 1% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ålesund
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.
—The winter sun stays too low for rows to be shade-free; use a single row.
How Ålesund compares in Norway
Against the other 39 places in Norway with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
33rdof 40 places in Norway for sunshine, shared: 2.23 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−14%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Norway: 833 against 967 kWh per kWp.
+1 h 10 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Oslo: 20 h 00 min against 18 h 50 min.
42°best year-round tilt here; across Norway it runs from 42° in Bergen to 48° in Tromsø.
Of the 40 places in Norway, Grimstad gets the most sun (2.78 peak sun hours a day) and Tromsø and one other place the least (1.95); Ålesund ranks joint 33rd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.08 kWh a day here, against 0.41 kWh on average in Norway. The shortest day lasts 4 h 57 min, −57 min compared with Oslo.
Solar forecast for Ålesund, 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.