Central Bohemia · Czechia · 50.19° N · 14.66° E
Solar position in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav — computed for 50.19° N, 14.66° E, 186 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:49 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:26 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:04 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:37 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:24 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:45 | 28.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:06 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:52 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:25 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:03 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:40 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 14 min | |
Sun path diagram for Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
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 63.3° at solar noon in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav; on the December solstice only 16.4°. 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 | 07:49 | 12:12 | 16:36 | 8 h 47 min | 20.0° |
| February | 07:01 | 12:15 | 17:29 | 10 h 28 min | 29.4° |
| March | 06:02 | 12:08 | 18:15 | 12 h 13 min | 40.2° |
| April | 05:56 | 13:00 | 20:04 | 14 h 09 min | 51.8° |
| May | 05:07 | 12:58 | 20:49 | 15 h 42 min | 60.1° |
| June | 04:51 | 13:03 | 21:15 | 16 h 24 min | 63.3° |
| July | 05:15 | 13:07 | 20:59 | 15 h 45 min | 60.2° |
| August | 05:59 | 13:04 | 20:08 | 14 h 09 min | 51.8° |
| September | 06:45 | 12:54 | 19:01 | 12 h 16 min | 40.4° |
| October | 07:33 | 12:45 | 17:58 | 10 h 25 min | 29.1° |
| November | 07:24 | 11:46 | 16:09 | 8 h 46 min | 19.9° |
| December | 07:58 | 11:59 | 16:00 | 8 h 03 min | 16.4° |
A year of daylight in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
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 Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
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: 1090 kWh per kWp.
73°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° | 901 | 83% | 0.50 | 8.9× |
| 15° | 1019 | 93% | 0.76 | 6.0× |
| 30° | 1081 | 99% | 0.98 | 4.6× |
| 38° year-round best | 1090 | 100% | 1.08 | 4.0× |
| 45° | 1084 | 99% | 1.15 | 3.6× |
| 50° = latitude | 1072 | 98% | 1.19 | 3.4× |
| 60° | 1028 | 94% | 1.25 | 3.0× |
| 70° | 960 | 88% | 1.28 | 2.7× |
| 73° off-grid best | 935 | 86% | 1.28 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 760 | 70% | 1.23 | 2.2× |
A fixed array in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 73° it makes 1.28 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 38°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav 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 snow | 0.85 | 1.79 | 1.61 | 1.36 | -2.6 °C |
| February snow | 1.63 | 2.64 | 2.38 | 2.21 | -1.2 °C |
| March | 2.71 | 3.36 | 2.99 | 3.13 | 2.8 °C |
| April | 4.19 | 4.00 | 3.48 | 4.10 | 8.4 °C |
| May | 5.00 | 3.86 | 3.29 | 4.28 | 13.2 °C |
| June | 5.40 | 3.78 | 3.17 | 4.32 | 17.3 °C |
| July | 5.20 | 3.79 | 3.15 | 4.22 | 19.5 °C |
| August | 4.50 | 3.89 | 3.25 | 4.00 | 19.1 °C |
| September | 3.24 | 3.65 | 3.11 | 3.41 | 14.0 °C |
| October | 1.90 | 2.78 | 2.42 | 2.38 | 8.5 °C |
| November | 0.91 | 1.63 | 1.43 | 1.30 | 3.4 °C |
| December snow | 0.65 | 1.43 | 1.28 | 1.08 | -1.0 °C |
| Year | 3.02 avg | 3.05 avg | 960 kWh | 1090 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 920 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,090 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav
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.
8.7 mrow pitch at 70°
6.8 mrow pitch at 38°
How Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav compares in Czechia
Against the other 95 places in Czechia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
61stof 96 places in Czechia for sunshine, shared: 3.02 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Czechia: 1,090 against 1,107 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Prague: 16 h 24 min against 16 h 23 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across Czechia it runs from 38° in Prague to 39° in Ostrava.
Of the 96 places in Czechia, Břeclav gets the most sun (3.25 peak sun hours a day) and Děčín and 10 other places the least (2.96); Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav ranks joint 61st. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.28 kWh a day here, against 1.35 kWh on average in Czechia. The shortest day lasts 8 h 03 min, −1 min compared with Prague.
Solar forecast for Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, 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.