Quebec · Canada · 49.22° N · 68.15° W
Solar position in Baie-Comeau
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Baie-Comeau — computed for 49.22° N, 68.15° W, 76 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Baie-Comeau today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:21 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:57 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:35 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:07 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:52 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:16 | 28.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:40 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:25 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:57 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:34 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:11 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 17 min | |
Sun path diagram for Baie-Comeau
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 64.2° at solar noon in Baie-Comeau; on the December solstice only 17.4°. Sunrise swings from 51° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 75° 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 | 07:16 | 11:44 | 16:11 | 8 h 55 min | 21.0° |
| February | 06:30 | 11:46 | 17:02 | 10 h 32 min | 30.4° |
| March | 06:33 | 12:39 | 18:47 | 12 h 14 min | 41.2° |
| April | 05:29 | 12:31 | 19:34 | 14 h 05 min | 52.8° |
| May | 04:42 | 12:29 | 20:17 | 15 h 35 min | 61.1° |
| June | 04:27 | 12:34 | 20:41 | 16 h 14 min | 64.2° |
| July | 04:50 | 12:38 | 20:26 | 15 h 36 min | 61.2° |
| August | 05:33 | 12:35 | 19:37 | 14 h 04 min | 52.7° |
| September | 06:17 | 12:25 | 18:32 | 12 h 15 min | 41.3° |
| October | 07:02 | 12:16 | 17:30 | 10 h 28 min | 29.9° |
| November | 06:52 | 11:18 | 15:44 | 8 h 52 min | 20.8° |
| December | 07:24 | 11:30 | 15:36 | 8 h 12 min | 17.4° |
A year of daylight in Baie-Comeau
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 Baie-Comeau
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
43°collects the most energy over a year: 1277 kWh per kWp.
77°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° | 1000 | 78% | 0.67 | 6.8× |
| 15° | 1156 | 91% | 1.10 | 4.3× |
| 30° | 1250 | 98% | 1.48 | 3.2× |
| 43° year-round best | 1277 | 100% | 1.74 | 2.7× |
| 45° | 1276 | 100% | 1.77 | 2.6× |
| 49° = latitude | 1271 | 100% | 1.83 | 2.5× |
| 60° | 1233 | 97% | 1.96 | 2.3× |
| 70° | 1167 | 91% | 2.03 | 2.2× |
| 77° off-grid best | 1105 | 87% | 2.04 | 2.2× |
| 90° | 959 | 75% | 1.99 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Baie-Comeau produces the most over a year at 43°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 77° it makes 2.04 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 43°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Baie-Comeau at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 43° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 43° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.21 | 2.95 | 2.80 | 2.43 | -14.9 °C |
| February snow | 2.13 | 3.91 | 3.71 | 3.43 | -13.5 °C |
| March snow | 3.36 | 4.84 | 4.51 | 4.45 | -8.3 °C |
| April snow | 4.47 | 4.53 | 4.10 | 4.63 | -1.1 °C |
| May | 5.23 | 3.96 | 3.46 | 4.47 | 7.3 °C |
| June | 5.52 | 3.75 | 3.19 | 4.32 | 13.1 °C |
| July | 5.28 | 3.77 | 3.17 | 4.19 | 16.6 °C |
| August | 4.53 | 3.88 | 3.28 | 4.02 | 15.8 °C |
| September | 3.42 | 3.92 | 3.38 | 3.72 | 11.2 °C |
| October | 2.04 | 3.07 | 2.71 | 2.71 | 4.6 °C |
| November snow | 1.12 | 2.30 | 2.09 | 1.87 | -2.6 °C |
| December snow | 0.85 | 2.18 | 2.03 | 1.74 | -10.3 °C |
| Year | 3.27 avg | 3.58 avg | 1167 kWh | 1277 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 580 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 680 Wp at 43°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Baie-Comeau
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.
8.1 mrow pitch at 70°
6.9 mrow pitch at 43°
How Baie-Comeau compares in Canada
Against the other 295 places in Canada with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
273rdof 296 places in Canada for sunshine, shared: 3.27 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Canada: 1,276 against 1,292 kWh per kWp.
+47 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Toronto: 16 h 14 min against 15 h 27 min.
43°best year-round tilt here; across Canada it runs from 34° in Hamilton to 52° in Yellowknife.
Of the 296 places in Canada, Medicine Hat and one other place get the most sun (3.84 peak sun hours a day) and Terrace the least (2.57); Baie-Comeau ranks joint 273rd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.03 kWh a day here, against 1.88 kWh on average in Canada. The shortest day lasts 8 h 12 min, −44 min compared with Toronto.
Solar forecast for Baie-Comeau, 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.