Île-de-France · France · 49.00° N · 2.10° E
Solar position in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Conflans-Sainte-Honorine — computed for 49.00° N, 2.10° E, 48 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:39 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:16 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:53 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:26 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:10 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:35 | 29.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:00 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:44 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:17 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:54 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:30 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 19 min | |
Sun path diagram for Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
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 64.4° at solar noon in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine; on the December solstice only 17.6°. Sunrise swings from 51° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 75° 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 | 08:35 | 13:03 | 17:31 | 8 h 56 min | 21.2° |
| February | 07:49 | 13:05 | 18:21 | 10 h 32 min | 30.6° |
| March | 06:52 | 12:59 | 19:05 | 12 h 13 min | 41.4° |
| April | 06:49 | 13:50 | 20:52 | 14 h 03 min | 53.0° |
| May | 06:02 | 13:48 | 21:35 | 15 h 33 min | 61.3° |
| June | 05:47 | 13:53 | 21:59 | 16 h 12 min | 64.4° |
| July | 06:10 | 13:57 | 21:45 | 15 h 35 min | 61.4° |
| August | 06:52 | 13:54 | 20:56 | 14 h 04 min | 53.0° |
| September | 07:36 | 13:44 | 19:51 | 12 h 15 min | 41.6° |
| October | 08:21 | 13:35 | 18:50 | 10 h 29 min | 30.2° |
| November | 08:10 | 12:37 | 17:04 | 8 h 54 min | 21.1° |
| December | 08:42 | 12:49 | 16:56 | 8 h 13 min | 17.6° |
A year of daylight in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
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 Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
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: 1175 kWh per kWp.
71°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° | 969 | 82% | 0.59 | 8.0× |
| 15° | 1098 | 93% | 0.93 | 5.2× |
| 30° | 1165 | 99% | 1.21 | 3.9× |
| 38° year-round best | 1175 | 100% | 1.33 | 3.4× |
| 45° | 1167 | 99% | 1.42 | 3.1× |
| 49° = latitude | 1157 | 98% | 1.46 | 2.9× |
| 60° | 1105 | 94% | 1.54 | 2.6× |
| 70° | 1029 | 88% | 1.56 | 2.3× |
| 71° off-grid best | 1020 | 87% | 1.56 | 2.3× |
| 90° | 808 | 69% | 1.48 | 1.9× |
A fixed array in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 71° it makes 1.56 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 38°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine 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 | 0.94 | 1.89 | 1.67 | 1.47 | 3.1 °C |
| February | 1.71 | 2.74 | 2.43 | 2.32 | 3.6 °C |
| March | 2.93 | 3.59 | 3.16 | 3.33 | 6.5 °C |
| April | 4.48 | 4.21 | 3.65 | 4.33 | 10.0 °C |
| May | 5.20 | 3.94 | 3.36 | 4.42 | 13.4 °C |
| June | 5.72 | 3.93 | 3.30 | 4.56 | 16.9 °C |
| July | 5.54 | 3.96 | 3.31 | 4.48 | 18.8 °C |
| August | 4.70 | 3.99 | 3.35 | 4.16 | 18.5 °C |
| September | 3.67 | 4.10 | 3.49 | 3.84 | 15.3 °C |
| October | 2.15 | 3.11 | 2.68 | 2.65 | 11.5 °C |
| November | 1.14 | 2.14 | 1.86 | 1.68 | 6.9 °C |
| December | 0.78 | 1.77 | 1.56 | 1.33 | 3.6 °C |
| Year | 3.25 avg | 3.28 avg | 1029 kWh | 1175 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 890 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
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.
8.0 mrow pitch at 70°
6.4 mrow pitch at 38°
How Conflans-Sainte-Honorine compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
545thof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 3.25 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,175 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 16 h 12 min against 16 h 11 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across France it runs from 33° in Ajaccio to 39° in Lille.
Of the 657 places in France, Marseille 12 and 5 other places get the most sun (4.46 peak sun hours a day) and Maubeuge and one other place the least (3.10); Conflans-Sainte-Honorine ranks joint 545th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.56 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 13 min, −1 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 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.