England · United Kingdom · 50.85° N · 0.47° E
Solar position in Bexhill-on-Sea
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bexhill-on-Sea — computed for 50.85° N, 0.47° E, 15 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bexhill-on-Sea today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:45 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:23 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:02 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:36 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:23 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:41 | 27.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:00 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:47 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:21 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:59 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:37 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 12 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bexhill-on-Sea
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 62.6° at solar noon in Bexhill-on-Sea; on the December solstice only 15.8°. Sunrise swings from 50° NE in June to 128° SE in December — a 78° 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 | 07:48 | 12:09 | 16:30 | 8 h 42 min | 19.4° |
| February | 06:59 | 12:12 | 17:25 | 10 h 26 min | 28.7° |
| March | 05:58 | 12:05 | 18:12 | 12 h 14 min | 39.5° |
| April | 05:51 | 12:57 | 20:03 | 14 h 12 min | 51.1° |
| May | 05:01 | 12:54 | 20:49 | 15 h 48 min | 59.4° |
| June | 04:44 | 12:59 | 21:15 | 16 h 31 min | 62.6° |
| July | 05:09 | 13:04 | 20:59 | 15 h 50 min | 59.6° |
| August | 05:54 | 13:01 | 20:06 | 14 h 12 min | 51.2° |
| September | 06:42 | 12:50 | 18:58 | 12 h 16 min | 39.8° |
| October | 07:31 | 12:42 | 17:53 | 10 h 23 min | 28.4° |
| November | 07:23 | 11:43 | 16:03 | 8 h 40 min | 19.2° |
| December | 07:58 | 11:56 | 15:54 | 7 h 56 min | 15.8° |
A year of daylight in Bexhill-on-Sea
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 Bexhill-on-Sea
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
39°collects the most energy over a year: 1151 kWh per kWp.
72°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° | 942 | 82% | 0.48 | 9.9× |
| 15° | 1072 | 93% | 0.77 | 6.4× |
| 30° | 1141 | 99% | 1.02 | 4.7× |
| 39° year-round best | 1151 | 100% | 1.14 | 4.1× |
| 45° | 1145 | 99% | 1.21 | 3.7× |
| 51° = latitude | 1129 | 98% | 1.26 | 3.4× |
| 60° | 1086 | 94% | 1.32 | 3.1× |
| 70° | 1012 | 88% | 1.35 | 2.8× |
| 72° off-grid best | 995 | 86% | 1.35 | 2.7× |
| 90° | 797 | 69% | 1.28 | 2.2× |
A fixed array in Bexhill-on-Sea produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 72° it makes 1.35 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 39°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bexhill-on-Sea at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 39° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 39° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.84 | 1.81 | 1.58 | 1.38 | 6.0 °C |
| February | 1.54 | 2.54 | 2.23 | 2.12 | 5.7 °C |
| March | 2.78 | 3.52 | 3.08 | 3.22 | 7.0 °C |
| April | 4.45 | 4.33 | 3.76 | 4.40 | 9.3 °C |
| May | 5.27 | 4.10 | 3.52 | 4.56 | 12.1 °C |
| June | 5.78 | 4.05 | 3.43 | 4.67 | 14.9 °C |
| July | 5.57 | 4.08 | 3.43 | 4.58 | 17.0 °C |
| August | 4.61 | 4.04 | 3.40 | 4.16 | 17.4 °C |
| September | 3.45 | 3.95 | 3.36 | 3.65 | 15.7 °C |
| October | 1.95 | 2.89 | 2.47 | 2.43 | 13.1 °C |
| November | 0.99 | 1.92 | 1.65 | 1.48 | 9.6 °C |
| December | 0.65 | 1.55 | 1.35 | 1.14 | 7.0 °C |
| Year | 3.16 avg | 3.23 avg | 1012 kWh | 1151 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 880 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,030 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Bexhill-on-Sea
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.
9.1 mrow pitch at 70°
7.2 mrow pitch at 39°
How Bexhill-on-Sea compares in the United Kingdom
Against the other 801 places in the United Kingdom with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
40thof 802 places in the United Kingdom for sunshine, shared: 3.16 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the United Kingdom: 1,151 against 1,058 kWh per kWp.
−7 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with London: 16 h 31 min against 16 h 38 min.
39°best year-round tilt here; across the United Kingdom it runs from 38° in Plymouth to 45° in Elgin.
Of the 802 places in the United Kingdom, Sandown and 2 other places get the most sun (3.23 peak sun hours a day) and Fort William the least (2.32); Bexhill-on-Sea ranks joint 40th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.35 kWh a day here, against 1.32 kWh on average in the United Kingdom. The shortest day lasts 7 h 56 min, +7 min compared with London.
Solar forecast for Bexhill-on-Sea, 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.