Västernorrland · Sweden · 62.63° N · 17.94° E
Solar position in Härnösand
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Härnösand — computed for 62.63° N, 17.94° E, 25 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Härnösand today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:26 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:18 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:11 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:59 | 115° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:10 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:31 | 15.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 15:53 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:04 | 245° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:52 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:44 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:37 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 05 min | |
Sun path diagram for Härnösand
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 50.8° at solar noon in Härnösand; on the December solstice only 4.1°. Sunrise swings from 27° NNE in June to 147° SSE in December — a 120° 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 | 08:46 | 11:59 | 15:13 | 6 h 27 min | 7.6° |
| February | 07:18 | 12:02 | 16:46 | 9 h 28 min | 17.0° |
| March | 05:46 | 11:55 | 18:05 | 12 h 19 min | 27.7° |
| April | 05:03 | 12:47 | 20:32 | 15 h 29 min | 39.3° |
| May | 03:32 | 12:45 | 21:58 | 18 h 26 min | 47.6° |
| June | 02:47 | 12:50 | 22:52 | 20 h 06 min | 50.8° |
| July | 03:38 | 12:54 | 22:09 | 18 h 31 min | 47.8° |
| August | 05:05 | 12:51 | 20:35 | 15 h 31 min | 39.4° |
| September | 06:28 | 12:40 | 18:52 | 12 h 24 min | 28.0° |
| October | 07:50 | 12:32 | 17:13 | 9 h 23 min | 16.6° |
| November | 08:21 | 11:33 | 14:46 | 6 h 25 min | 7.5° |
| December | 09:19 | 11:46 | 14:12 | 4 h 53 min | 4.1° |
A year of daylight in Härnösand
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 Härnösand
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: 1027 kWh per kWp.
86°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° | 766 | 75% | 0.06 | 83.8× |
| 15° | 904 | 88% | 0.13 | 40.6× |
| 30° | 993 | 97% | 0.19 | 26.8× |
| 45° | 1026 | 100% | 0.25 | 19.8× |
| 46° year-round best | 1027 | 100% | 0.25 | 19.5× |
| 60° | 1003 | 98% | 0.29 | 15.4× |
| 63° = latitude | 992 | 97% | 0.30 | 14.7× |
| 70° | 958 | 93% | 0.31 | 13.1× |
| 86° off-grid best | 838 | 82% | 0.32 | 11.0× |
| 90° | 800 | 78% | 0.32 | 10.8× |
A fixed array in Härnösand produces the most over a year at 46°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 86° it makes 0.32 kWh per kWp a day, 27% more than at 46°, and costs 18% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Härnösand 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 | 0.18 | 0.58 | 0.51 | 0.43 | -4.8 °C |
| February snow | 0.78 | 1.93 | 1.76 | 1.55 | -4.9 °C |
| March snow | 2.16 | 4.01 | 3.64 | 3.41 | -2.3 °C |
| April | 3.74 | 4.48 | 3.99 | 4.30 | 2.5 °C |
| May | 5.03 | 4.66 | 4.07 | 4.75 | 7.3 °C |
| June | 5.75 | 4.76 | 4.07 | 4.93 | 12.2 °C |
| July | 5.23 | 4.54 | 3.83 | 4.56 | 15.8 °C |
| August | 4.01 | 4.22 | 3.58 | 4.00 | 15.1 °C |
| September | 2.42 | 3.46 | 2.98 | 3.04 | 10.8 °C |
| October | 1.05 | 2.18 | 1.91 | 1.78 | 5.0 °C |
| November | 0.29 | 0.90 | 0.79 | 0.68 | 0.5 °C |
| December snow | 0.09 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.25 | -2.8 °C |
| Year | 2.57 avg | 3.01 avg | 958 kWh | 1027 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 3,800 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 4,660 Wp at 46°. The steep array is 18% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Härnösand
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 Härnösand compares in Sweden
Against the other 98 places in Sweden with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
88thof 99 places in Sweden for sunshine, shared: 2.57 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sweden: 1,027 against 1,059 kWh per kWp.
+1 h 28 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Stockholm: 20 h 06 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); Härnösand ranks joint 88th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.31 kWh a day here, against 0.59 kWh on average in Sweden. The shortest day lasts 4 h 53 min, −1 h 12 min compared with Stockholm.
Solar forecast for Härnösand, 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.