Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · France · 44.09° N · 6.23° E
Solar position in Digne-les-Bains
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Digne-les-Bains — computed for 44.09° N, 6.23° E, 524 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Digne-les-Bains today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:25 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:58 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:32 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:02 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:42 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:18 | 33.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:54 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:35 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:04 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:38 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:12 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 33 min | |
Sun path diagram for Digne-les-Bains
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 69.4° at solar noon in Digne-les-Bains; on the December solstice only 22.5°. Sunrise swings from 55° NE in June to 123° ESE in December — a 67° 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 | 08:03 | 12:46 | 17:30 | 9 h 27 min | 26.1° |
| February | 07:25 | 12:48 | 18:12 | 10 h 47 min | 35.5° |
| March | 06:36 | 12:42 | 18:48 | 12 h 12 min | 46.3° |
| April | 06:42 | 13:33 | 20:26 | 13 h 44 min | 57.9° |
| May | 06:02 | 13:31 | 21:01 | 14 h 58 min | 66.2° |
| June | 05:51 | 13:36 | 21:21 | 15 h 30 min | 69.4° |
| July | 06:11 | 13:41 | 21:11 | 15 h 00 min | 66.3° |
| August | 06:45 | 13:38 | 20:30 | 13 h 45 min | 57.9° |
| September | 07:20 | 13:27 | 19:34 | 12 h 14 min | 46.5° |
| October | 07:57 | 13:19 | 18:41 | 10 h 44 min | 35.1° |
| November | 07:37 | 12:20 | 17:03 | 9 h 26 min | 26.0° |
| December | 08:06 | 12:33 | 16:59 | 8 h 53 min | 22.5° |
A year of daylight in Digne-les-Bains
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 Digne-les-Bains
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
37°collects the most energy over a year: 1535 kWh per kWp.
69°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° | 1259 | 82% | 1.22 | 4.7× |
| 15° | 1434 | 93% | 1.91 | 3.1× |
| 30° | 1523 | 99% | 2.48 | 2.3× |
| 37° year-round best | 1535 | 100% | 2.69 | 2.0× |
| 44° = latitude | 1526 | 99% | 2.86 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1523 | 99% | 2.88 | 1.8× |
| 60° | 1435 | 93% | 3.10 | 1.5× |
| 69° off-grid best | 1342 | 87% | 3.13 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1330 | 87% | 3.13 | 1.3× |
| 90° | 1027 | 67% | 2.93 | 1.6× |
A fixed array in Digne-les-Bains produces the most over a year at 37°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 69° it makes 3.13 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 37°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Digne-les-Bains at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 37° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 37° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.80 | 3.74 | 3.37 | 2.97 | 1.0 °C |
| February | 2.68 | 4.18 | 3.76 | 3.63 | 1.4 °C |
| March | 3.87 | 4.57 | 4.05 | 4.38 | 4.8 °C |
| April | 4.96 | 4.31 | 3.76 | 4.66 | 8.6 °C |
| May | 5.87 | 4.07 | 3.48 | 4.85 | 12.7 °C |
| June | 6.86 | 4.17 | 3.50 | 5.25 | 17.7 °C |
| July | 7.04 | 4.42 | 3.68 | 5.43 | 20.4 °C |
| August | 6.09 | 4.78 | 3.99 | 5.25 | 20.0 °C |
| September | 4.61 | 4.89 | 4.16 | 4.73 | 15.6 °C |
| October | 3.02 | 4.26 | 3.69 | 3.71 | 11.2 °C |
| November | 1.90 | 3.57 | 3.16 | 2.87 | 5.8 °C |
| December | 1.53 | 3.49 | 3.13 | 2.69 | 2.0 °C |
| Year | 4.19 avg | 4.20 avg | 1330 kWh | 1535 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 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 440 Wp at 37°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Digne-les-Bains
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.
6.0 mrow pitch at 70°
5.0 mrow pitch at 37°
How Digne-les-Bains compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
76thof 657 places in France for sunshine: 4.19 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+22%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,535 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
−41 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 15 h 30 min against 16 h 11 min.
37°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); Digne-les-Bains ranks 76th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.13 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 53 min, +38 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Digne-les-Bains, 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.