Baden-Wurttemberg · Germany · 48.76° N · 8.24° E
Solar position in Baden-Baden
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Baden-Baden — computed for 48.76° N, 8.24° E, 169 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Baden-Baden today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:15 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:51 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:28 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:00 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:45 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:10 | 29.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:36 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:20 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:53 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:29 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:06 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 20 min | |
Sun path diagram for Baden-Baden
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 64.7° at solar noon in Baden-Baden; on the December solstice only 17.9°. Sunrise swings from 52° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 74° 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 | 12:38 | 17:07 | 8 h 57 min | 21.4° |
| February | 07:24 | 12:40 | 17:57 | 10 h 33 min | 30.8° |
| March | 06:28 | 12:34 | 18:41 | 12 h 13 min | 41.6° |
| April | 06:25 | 13:25 | 20:27 | 14 h 02 min | 53.2° |
| May | 05:38 | 13:23 | 21:09 | 15 h 31 min | 61.5° |
| June | 05:23 | 13:28 | 21:33 | 16 h 10 min | 64.7° |
| July | 05:46 | 13:33 | 21:19 | 15 h 33 min | 61.7° |
| August | 06:28 | 13:30 | 20:31 | 14 h 03 min | 53.3° |
| September | 07:12 | 13:19 | 19:27 | 12 h 15 min | 41.9° |
| October | 07:56 | 13:11 | 18:26 | 10 h 30 min | 30.5° |
| November | 07:44 | 12:12 | 16:40 | 8 h 56 min | 21.3° |
| December | 08:17 | 12:25 | 16:32 | 8 h 16 min | 17.9° |
A year of daylight in Baden-Baden
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 Baden-Baden
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: 1166 kWh per kWp.
70°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° | 966 | 83% | 0.59 | 8.0× |
| 15° | 1092 | 94% | 0.90 | 5.4× |
| 30° | 1157 | 99% | 1.17 | 4.0× |
| 38° year-round best | 1166 | 100% | 1.28 | 3.6× |
| 45° | 1158 | 99% | 1.36 | 3.2× |
| 49° = latitude | 1147 | 98% | 1.40 | 3.0× |
| 60° | 1094 | 94% | 1.46 | 2.6× |
| 70° off-grid best | 1018 | 87% | 1.48 | 2.4× |
| 90° | 798 | 68% | 1.40 | 1.9× |
A fixed array in Baden-Baden produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 70° it makes 1.48 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 38°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Baden-Baden 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 | 0.96 | 1.96 | 1.75 | 1.52 | -0.2 °C |
| February | 1.73 | 2.71 | 2.42 | 2.32 | 0.7 °C |
| March | 2.97 | 3.67 | 3.25 | 3.43 | 4.4 °C |
| April | 4.38 | 4.09 | 3.56 | 4.24 | 9.1 °C |
| May | 5.11 | 3.86 | 3.29 | 4.33 | 13.4 °C |
| June | 5.74 | 3.92 | 3.28 | 4.56 | 17.5 °C |
| July | 5.55 | 3.94 | 3.28 | 4.47 | 19.4 °C |
| August | 4.73 | 4.00 | 3.35 | 4.17 | 18.9 °C |
| September | 3.55 | 3.94 | 3.36 | 3.71 | 14.5 °C |
| October | 2.13 | 3.05 | 2.65 | 2.63 | 9.8 °C |
| November | 1.12 | 2.03 | 1.79 | 1.63 | 4.6 °C |
| December | 0.77 | 1.67 | 1.48 | 1.28 | 0.8 °C |
| Year | 3.23 avg | 3.24 avg | 1018 kWh | 1166 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 790 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 920 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Baden-Baden
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.
7.9 mrow pitch at 70°
6.3 mrow pitch at 38°
How Baden-Baden compares in Germany
Against the other 959 places in Germany with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
117thof 960 places in Germany for sunshine, shared: 3.24 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Germany: 1,166 against 1,097 kWh per kWp.
−40 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Berlin: 16 h 10 min against 16 h 50 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across Germany it runs from 38° in Munich to 41° in Flensburg.
Of the 960 places in Germany, Weil am Rhein and one other place get the most sun (3.42 peak sun hours a day) and Berlin and 3 other places the least (2.83); Baden-Baden ranks joint 117th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.48 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Germany. The shortest day lasts 8 h 16 min, +37 min compared with Berlin.
Solar forecast for Baden-Baden, 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.