Hauts-de-France · France · 50.41° N · 1.56° E
Solar position in Berck-Plage
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Berck-Plage — computed for 50.41° N, 1.56° E, 10 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Berck-Plage today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:43 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:20 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:58 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:32 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:19 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:37 | 27.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:55 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:42 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:15 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:53 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:31 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 10 min | |
Sun path diagram for Berck-Plage
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 63.0° at solar noon in Berck-Plage; on the December solstice only 16.2°. Sunrise swings from 50° NE in June to 127° SE in December — a 77° 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 | 08:42 | 13:05 | 17:28 | 8 h 45 min | 19.8° |
| February | 07:53 | 13:07 | 18:21 | 10 h 28 min | 29.2° |
| March | 06:54 | 13:01 | 19:08 | 12 h 14 min | 40.0° |
| April | 06:48 | 13:52 | 20:57 | 14 h 10 min | 51.6° |
| May | 05:58 | 13:50 | 21:42 | 15 h 44 min | 59.8° |
| June | 05:42 | 13:55 | 22:08 | 16 h 27 min | 63.0° |
| July | 06:06 | 14:00 | 21:53 | 15 h 46 min | 60.0° |
| August | 06:51 | 13:56 | 21:01 | 14 h 10 min | 51.6° |
| September | 07:38 | 13:46 | 19:54 | 12 h 16 min | 40.2° |
| October | 08:25 | 13:38 | 18:50 | 10 h 24 min | 28.8° |
| November | 08:17 | 12:39 | 17:01 | 8 h 44 min | 19.7° |
| December | 08:51 | 12:51 | 16:52 | 8 h 01 min | 16.2° |
A year of daylight in Berck-Plage
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 Berck-Plage
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: 1179 kWh per kWp.
71°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° | 970 | 82% | 0.50 | 9.7× |
| 15° | 1101 | 93% | 0.79 | 6.4× |
| 30° | 1170 | 99% | 1.04 | 4.8× |
| 38° year-round best | 1179 | 100% | 1.15 | 4.2× |
| 45° | 1172 | 99% | 1.22 | 3.8× |
| 50° = latitude | 1158 | 98% | 1.27 | 3.5× |
| 60° | 1109 | 94% | 1.33 | 3.1× |
| 70° | 1032 | 88% | 1.35 | 2.9× |
| 71° off-grid best | 1023 | 87% | 1.35 | 2.8× |
| 90° | 809 | 69% | 1.28 | 2.3× |
A fixed array in Berck-Plage produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 71° it makes 1.35 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 38°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Berck-Plage 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 | 0.86 | 1.81 | 1.59 | 1.38 | 4.7 °C |
| February | 1.58 | 2.58 | 2.28 | 2.15 | 4.7 °C |
| March | 2.86 | 3.61 | 3.17 | 3.31 | 6.5 °C |
| April | 4.57 | 4.43 | 3.85 | 4.52 | 9.3 °C |
| May | 5.41 | 4.18 | 3.59 | 4.69 | 12.3 °C |
| June | 5.94 | 4.13 | 3.49 | 4.81 | 15.3 °C |
| July | 5.74 | 4.16 | 3.50 | 4.72 | 17.2 °C |
| August | 4.75 | 4.14 | 3.48 | 4.29 | 17.4 °C |
| September | 3.54 | 4.05 | 3.44 | 3.75 | 15.3 °C |
| October | 2.01 | 2.95 | 2.53 | 2.49 | 12.3 °C |
| November | 1.00 | 1.89 | 1.64 | 1.47 | 8.5 °C |
| December | 0.68 | 1.55 | 1.35 | 1.15 | 5.5 °C |
| Year | 3.25 avg | 3.29 avg | 1032 kWh | 1179 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 870 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,030 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Berck-Plage
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.
8.8 mrow pitch at 70°
6.9 mrow pitch at 38°
How Berck-Plage compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
545thof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 3.25 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,179 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
+16 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 16 h 27 min against 16 h 11 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across France it runs from 33° in Ajaccio to 39° in Lille.
Of the 657 places in France, Marseille 12 and 5 other places get the most sun (4.46 peak sun hours a day) and Maubeuge and one other place the least (3.10); Berck-Plage ranks joint 545th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.35 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 01 min, −14 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Berck-Plage, 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.