Świętokrzyskie · Poland · 50.47° N · 20.72° E
Solar position in Busko-Zdrój
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Busko-Zdrój — computed for 50.47° N, 20.72° E, 266 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Busko-Zdrój today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:24 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:02 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:40 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:14 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:00 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:21 | 27.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:41 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:27 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:01 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:39 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:16 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 13 min | |
Sun path diagram for Busko-Zdrój
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 63.0° at solar noon in Busko-Zdrój; on the December solstice only 16.1°. 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 | 07:26 | 11:48 | 16:11 | 8 h 45 min | 19.7° |
| February | 06:37 | 11:51 | 17:04 | 10 h 27 min | 29.1° |
| March | 05:38 | 11:44 | 17:51 | 12 h 13 min | 39.9° |
| April | 05:31 | 12:36 | 19:41 | 14 h 10 min | 51.5° |
| May | 04:41 | 12:33 | 20:26 | 15 h 45 min | 59.8° |
| June | 04:25 | 12:38 | 20:52 | 16 h 27 min | 63.0° |
| July | 04:49 | 12:43 | 20:36 | 15 h 47 min | 60.0° |
| August | 05:34 | 12:40 | 19:45 | 14 h 11 min | 51.6° |
| September | 06:21 | 12:29 | 18:37 | 12 h 16 min | 40.2° |
| October | 07:09 | 12:21 | 17:33 | 10 h 24 min | 28.8° |
| November | 07:00 | 11:22 | 15:44 | 8 h 44 min | 19.6° |
| December | 07:35 | 11:35 | 15:35 | 8 h 00 min | 16.1° |
A year of daylight in Busko-Zdrój
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 Busko-Zdrój
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: 1113 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° | 914 | 82% | 0.49 | 9.2× |
| 15° | 1037 | 93% | 0.75 | 6.2× |
| 30° | 1103 | 99% | 0.98 | 4.6× |
| 39° year-round best | 1113 | 100% | 1.09 | 4.0× |
| 45° | 1108 | 99% | 1.15 | 3.7× |
| 50° = latitude | 1095 | 98% | 1.19 | 3.4× |
| 60° | 1051 | 94% | 1.26 | 3.0× |
| 70° | 982 | 88% | 1.28 | 2.7× |
| 73° off-grid best | 956 | 86% | 1.29 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 778 | 70% | 1.24 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Busko-Zdrój produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 73° it makes 1.29 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 Busko-Zdrój 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 | 0.82 | 1.72 | 1.55 | 1.32 | -3.6 °C |
| February snow | 1.56 | 2.52 | 2.28 | 2.14 | -2.0 °C |
| March | 2.77 | 3.47 | 3.10 | 3.24 | 2.4 °C |
| April | 4.17 | 4.02 | 3.50 | 4.11 | 8.6 °C |
| May | 5.07 | 3.92 | 3.34 | 4.33 | 13.9 °C |
| June | 5.50 | 3.84 | 3.21 | 4.38 | 17.8 °C |
| July | 5.26 | 3.84 | 3.18 | 4.25 | 20.1 °C |
| August | 4.70 | 4.09 | 3.41 | 4.19 | 19.8 °C |
| September | 3.33 | 3.82 | 3.26 | 3.55 | 14.5 °C |
| October | 1.98 | 3.00 | 2.61 | 2.56 | 8.6 °C |
| November | 0.94 | 1.74 | 1.53 | 1.39 | 3.6 °C |
| December snow | 0.64 | 1.44 | 1.28 | 1.09 | -1.5 °C |
| Year | 3.07 avg | 3.12 avg | 982 kWh | 1113 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 1,080 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Busko-Zdrój
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.
8.9 mrow pitch at 70°
7.0 mrow pitch at 39°
How Busko-Zdrój compares in Poland
Against the other 343 places in Poland with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
17thof 344 places in Poland for sunshine, shared: 3.07 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Poland: 1,113 against 1,094 kWh per kWp.
−20 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Warsaw: 16 h 27 min against 16 h 47 min.
39°best year-round tilt here; across Poland it runs from 39° in Warsaw to 41° in Bartoszyce.
Of the 344 places in Poland, Hrubieszów and 4 other places get the most sun (3.11 peak sun hours a day) and Kostrzyn nad Odrą and 3 other places the least (2.89); Busko-Zdrój ranks joint 17th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.28 kWh a day here, against 1.14 kWh on average in Poland. The shortest day lasts 8 h 00 min, +18 min compared with Warsaw.
Solar forecast for Busko-Zdrój, 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.