Subcarpathia · Poland · 50.05° N · 21.41° E
Solar position in Dębica
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Dębica — computed for 50.05° N, 21.41° E, 200 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Dębica today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:22 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:59 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:37 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:10 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:56 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:18 | 28.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:39 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:25 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:58 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:36 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:13 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 15 min | |
Sun path diagram for Dębica
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 63.4° at solar noon in Dębica; on the December solstice only 16.6°. 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 | 07:21 | 11:45 | 16:09 | 8 h 48 min | 20.1° |
| February | 06:33 | 11:48 | 17:02 | 10 h 29 min | 29.5° |
| March | 05:35 | 11:41 | 17:48 | 12 h 13 min | 40.3° |
| April | 05:29 | 12:33 | 19:37 | 14 h 08 min | 51.9° |
| May | 04:40 | 12:31 | 20:21 | 15 h 41 min | 60.2° |
| June | 04:24 | 12:36 | 20:47 | 16 h 23 min | 63.4° |
| July | 04:48 | 12:40 | 20:32 | 15 h 44 min | 60.4° |
| August | 05:32 | 12:37 | 19:41 | 14 h 09 min | 52.0° |
| September | 06:18 | 12:27 | 18:34 | 12 h 16 min | 40.6° |
| October | 07:05 | 12:18 | 17:31 | 10 h 26 min | 29.2° |
| November | 06:56 | 11:19 | 15:43 | 8 h 47 min | 20.0° |
| December | 07:30 | 11:32 | 15:34 | 8 h 04 min | 16.6° |
A year of daylight in Dębica
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 Dębica
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: 1115 kWh per kWp.
76°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° | 915 | 82% | 0.51 | 8.6× |
| 15° | 1037 | 93% | 0.79 | 5.8× |
| 30° | 1104 | 99% | 1.03 | 4.3× |
| 39° year-round best | 1115 | 100% | 1.15 | 3.7× |
| 45° | 1110 | 100% | 1.22 | 3.4× |
| 50° = latitude | 1098 | 98% | 1.27 | 3.2× |
| 60° | 1055 | 95% | 1.34 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 986 | 88% | 1.38 | 2.5× |
| 76° off-grid best | 934 | 84% | 1.39 | 2.3× |
| 90° | 785 | 70% | 1.36 | 1.9× |
A fixed array in Dębica produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 76° it makes 1.39 kWh per kWp a day, 21% more than at 39°, and costs 16% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Dębica 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 | 0.86 | 1.80 | 1.63 | 1.40 | -4.2 °C |
| February snow | 1.61 | 2.69 | 2.44 | 2.22 | -2.6 °C |
| March | 2.80 | 3.48 | 3.11 | 3.27 | 2.0 °C |
| April | 4.13 | 3.95 | 3.44 | 4.05 | 8.3 °C |
| May | 4.99 | 3.84 | 3.27 | 4.25 | 13.6 °C |
| June | 5.38 | 3.75 | 3.14 | 4.28 | 17.5 °C |
| July | 5.22 | 3.79 | 3.15 | 4.21 | 19.7 °C |
| August | 4.71 | 4.08 | 3.40 | 4.20 | 19.5 °C |
| September | 3.32 | 3.78 | 3.23 | 3.53 | 14.2 °C |
| October | 2.00 | 3.02 | 2.63 | 2.58 | 8.2 °C |
| November | 0.99 | 1.83 | 1.61 | 1.46 | 3.3 °C |
| December snow | 0.67 | 1.54 | 1.38 | 1.15 | -2.1 °C |
| Year | 3.07 avg | 3.13 avg | 986 kWh | 1115 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 850 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,020 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Dębica
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.
8.6 mrow pitch at 70°
6.9 mrow pitch at 39°
How Dębica compares in Poland
Against the other 343 places in Poland with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
27thof 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: 1,115 against 1,094 kWh per kWp.
−24 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Warsaw: 16 h 23 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); Dębica ranks joint 27th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.38 kWh a day here, against 1.14 kWh on average in Poland. The shortest day lasts 8 h 04 min, +22 min compared with Warsaw.
Solar forecast for Dębica, 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.