Bistrița-Năsăud County · Romania · 47.13° N · 24.50° E
Solar position in Bistriţa
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bistriţa — computed for 47.13° N, 24.50° E, 362 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bistriţa today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:10 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:45 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:21 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:52 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:35 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:05 | 31.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:35 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:18 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:50 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:25 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:00 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 26 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bistriţa
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 66.3° at solar noon in Bistriţa; on the December solstice only 19.5°. Sunrise swings from 53° NE in June to 125° SE in December — a 72° 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 | 07:59 | 12:33 | 17:07 | 9 h 08 min | 23.1° |
| February | 07:16 | 12:35 | 17:55 | 10 h 38 min | 32.4° |
| March | 06:23 | 12:29 | 18:35 | 12 h 12 min | 43.2° |
| April | 06:23 | 13:20 | 20:18 | 13 h 55 min | 54.8° |
| May | 05:39 | 13:18 | 20:58 | 15 h 19 min | 63.1° |
| June | 05:26 | 13:23 | 21:21 | 15 h 55 min | 66.3° |
| July | 05:47 | 13:28 | 21:08 | 15 h 21 min | 63.3° |
| August | 06:26 | 13:24 | 20:22 | 13 h 56 min | 54.9° |
| September | 07:07 | 13:14 | 19:22 | 12 h 15 min | 43.5° |
| October | 07:48 | 13:06 | 18:24 | 10 h 35 min | 32.1° |
| November | 07:34 | 12:07 | 16:41 | 9 h 07 min | 22.9° |
| December | 08:05 | 12:20 | 16:34 | 8 h 29 min | 19.5° |
A year of daylight in Bistriţa
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 Bistriţa
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: 1257 kWh per kWp.
75°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° | 1033 | 82% | 0.77 | 6.0× |
| 15° | 1171 | 93% | 1.16 | 4.1× |
| 30° | 1245 | 99% | 1.50 | 3.1× |
| 39° year-round best | 1257 | 100% | 1.67 | 2.7× |
| 45° | 1251 | 100% | 1.77 | 2.5× |
| 47° = latitude | 1246 | 99% | 1.79 | 2.4× |
| 60° | 1187 | 94% | 1.93 | 2.1× |
| 70° | 1109 | 88% | 1.98 | 1.8× |
| 75° off-grid best | 1061 | 84% | 1.99 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 881 | 70% | 1.93 | 1.5× |
A fixed array in Bistriţa produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 75° it makes 1.99 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 39°, and costs 16% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bistriţa 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 snow | 1.24 | 2.55 | 2.34 | 2.02 | -5.4 °C |
| February snow | 2.06 | 3.32 | 3.03 | 2.81 | -3.7 °C |
| March | 3.19 | 3.77 | 3.38 | 3.63 | 0.9 °C |
| April | 4.35 | 3.94 | 3.45 | 4.16 | 7.1 °C |
| May | 5.20 | 3.83 | 3.27 | 4.35 | 12.5 °C |
| June | 5.62 | 3.74 | 3.14 | 4.40 | 16.3 °C |
| July | 5.64 | 3.89 | 3.25 | 4.48 | 18.3 °C |
| August | 5.16 | 4.28 | 3.59 | 4.54 | 18.4 °C |
| September | 3.71 | 4.03 | 3.46 | 3.86 | 13.2 °C |
| October | 2.48 | 3.66 | 3.21 | 3.19 | 7.4 °C |
| November | 1.41 | 2.66 | 2.38 | 2.17 | 2.2 °C |
| December snow | 0.97 | 2.18 | 1.98 | 1.67 | -3.6 °C |
| Year | 3.43 avg | 3.49 avg | 1109 kWh | 1257 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 600 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 710 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Bistriţa
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.
7.1 mrow pitch at 70°
5.9 mrow pitch at 39°
How Bistriţa compares in Romania
Against the other 125 places in Romania with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
118thof 126 places in Romania for sunshine, shared: 3.43 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Romania: 1,257 against 1,300 kWh per kWp.
+22 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bucharest: 15 h 55 min against 15 h 33 min.
39°best year-round tilt here; across Romania it runs from 33° in Mangalia to 39° in Bistriţa.
Of the 126 places in Romania, Mangalia gets the most sun (3.93 peak sun hours a day) and Vişeu de Sus and one other place the least (3.33); Bistriţa ranks joint 118th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.98 kWh a day here, against 2.01 kWh on average in Romania. The shortest day lasts 8 h 29 min, −21 min compared with Bucharest.
Solar forecast for Bistriţa, 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.