Odesa · Ukraine · 46.19° N · 30.35° E
Solar position in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi — computed for 46.19° N, 30.35° E, 19 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:48 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:23 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:58 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:29 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:11 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:42 | 31.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:13 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 16:55 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:26 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:01 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:35 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 26 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
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 67.2° at solar noon in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi; on the December solstice only 20.4°. Sunrise swings from 54° NE in June to 124° SE in December — a 70° 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 | 07:33 | 12:10 | 16:47 | 9 h 14 min | 24.0° |
| February | 06:52 | 12:12 | 17:32 | 10 h 41 min | 33.3° |
| March | 06:00 | 12:06 | 18:12 | 12 h 12 min | 44.1° |
| April | 06:01 | 12:57 | 19:53 | 13 h 52 min | 55.7° |
| May | 05:19 | 12:55 | 20:31 | 15 h 12 min | 64.0° |
| June | 05:06 | 13:00 | 20:53 | 15 h 47 min | 67.2° |
| July | 05:27 | 13:04 | 20:41 | 15 h 14 min | 64.2° |
| August | 06:05 | 13:01 | 19:57 | 13 h 53 min | 55.9° |
| September | 06:44 | 12:51 | 18:58 | 12 h 15 min | 44.4° |
| October | 07:23 | 12:42 | 18:02 | 10 h 38 min | 33.1° |
| November | 07:07 | 11:44 | 16:20 | 9 h 13 min | 23.9° |
| December | 07:38 | 11:56 | 16:15 | 8 h 37 min | 20.4° |
A year of daylight in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
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 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
35°collects the most energy over a year: 1337 kWh per kWp.
67°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° | 1132 | 85% | 0.70 | 7.7× |
| 15° | 1269 | 95% | 1.02 | 5.4× |
| 30° | 1333 | 100% | 1.28 | 4.2× |
| 35° year-round best | 1337 | 100% | 1.35 | 3.9× |
| 45° | 1319 | 99% | 1.46 | 3.4× |
| 46° = latitude | 1315 | 98% | 1.47 | 3.3× |
| 60° | 1230 | 92% | 1.55 | 2.9× |
| 67° off-grid best | 1164 | 87% | 1.56 | 2.6× |
| 70° | 1132 | 85% | 1.56 | 2.5× |
| 90° | 859 | 64% | 1.45 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi produces the most over a year at 35°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 67° it makes 1.56 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 35°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 35° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 35° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.08 | 2.03 | 1.82 | 1.57 | -0.7 °C |
| February | 1.92 | 2.80 | 2.51 | 2.43 | 0.7 °C |
| March | 3.30 | 3.95 | 3.50 | 3.72 | 4.8 °C |
| April | 4.99 | 4.54 | 3.94 | 4.80 | 10.3 °C |
| May | 6.23 | 4.45 | 3.75 | 5.21 | 17.0 °C |
| June | 6.69 | 4.23 | 3.49 | 5.18 | 21.8 °C |
| July | 6.66 | 4.40 | 3.60 | 5.22 | 24.6 °C |
| August | 5.90 | 4.82 | 3.95 | 5.13 | 24.5 °C |
| September | 4.25 | 4.70 | 3.94 | 4.38 | 19.0 °C |
| October | 2.56 | 3.70 | 3.19 | 3.13 | 12.5 °C |
| November | 1.29 | 2.22 | 1.94 | 1.76 | 6.9 °C |
| December | 0.90 | 1.76 | 1.56 | 1.35 | 1.5 °C |
| Year | 3.82 avg | 3.64 avg | 1132 kWh | 1337 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 870 Wp at 35°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
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.
6.8 mrow pitch at 70°
5.3 mrow pitch at 35°
How Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi compares in Ukraine
Against the other 271 places in Ukraine with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
17thof 272 places in Ukraine for sunshine, shared: 3.82 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ukraine: 1,337 against 1,242 kWh per kWp.
−40 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kyiv: 15 h 47 min against 16 h 27 min.
35°best year-round tilt here; across Ukraine it runs from 33° in Sevastopol to 40° in Novhorod-Siverskyi.
Of the 272 places in Ukraine, Balaklava and one other place get the most sun (4.05 peak sun hours a day) and Mostyska and 2 other places the least (3.11); Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ranks joint 17th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.56 kWh a day here, against 1.38 kWh on average in Ukraine. The shortest day lasts 8 h 37 min, +37 min compared with Kyiv.
Solar forecast for Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, 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.