Andalusia · Spain · 36.13° N · 5.45° W
Solar position in Algeciras
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Algeciras — computed for 36.13° N, 5.45° W, 29 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Algeciras today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 07:10 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:40 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 08:10 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:36 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:12 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 14:05 | 42.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:59 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 19:34 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 20:00 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 20:30 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 21:00 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 58 min | |
Sun path diagram for Algeciras
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 77.3° at solar noon in Algeciras; on the December solstice only 30.5°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 59° 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 | 08:29 | 13:33 | 18:36 | 10 h 07 min | 34.1° |
| February | 08:02 | 13:35 | 19:08 | 11 h 07 min | 43.4° |
| March | 07:24 | 13:29 | 19:34 | 12 h 10 min | 54.2° |
| April | 07:40 | 14:20 | 21:00 | 13 h 20 min | 65.8° |
| May | 07:11 | 14:18 | 21:25 | 14 h 14 min | 74.1° |
| June | 07:05 | 14:23 | 21:42 | 14 h 37 min | 77.3° |
| July | 07:20 | 14:28 | 21:35 | 14 h 15 min | 74.3° |
| August | 07:44 | 14:24 | 21:04 | 13 h 20 min | 65.9° |
| September | 08:08 | 14:14 | 20:20 | 12 h 11 min | 54.5° |
| October | 08:34 | 14:06 | 19:38 | 11 h 04 min | 43.1° |
| November | 08:04 | 13:07 | 18:10 | 10 h 06 min | 33.9° |
| December | 08:28 | 13:19 | 18:10 | 9 h 42 min | 30.5° |
A year of daylight in Algeciras
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 Algeciras
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
31°collects the most energy over a year: 1690 kWh per kWp.
61°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° | 1483 | 88% | 1.88 | 3.3× |
| 15° | 1636 | 97% | 2.64 | 2.3× |
| 30° | 1690 | 100% | 3.24 | 1.8× |
| 31° year-round best | 1690 | 100% | 3.27 | 1.8× |
| 36° = latitude | 1684 | 100% | 3.42 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1645 | 97% | 3.62 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1504 | 89% | 3.77 | 1.2× |
| 61° off-grid best | 1491 | 88% | 3.77 | 1.2× |
| 70° | 1362 | 81% | 3.74 | 1.3× |
| 90° | 990 | 59% | 3.36 | 2.2× |
A fixed array in Algeciras produces the most over a year at 31°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 61° it makes 3.77 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 31°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Algeciras at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 31° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 31° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.66 | 4.58 | 3.97 | 3.56 | 11.6 °C |
| February | 3.46 | 4.64 | 4.01 | 4.01 | 11.9 °C |
| March | 4.55 | 4.64 | 3.98 | 4.57 | 13.5 °C |
| April | 5.70 | 4.30 | 3.66 | 5.00 | 15.4 °C |
| May | 6.84 | 3.97 | 3.32 | 5.38 | 18.3 °C |
| June | 7.72 | 3.78 | 3.11 | 5.63 | 22.0 °C |
| July | 7.80 | 4.01 | 3.27 | 5.73 | 24.8 °C |
| August | 6.91 | 4.58 | 3.74 | 5.57 | 25.2 °C |
| September | 5.36 | 4.90 | 4.06 | 4.97 | 22.5 °C |
| October | 3.93 | 4.81 | 4.04 | 4.23 | 19.3 °C |
| November | 2.85 | 4.55 | 3.89 | 3.60 | 14.9 °C |
| December | 2.37 | 4.34 | 3.74 | 3.27 | 12.6 °C |
| Year | 5.02 avg | 4.42 avg | 1362 kWh | 1690 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 31°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Algeciras
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.
4.3 mrow pitch at 70°
3.7 mrow pitch at 31°
How Algeciras compares in Spain
Against the other 543 places in Spain with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
125thof 544 places in Spain for sunshine, shared: 5.02 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Spain: 1,690 against 1,601 kWh per kWp.
−26 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Madrid: 14 h 37 min against 15 h 04 min.
31°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); Algeciras ranks joint 125th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.12 kWh a day here, against 3.03 kWh on average in Spain. The shortest day lasts 9 h 42 min, +25 min compared with Madrid.
Solar forecast for Algeciras, 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.