Yaroslavl Oblast · Russia · 57.30° N · 39.85° E
Solar position in Gavrilov-Yam
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Gavrilov-Yam — computed for 57.30° N, 39.85° E, 103 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Gavrilov-Yam today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:04 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:48 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:33 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:13 | 111° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:10 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:04 | 20.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 15:58 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 16:54 | 249° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:34 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:19 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:04 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 41 min | |
Sun path diagram for Gavrilov-Yam
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 56.1° at solar noon in Gavrilov-Yam; on the December solstice only 9.4°. Sunrise swings from 41° NE in June to 136° SE in December — a 95° 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 | 08:41 | 12:32 | 16:23 | 7 h 42 min | 12.9° |
| February | 07:35 | 12:34 | 17:34 | 9 h 59 min | 22.2° |
| March | 06:20 | 12:28 | 18:36 | 12 h 16 min | 33.0° |
| April | 04:56 | 12:19 | 19:43 | 14 h 47 min | 44.6° |
| May | 03:49 | 12:17 | 20:46 | 16 h 56 min | 52.9° |
| June | 03:23 | 12:22 | 21:21 | 17 h 59 min | 56.1° |
| July | 03:56 | 12:26 | 20:56 | 17 h 00 min | 53.1° |
| August | 04:58 | 12:23 | 19:47 | 14 h 49 min | 44.8° |
| September | 06:03 | 12:13 | 18:23 | 12 h 20 min | 33.3° |
| October | 07:07 | 12:04 | 17:02 | 9 h 55 min | 22.0° |
| November | 08:15 | 12:06 | 15:56 | 7 h 40 min | 12.8° |
| December | 08:59 | 12:18 | 15:37 | 6 h 38 min | 9.4° |
A year of daylight in Gavrilov-Yam
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 Gavrilov-Yam
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
44°collects the most energy over a year: 1089 kWh per kWp.
82°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° | 838 | 77% | 0.20 | 23.0× |
| 15° | 977 | 90% | 0.36 | 13.4× |
| 30° | 1062 | 98% | 0.50 | 9.6× |
| 44° year-round best | 1089 | 100% | 0.62 | 7.7× |
| 45° | 1089 | 100% | 0.62 | 7.5× |
| 57° = latitude | 1067 | 98% | 0.70 | 6.3× |
| 60° | 1056 | 97% | 0.71 | 6.1× |
| 70° | 1002 | 92% | 0.74 | 5.6× |
| 82° off-grid best | 906 | 83% | 0.76 | 5.3× |
| 90° | 826 | 76% | 0.75 | 5.2× |
A fixed array in Gavrilov-Yam produces the most over a year at 44°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 82° it makes 0.76 kWh per kWp a day, 22% more than at 44°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Gavrilov-Yam at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 44° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 44° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.51 | 1.48 | 1.37 | 1.15 | -11.6 °C |
| February snow | 1.35 | 2.89 | 2.70 | 2.41 | -10.5 °C |
| March snow | 2.80 | 4.52 | 4.16 | 3.97 | -4.9 °C |
| April | 3.96 | 4.29 | 3.82 | 4.25 | 3.2 °C |
| May | 5.25 | 4.53 | 3.89 | 4.73 | 11.9 °C |
| June | 5.56 | 4.27 | 3.61 | 4.57 | 15.5 °C |
| July | 5.40 | 4.35 | 3.63 | 4.53 | 18.7 °C |
| August | 4.23 | 4.16 | 3.51 | 4.06 | 16.7 °C |
| September | 2.57 | 3.31 | 2.85 | 3.00 | 11.0 °C |
| October | 1.18 | 1.94 | 1.70 | 1.65 | 3.6 °C |
| November snow | 0.45 | 1.08 | 0.95 | 0.82 | -2.8 °C |
| December snow | 0.28 | 0.82 | 0.74 | 0.62 | -8.7 °C |
| Year | 2.80 avg | 3.14 avg | 1002 kWh | 1089 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 1,590 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,910 Wp at 44°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Gavrilov-Yam
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.
18.3 mrow pitch at 70°
14.4 mrow pitch at 44°
How Gavrilov-Yam compares in Russia
Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
777thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 2.80 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,089 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.
+25 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 17 h 59 min against 17 h 34 min.
44°best year-round tilt here; across Russia it runs from 32° in Derbent to 54° in Yakutsk.
Of the 980 places in Russia, Novorossiysk gets the most sun (3.96 peak sun hours a day) and Polyarnyy the least (1.93); Gavrilov-Yam ranks joint 777th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.74 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 6 h 38 min, −22 min compared with Moscow.
Solar forecast for Gavrilov-Yam, 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.