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Pays de la Loire · France · 46.47° N · 0.81° W

Solar position in Fontenay-le-Comte

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Fontenay-le-Comte — computed for 46.47° N, 0.81° W, 15 m above sea level.

Sunrise today08:33106° ESE
Sunset today19:01253° WSW
Best panel angle37°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle68°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation31.7°
At solar noon, 13:47Open on the sun map

Sun in Fontenay-le-Comte today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn06:52sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn07:2612° below
Civil dawn08:026° below
Sunrise08:33106° ESE
Golden hour ends09:15sun 6° up
Solar noon13:4731.7° high
Golden hour starts18:18sun 6° up
Sunset19:01253° WSW
Civil dusk19:316° below
Nautical dusk20:0712° below
Astronomical dusk20:4118° below
Day length10 h 28 min

Sun path diagram for Fontenay-le-Comte

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 solstice789101112131415161718192021EquinoxDecember solstice91011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 67.0° at solar noon in Fontenay-le-Comte; on the December solstice only 20.1°. Sunrise swings from 54° NE in June to 124° SE in December — a 71° 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
January08:3813:1417:519 h 13 min23.7°
February07:5613:1718:3710 h 40 min33.1°
March07:0413:1019:1712 h 12 min43.9°
April07:0514:0220:5813 h 53 min55.5°
May06:2313:5921:3715 h 14 min63.8°
June06:1014:0521:5915 h 49 min67.0°
July06:3114:0921:4715 h 16 min63.9°
August07:0914:0621:0213 h 53 min55.5°
September07:4813:5620:0312 h 14 min44.1°
October08:2813:4719:0610 h 37 min32.8°
November08:1312:4817:249 h 11 min23.6°
December08:4313:0117:188 h 35 min20.1°

A year of daylight in Fontenay-le-Comte

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 Fontenay-le-Comte

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: 1324 kWh per kWp.

68°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 37°Best worst-month 68°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°110283%0.826.3×
15°124594%1.234.3×
30°131699%1.573.2×
37° year-round best1324100%1.702.9×
45°131299%1.822.6×
46° = latitude131099%1.832.5×
60°123493%1.952.2×
68° off-grid best116488%1.972.0×
70°114386%1.962.0×
90°88467%1.841.7×

A fixed array in Fontenay-le-Comte produces the most over a year at 37°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 68° it makes 1.97 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 37°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Fontenay-le-Comte at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 37° (year-round best).

0123456January: 1.98 (70°)2.0JanFebruary: 2.96 (70°)3.0FebMarch: 3.54 (70°)3.5MarApril: 3.78 (70°)3.8AprMay: 3.48 (70°)3.5MayJune: 3.40 (70°)3.4JunJuly: 3.47 (70°)3.5JulAugust: 3.66 (70°)3.7AugSeptember: 3.95 (70°)4.0SepOctober: 3.05 (70°)3.0OctNovember: 2.35 (70°)2.4NovDecember: 1.96 (70°)2.0Dec37°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 37°Mean temp.
January1.212.261.981.785.7 °C
February2.163.352.962.855.7 °C
March3.394.053.543.788.2 °C
April4.824.373.784.5911.0 °C
May5.644.103.484.7314.2 °C
June6.264.063.404.9017.8 °C
July6.154.173.474.9019.6 °C
August5.344.383.664.6819.5 °C
September4.254.673.954.4116.9 °C
October2.533.563.053.0513.5 °C
November1.492.712.352.149.3 °C
December1.062.241.961.706.1 °C
Year3.70 avg3.66 avg1143 kWh1324 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 600 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 690 Wp at 37°. The steep array is 13% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Fontenay-le-Comte

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.

6.9 mrow pitch at 70°

5.5 mrow pitch at 37°

Row spacing calculator

How Fontenay-le-Comte compares in France

Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

168thof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 3.70 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,324 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.

−22 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 15 h 49 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); Fontenay-le-Comte ranks joint 168th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.97 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 35 min, +20 min compared with Paris.

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Solar forecast for Fontenay-le-Comte, 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 Fontenay-le-Comte

What is the best solar panel angle in Fontenay-le-Comte?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Fontenay-le-Comte is 37°, worth about 1324 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 68°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Fontenay-le-Comte today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 08:33 and sets at 19:01 local time (UTC+2), giving 10 h 28 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:47.
How many peak sun hours does Fontenay-le-Comte get?
On a flat surface 3.7 hours a day averaged over the year, from 1.1 in December to 6.3 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.2 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Fontenay-le-Comte?
At solar noon the sun stands 67.0° above the horizon on the June solstice and 20.1° on the December solstice.
Is Fontenay-le-Comte a good place for solar panels?
With 3.7 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Fontenay-le-Comte ranks joint 168th of 657 places in France for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (37°) makes about 1,324 kWh a year here, 5% more than the average place in France.

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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.