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Banská Bystrica Region · Slovakia · 48.74° N · 19.15° E

Solar position in Banská Bystrica

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Banská Bystrica — computed for 48.74° N, 19.15° E, 329 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:18108° ESE
Sunset today16:35252° WSW
Best panel angle38°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle76°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation29.1°
At solar noon, 11:27Open on the sun map

Sun in Banská Bystrica today

Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+2

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:33sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0912° below
Civil dawn05:466° below
Sunrise06:18108° ESE
Golden hour ends07:03sun 6° up
Solar noon11:2729.1° high
Golden hour starts15:50sun 6° up
Sunset16:35252° WSW
Civil dusk17:076° below
Nautical dusk17:4412° below
Astronomical dusk18:2018° below
Day length10 h 17 min

Sun path diagram for Banská Bystrica

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice567891011121314151617181920EquinoxDecember solstice89101112131415Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 64.7° at solar noon in Banská Bystrica; 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:2611:5416:238 h 57 min21.5°
February06:4011:5717:1310 h 33 min30.8°
March05:4411:5017:5712 h 13 min41.6°
April05:4112:4219:4314 h 02 min53.2°
May04:5512:4020:2515 h 31 min61.5°
June04:4012:4520:5016 h 10 min64.7°
July05:0312:4920:3515 h 33 min61.7°
August05:4412:4619:4714 h 03 min53.3°
September06:2812:3618:4312 h 15 min41.9°
October07:1212:2717:4210 h 30 min30.5°
November07:0011:2915:578 h 56 min21.3°
December07:3311:4115:498 h 16 min17.9°

A year of daylight in Banská Bystrica

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Banská Bystrica

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: 1161 kWh per kWp.

76°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 38°Best worst-month 76°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°95882%0.597.7×
15°108493%0.915.1×
30°115199%1.183.8×
38° year-round best1161100%1.303.4×
45°115599%1.403.0×
49° = latitude114599%1.442.9×
60°109594%1.532.5×
70°102288%1.582.2×
76° off-grid best96783%1.582.1×
90°81070%1.541.7×

A fixed array in Banská Bystrica produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 76° it makes 1.58 kWh per kWp a day, 21% more than at 38°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Banská Bystrica at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 38° (year-round best).

012345January: 1.82 (70°)1.8JanFebruary: 2.64 (70°)2.6FebMarch: 3.22 (70°)3.2MarApril: 3.52 (70°)3.5AprMay: 3.28 (70°)3.3MayJune: 3.16 (70°)3.2JunJuly: 3.23 (70°)3.2JulAugust: 3.44 (70°)3.4AugSeptember: 3.27 (70°)3.3SepOctober: 2.70 (70°)2.7OctNovember: 1.76 (70°)1.8NovDecember: 1.58 (70°)1.6Dec38°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 38°Mean temp.
January snow0.962.001.821.54-4.1 °C
February snow1.732.912.642.40-2.4 °C
March2.933.603.223.402.1 °C
April4.324.033.524.198.4 °C
May5.103.843.284.3213.2 °C
June5.533.773.164.3917.1 °C
July5.483.883.234.4119.2 °C
August4.844.113.444.3019.0 °C
September3.453.833.273.6113.8 °C
October2.113.102.702.678.2 °C
November1.091.991.761.603.1 °C
December snow0.761.751.581.30-2.4 °C
Year3.20 avg3.24 avg1022 kWh1161 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 750 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 900 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Banská Bystrica

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°

Row spacing calculator

How Banská Bystrica compares in Slovakia

Against the other 58 places in Slovakia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

37thof 59 places in Slovakia for sunshine, shared: 3.20 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Slovakia: 1,161 against 1,169 kWh per kWp.

+6 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bratislava: 16 h 10 min against 16 h 04 min.

38°best year-round tilt here; across Slovakia it runs from 37° in Bratislava to 39° in Prešov.

Of the 59 places in Slovakia, Komárno gets the most sun (3.41 peak sun hours a day) and Čadca the least (3.03); Banská Bystrica ranks joint 37th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.58 kWh a day here, against 1.52 kWh on average in Slovakia. The shortest day lasts 8 h 16 min, −5 min compared with Bratislava.

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Solar forecast for Banská Bystrica, 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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Questions about the sun in Banská Bystrica

What is the best solar panel angle in Banská Bystrica?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Banská Bystrica is 38°, worth about 1161 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 76°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Banská Bystrica today?
On 25 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:18 and sets at 16:35 local time (UTC+2), giving 10 h 17 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:27.
How many peak sun hours does Banská Bystrica get?
On a flat surface 3.2 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.8 in December to 5.5 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.7 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Banská Bystrica?
At solar noon the sun stands 64.7° above the horizon on the June solstice and 17.9° on the December solstice.
Is Banská Bystrica a good place for solar panels?
With 3.2 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Banská Bystrica ranks joint 37th of 59 places in Slovakia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (38°) makes about 1,161 kWh a year here, 1% less than the average place in Slovakia.

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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.