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New South Wales · Australia · 30.30° S · 153.11° E

Solar position in Coffs Harbour

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Coffs Harbour — computed for 30.30° S, 153.11° E, 6 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:59104° ESE
Sunset today19:04255° WSW
Best panel angle29°year-round, facing north
Off-grid angle48°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation71.8°
At solar noon, 12:31Open on the sun map

Sun in Coffs Harbour today

Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+11

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:34sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0412° below
Civil dawn05:346° below
Sunrise05:59104° ESE
Golden hour ends06:31sun 6° up
Solar noon12:3171.8° high
Golden hour starts18:32sun 6° up
Sunset19:04255° WSW
Civil dusk19:296° below
Nautical dusk19:5912° below
Astronomical dusk20:2918° below
Day length13 h 05 min

Sun path diagram for Coffs Harbour

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice78910111213141516EquinoxDecember solstice678910111213141516171819Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 36.3° at solar noon in Coffs Harbour; on the December solstice only 83.1°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 55° 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
January06:0512:5819:5113 h 46 min79.6°
February06:3113:0119:2912 h 58 min70.3°
March06:5112:5418:5712 h 07 min59.5°
April06:1011:4617:2111 h 12 min47.9°
May06:2911:4316:5810 h 29 min39.6°
June06:4311:4916:5410 h 11 min36.3°
July06:4011:5417:0710 h 28 min39.2°
August06:1511:5017:2611 h 10 min47.6°
September05:3911:4017:4312 h 04 min59.0°
October06:0312:3219:0112 h 58 min70.4°
November05:4012:3319:2613 h 46 min79.6°
December05:4212:4519:4814 h 06 min83.1°

A year of daylight in Coffs Harbour

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 Coffs Harbour

Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

29°collects the most energy over a year: 1641 kWh per kWp.

48°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 29°Best worst-month 48°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°146189%2.242.4×
15°159897%2.951.8×
29° year-round best1641100%3.451.5×
30° = latitude1641100%3.481.5×
45°158697%3.791.3×
48° off-grid best156495%3.821.3×
60°143988%3.851.6×
70°129579%3.761.9×
90°92957%3.273.0×

A fixed array in Coffs Harbour produces the most over a year at 29°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 48° it makes 3.82 kWh per kWp a day, 11% more than at 29°, and costs 5% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Coffs Harbour at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 29° (year-round best).

0123456January: 2.60 (70°)2.6JanFebruary: 3.02 (70°)3.0FebMarch: 3.39 (70°)3.4MarApril: 3.89 (70°)3.9AprMay: 4.10 (70°)4.1MayJune: 3.76 (70°)3.8JunJuly: 4.28 (70°)4.3JulAugust: 4.58 (70°)4.6AugSeptember: 4.25 (70°)4.2SepOctober: 3.44 (70°)3.4OctNovember: 2.78 (70°)2.8NovDecember: 2.44 (70°)2.4Dec29°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 29°Mean temp.
January6.633.192.604.8623.4 °C
February5.903.683.024.7123.0 °C
March4.974.093.394.4021.7 °C
April4.184.653.894.2619.6 °C
May3.374.834.103.9417.0 °C
June2.804.413.763.4515.1 °C
July3.194.994.283.9614.1 °C
August4.135.364.584.6514.8 °C
September5.235.024.255.0717.2 °C
October5.954.113.445.0319.1 °C
November6.463.362.784.9120.8 °C
December6.552.992.444.7322.3 °C
Year4.94 avg4.23 avg1295 kWh1641 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 480 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 340 Wp at 29°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Coffs Harbour

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.

3.6 mrow pitch at 70°

3.2 mrow pitch at 29°

Row spacing calculator

How Coffs Harbour compares in Australia

Against the other 88 places in Australia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

49thof 89 places in Australia for sunshine, shared: 4.94 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Australia: 1,641 against 1,665 kWh per kWp.

−18 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Sydney: 14 h 06 min against 14 h 25 min.

29°best year-round tilt here; across Australia it runs from 16° in Cairns to 35° in Hobart.

Of the 89 places in Australia, Port Hedland gets the most sun (6.31 peak sun hours a day) and Hobart the least (3.89); Coffs Harbour ranks joint 49th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.44 kWh a day here, against 2.60 kWh on average in Australia. The shortest day lasts 10 h 11 min, +18 min compared with Sydney.

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Solar forecast for Coffs Harbour, 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 Coffs Harbour

What is the best solar panel angle in Coffs Harbour?
For a fixed array facing north, the best year-round tilt in Coffs Harbour is 29°, worth about 1641 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 48°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Coffs Harbour today?
On 25 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:59 and sets at 19:04 local time (UTC+11), giving 13 h 05 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:31.
How many peak sun hours does Coffs Harbour get?
On a flat surface 4.9 hours a day averaged over the year, from 2.8 in June to 6.6 in January. Panels tilted at 70° receive 3.0 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Coffs Harbour?
At solar noon the sun stands 36.3° above the horizon on the June solstice and 83.1° on the December solstice.
Is Coffs Harbour a good place for solar panels?
With 4.9 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Coffs Harbour ranks joint 49th of 89 places in Australia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (29°) makes about 1,641 kWh a year here, 1% less than the average place in Australia.

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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.