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Mehedinți County · Romania · 44.63° N · 22.65° E

Solar position in Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Drobeta-Turnu Severin — computed for 44.63° N, 22.65° E, 76 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:56106° ESE
Sunset today18:30254° WSW
Best panel angle36°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle69°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation33.6°
At solar noon, 13:13Open on the sun map

Sun in Drobeta-Turnu Severin today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn06:18sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:5212° below
Civil dawn07:266° below
Sunrise07:56106° ESE
Golden hour ends08:36sun 6° up
Solar noon13:1333.6° high
Golden hour starts17:49sun 6° up
Sunset18:30254° WSW
Civil dusk19:006° below
Nautical dusk19:3412° below
Astronomical dusk20:0718° below
Day length10 h 34 min

Sun path diagram for Drobeta-Turnu Severin

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 solstice6789101112131415161718192021EquinoxDecember solstice910111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
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On the June solstice the sun reaches 68.8° at solar noon in Drobeta-Turnu Severin; on the December solstice only 22.0°. Sunrise swings from 55° NE in June to 123° ESE in December — a 68° 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
January07:5912:4017:229 h 24 min25.6°
February07:2012:4318:0610 h 45 min34.9°
March06:3112:3618:4212 h 12 min45.7°
April06:3513:2820:2113 h 46 min57.3°
May05:5513:2620:5715 h 01 min65.6°
June05:4413:3121:1815 h 34 min68.8°
July06:0313:3521:0715 h 03 min65.8°
August06:3813:3220:2513 h 47 min57.4°
September07:1513:2219:2912 h 14 min46.0°
October07:5213:1318:3510 h 43 min34.6°
November07:3312:1516:569 h 23 min25.4°
December08:0312:2716:518 h 49 min22.0°

A year of daylight in Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

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Best solar panel angle in Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

36°collects the most energy over a year: 1314 kWh per kWp.

69°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 36°Best worst-month 69°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°111084%0.935.5×
15°124595%1.363.8×
30°1309100%1.723.0×
36° year-round best1314100%1.832.7×
45° = latitude130099%1.972.3×
60°121893%2.112.0×
69° off-grid best113787%2.141.7×
70°112786%2.141.7×
90°87066%2.021.4×

A fixed array in Drobeta-Turnu Severin produces the most over a year at 36°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 69° it makes 2.14 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 36°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Drobeta-Turnu Severin at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 36° (year-round best).

0123456January: 2.47 (70°)2.5JanFebruary: 2.92 (70°)2.9FebMarch: 3.39 (70°)3.4MarApril: 3.53 (70°)3.5AprMay: 3.32 (70°)3.3MayJune: 3.26 (70°)3.3JunJuly: 3.38 (70°)3.4JulAugust: 3.67 (70°)3.7AugSeptember: 3.54 (70°)3.5SepOctober: 3.17 (70°)3.2OctNovember: 2.25 (70°)2.3NovDecember: 2.14 (70°)2.1Dec36°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 36°Mean temp.
January snow1.382.722.472.11-2.4 °C
February snow2.143.232.922.77-0.6 °C
March3.333.823.393.674.5 °C
April4.664.073.534.3610.1 °C
May5.563.933.324.5915.5 °C
June6.253.923.264.8219.8 °C
July6.324.103.384.9222.4 °C
August5.604.443.674.8122.5 °C
September4.004.193.544.0217.0 °C
October2.633.663.173.1810.6 °C
November1.482.552.252.074.7 °C
December snow1.172.372.141.83-0.8 °C
Year3.72 avg3.59 avg1127 kWh1314 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 550 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 640 Wp at 36°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Drobeta-Turnu Severin

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.

6.2 mrow pitch at 70°

5.1 mrow pitch at 36°

Row spacing calculator

How Drobeta-Turnu Severin compares in Romania

Against the other 125 places in Romania with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

37thof 126 places in Romania for sunshine, shared: 3.72 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Romania: 1,314 against 1,300 kWh per kWp.

+2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bucharest: 15 h 34 min against 15 h 33 min.

36°best year-round tilt here; across Romania it runs from 33° in Mangalia to 39° in Bistriţa.

Of the 126 places in Romania, Mangalia gets the most sun (3.93 peak sun hours a day) and Vişeu de Sus and one other place the least (3.33); Drobeta-Turnu Severin ranks joint 37th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.14 kWh a day here, against 2.01 kWh on average in Romania. The shortest day lasts 8 h 49 min, −1 min compared with Bucharest.

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Solar forecast for Drobeta-Turnu Severin, 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 Drobeta-Turnu Severin

What is the best solar panel angle in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Drobeta-Turnu Severin is 36°, worth about 1314 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 69°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Drobeta-Turnu Severin today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:56 and sets at 18:30 local time (UTC+3), giving 10 h 34 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:13.
How many peak sun hours does Drobeta-Turnu Severin get?
On a flat surface 3.7 hours a day averaged over the year, from 1.2 in December to 6.3 in July. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.4 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
At solar noon the sun stands 68.8° above the horizon on the June solstice and 22.0° on the December solstice.
Is Drobeta-Turnu Severin a good place for solar panels?
With 3.7 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Drobeta-Turnu Severin ranks joint 37th of 126 places in Romania for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (36°) makes about 1,314 kWh a year here, 1% more than the average place in Romania.

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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.