Gyeonggi-do · South Korea · 37.21° N · 126.82° E
Solar position in Hwaseong-si
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Hwaseong-si — computed for 37.21° N, 126.82° E, 19 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Hwaseong-si today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+9
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:22 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:52 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:23 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:49 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:25 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:16 | 40.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:07 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:43 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:10 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:40 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:10 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 54 min | |
Sun path diagram for Hwaseong-si
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 76.2° at solar noon in Hwaseong-si; on the December solstice only 29.4°. Sunrise swings from 59° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 60° 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 | 07:43 | 12:44 | 17:44 | 10 h 02 min | 32.9° |
| February | 07:14 | 12:46 | 18:18 | 11 h 03 min | 42.2° |
| March | 06:35 | 12:40 | 18:45 | 12 h 09 min | 53.0° |
| April | 05:50 | 12:31 | 19:12 | 13 h 22 min | 64.6° |
| May | 05:20 | 12:29 | 19:38 | 14 h 19 min | 73.0° |
| June | 05:12 | 12:34 | 19:56 | 14 h 44 min | 76.2° |
| July | 05:28 | 12:39 | 19:49 | 14 h 21 min | 73.3° |
| August | 05:53 | 12:35 | 19:17 | 13 h 24 min | 64.9° |
| September | 06:19 | 12:25 | 18:31 | 12 h 13 min | 53.5° |
| October | 06:45 | 12:17 | 17:48 | 11 h 03 min | 42.1° |
| November | 07:17 | 12:18 | 17:19 | 10 h 02 min | 32.9° |
| December | 07:42 | 12:30 | 17:18 | 9 h 36 min | 29.4° |
A year of daylight in Hwaseong-si
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 Hwaseong-si
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
35°collects the most energy over a year: 1365 kWh per kWp.
36°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° | 1167 | 86% | 1.76 | 2.6× |
| 15° | 1299 | 95% | 2.41 | 1.9× |
| 30° | 1361 | 100% | 2.92 | 1.5× |
| 35° year-round best | 1365 | 100% | 3.05 | 1.5× |
| 36° off-grid best | 1364 | 100% | 3.07 | 1.5× |
| 37° = latitude | 1364 | 100% | 3.10 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1348 | 99% | 3.26 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1261 | 92% | 3.41 | 1.7× |
| 70° | 1166 | 85% | 3.40 | 1.9× |
| 90° | 902 | 66% | 3.12 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Hwaseong-si produces the most over a year at 35°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 36° it makes 3.07 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Hwaseong-si at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 35° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 35° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.40 | 4.15 | 3.79 | 3.37 | -2.5 °C |
| February snow | 3.19 | 4.34 | 3.93 | 3.90 | -0.5 °C |
| March | 4.27 | 4.37 | 3.89 | 4.46 | 3.8 °C |
| April | 5.00 | 3.86 | 3.35 | 4.45 | 9.6 °C |
| May | 5.55 | 3.44 | 2.91 | 4.37 | 15.5 °C |
| June | 5.19 | 3.01 | 2.48 | 3.85 | 20.5 °C |
| July | 4.18 | 2.59 | 2.09 | 3.10 | 23.7 °C |
| August | 4.44 | 3.13 | 2.54 | 3.52 | 24.8 °C |
| September | 4.13 | 3.69 | 3.07 | 3.75 | 20.5 °C |
| October | 3.58 | 4.29 | 3.67 | 3.92 | 14.3 °C |
| November | 2.46 | 3.71 | 3.27 | 3.15 | 7.1 °C |
| December snow | 2.12 | 3.76 | 3.40 | 3.05 | -0.2 °C |
| Year | 3.88 avg | 3.69 avg | 1166 kWh | 1365 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 560 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 35°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Hwaseong-si
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.
4.5 mrow pitch at 70°
4.0 mrow pitch at 35°
How Hwaseong-si compares in South Korea
Against the other 144 places in South Korea with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
78thof 145 places in South Korea for sunshine, shared: 3.88 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in South Korea: 1,365 against 1,356 kWh per kWp.
−2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Seoul: 14 h 44 min against 14 h 46 min.
35°best year-round tilt here; across South Korea it runs from 27° in Seogwipo to 37° in Uijeongbu-si.
Of the 145 places in South Korea, Tongyeong gets the most sun (4.04 peak sun hours a day) and Kosong the least (3.76); Hwaseong-si ranks joint 78th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.09 kWh a day here, against 2.12 kWh on average in South Korea. The shortest day lasts 9 h 36 min, +2 min compared with Seoul.
Solar forecast for Hwaseong-si, 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.