Gävleborg · Sweden · 60.67° N · 17.14° E
Solar position in Gävle
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Gävle — computed for 60.67° N, 17.14° E, 3 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Gävle today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:31 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:21 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:10 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:55 | 113° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:00 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:35 | 17.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:10 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:14 | 247° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:59 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:48 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:37 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 20 min | |
Sun path diagram for Gävle
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 52.8° at solar noon in Gävle; on the December solstice only 6.0°. Sunrise swings from 33° NNE in June to 142° SE in December — a 109° 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 | 08:33 | 12:03 | 15:32 | 6 h 59 min | 9.6° |
| February | 07:15 | 12:05 | 16:56 | 9 h 41 min | 18.9° |
| March | 05:50 | 11:59 | 18:08 | 12 h 18 min | 29.7° |
| April | 05:15 | 12:50 | 20:26 | 15 h 12 min | 41.3° |
| May | 03:55 | 12:48 | 21:42 | 17 h 48 min | 49.6° |
| June | 03:19 | 12:53 | 22:27 | 19 h 08 min | 52.8° |
| July | 04:01 | 12:57 | 21:52 | 17 h 52 min | 49.8° |
| August | 05:17 | 12:54 | 20:30 | 15 h 13 min | 41.4° |
| September | 06:32 | 12:44 | 18:54 | 12 h 22 min | 30.0° |
| October | 07:47 | 12:35 | 17:23 | 9 h 36 min | 18.6° |
| November | 08:08 | 11:36 | 15:05 | 6 h 56 min | 9.5° |
| December | 09:00 | 11:49 | 14:38 | 5 h 39 min | 6.0° |
A year of daylight in Gävle
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 Gävle
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
46°collects the most energy over a year: 1034 kWh per kWp.
85°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° | 777 | 75% | 0.10 | 46.2× |
| 15° | 915 | 88% | 0.23 | 21.0× |
| 30° | 1002 | 97% | 0.36 | 13.7× |
| 45° | 1034 | 100% | 0.47 | 10.0× |
| 46° year-round best | 1034 | 100% | 0.48 | 9.9× |
| 60° | 1008 | 97% | 0.55 | 7.7× |
| 61° = latitude | 1004 | 97% | 0.55 | 7.6× |
| 70° | 960 | 93% | 0.58 | 6.7× |
| 85° off-grid best | 845 | 82% | 0.60 | 5.6× |
| 90° | 797 | 77% | 0.60 | 5.4× |
A fixed array in Gävle produces the most over a year at 46°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 85° it makes 0.60 kWh per kWp a day, 26% more than at 46°, and costs 18% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Gävle at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 46° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 46° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.27 | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.66 | -4.0 °C |
| February snow | 0.91 | 2.11 | 1.91 | 1.70 | -3.6 °C |
| March snow | 2.31 | 3.93 | 3.55 | 3.43 | -0.6 °C |
| April | 3.83 | 4.42 | 3.92 | 4.27 | 4.4 °C |
| May | 4.97 | 4.47 | 3.87 | 4.57 | 9.5 °C |
| June | 5.60 | 4.52 | 3.83 | 4.69 | 14.1 °C |
| July | 5.15 | 4.34 | 3.64 | 4.39 | 17.3 °C |
| August | 4.02 | 4.09 | 3.45 | 3.90 | 16.3 °C |
| September | 2.56 | 3.51 | 3.02 | 3.11 | 11.9 °C |
| October | 1.18 | 2.32 | 2.03 | 1.92 | 6.0 °C |
| November | 0.38 | 1.08 | 0.94 | 0.82 | 1.6 °C |
| December snow | 0.16 | 0.67 | 0.58 | 0.48 | -2.1 °C |
| Year | 2.62 avg | 3.03 avg | 960 kWh | 1034 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 2,020 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 2,480 Wp at 46°. The steep array is 18% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Gävle
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.
—The winter sun stays too low for rows to be shade-free; use a single row.
How Gävle compares in Sweden
Against the other 98 places in Sweden with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
84thof 99 places in Sweden for sunshine, shared: 2.62 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sweden: 1,034 against 1,059 kWh per kWp.
+31 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Stockholm: 19 h 08 min against 18 h 37 min.
46°best year-round tilt here; across Sweden it runs from 41° in Malmö to 50° in Kiruna.
Of the 99 places in Sweden, Kalmar gets the most sun (2.96 peak sun hours a day) and Kiruna the least (2.22); Gävle ranks joint 84th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.58 kWh a day here, against 0.59 kWh on average in Sweden. The shortest day lasts 5 h 39 min, −26 min compared with Stockholm.
Solar forecast for Gävle, 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.