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.

Sunrise today06:29107° ESE
Sunset today16:55253° WSW
Best panel angle35°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle67°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation31.7°
At solar noon, 11:42Open on the sun map

Sun in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi today

Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:48sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:2312° below
Civil dawn05:586° below
Sunrise06:29107° ESE
Golden hour ends07:11sun 6° up
Solar noon11:4231.7° high
Golden hour starts16:13sun 6° up
Sunset16:55253° WSW
Civil dusk17:266° below
Nautical dusk18:0112° below
Astronomical dusk18:3518° below
Day length10 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.

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  • June solstice
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  • December solstice
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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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:3312:1016:479 h 14 min24.0°
February06:5212:1217:3210 h 41 min33.3°
March06:0012:0618:1212 h 12 min44.1°
April06:0112:5719:5313 h 52 min55.7°
May05:1912:5520:3115 h 12 min64.0°
June05:0613:0020:5315 h 47 min67.2°
July05:2713:0420:4115 h 14 min64.2°
August06:0513:0119:5713 h 53 min55.9°
September06:4412:5118:5812 h 15 min44.4°
October07:2312:4218:0210 h 38 min33.1°
November07:0711:4416:209 h 13 min23.9°
December07:3811:5616:158 h 37 min20.4°

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.

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

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.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 35°Best worst-month 67°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
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  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°113285%0.707.7×
15°126995%1.025.4×
30°1333100%1.284.2×
35° year-round best1337100%1.353.9×
45°131999%1.463.4×
46° = latitude131598%1.473.3×
60°123092%1.552.9×
67° off-grid best116487%1.562.6×
70°113285%1.562.5×
90°85964%1.452.1×

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).

0123456January: 1.82 (70°)1.8JanFebruary: 2.51 (70°)2.5FebMarch: 3.50 (70°)3.5MarApril: 3.94 (70°)3.9AprMay: 3.75 (70°)3.8MayJune: 3.49 (70°)3.5JunJuly: 3.60 (70°)3.6JulAugust: 3.95 (70°)4.0AugSeptember: 3.94 (70°)3.9SepOctober: 3.19 (70°)3.2OctNovember: 1.94 (70°)1.9NovDecember: 1.56 (70°)1.6Dec35°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 35°Mean temp.
January snow1.082.031.821.57-0.7 °C
February1.922.802.512.430.7 °C
March3.303.953.503.724.8 °C
April4.994.543.944.8010.3 °C
May6.234.453.755.2117.0 °C
June6.694.233.495.1821.8 °C
July6.664.403.605.2224.6 °C
August5.904.823.955.1324.5 °C
September4.254.703.944.3819.0 °C
October2.563.703.193.1312.5 °C
November1.292.221.941.766.9 °C
December0.901.761.561.351.5 °C
Year3.82 avg3.64 avg1132 kWh1337 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°

Row spacing calculator

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.

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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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Questions about the sun in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

What is the best solar panel angle in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi is 35°, worth about 1337 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 67°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi today?
On 25 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:29 and sets at 16:55 local time (UTC+3), giving 10 h 26 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:42.
How many peak sun hours does Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi get?
On a flat surface 3.8 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.9 in December to 6.7 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.8 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi?
At solar noon the sun stands 67.2° above the horizon on the June solstice and 20.4° on the December solstice.
Is Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi a good place for solar panels?
With 3.8 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi ranks joint 17th of 272 places in Ukraine for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (35°) makes about 1,337 kWh a year here, 8% more than the average place in Ukraine.

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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.