Ukraine · 48.92° N · 24.71° E
Solar position in Ivano-Frankivsk
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ivano-Frankivsk — computed for 48.92° N, 24.71° E, 260 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ivano-Frankivsk today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:10 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:47 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:24 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:56 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:41 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:04 | 28.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:27 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:12 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:45 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:22 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:58 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 16 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ivano-Frankivsk
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 64.5° at solar noon in Ivano-Frankivsk; on the December solstice only 17.7°. Sunrise swings from 52° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 75° 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 | 08:04 | 12:32 | 17:00 | 8 h 56 min | 21.3° |
| February | 07:18 | 12:35 | 17:51 | 10 h 32 min | 30.6° |
| March | 06:22 | 12:28 | 18:35 | 12 h 13 min | 41.4° |
| April | 06:18 | 13:20 | 20:21 | 14 h 03 min | 53.0° |
| May | 05:32 | 13:17 | 21:04 | 15 h 32 min | 61.3° |
| June | 05:17 | 13:22 | 21:28 | 16 h 12 min | 64.5° |
| July | 05:40 | 13:27 | 21:14 | 15 h 34 min | 61.5° |
| August | 06:21 | 13:24 | 20:25 | 14 h 04 min | 53.1° |
| September | 07:06 | 13:13 | 19:21 | 12 h 16 min | 41.7° |
| October | 07:50 | 13:05 | 18:20 | 10 h 30 min | 30.3° |
| November | 07:39 | 12:06 | 16:34 | 8 h 55 min | 21.2° |
| December | 08:12 | 12:19 | 16:26 | 8 h 14 min | 17.7° |
A year of daylight in Ivano-Frankivsk
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 Ivano-Frankivsk
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
39°collects the most energy over a year: 1178 kWh per kWp.
76°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° | 968 | 82% | 0.60 | 7.6× |
| 15° | 1097 | 93% | 0.92 | 5.1× |
| 30° | 1167 | 99% | 1.20 | 3.8× |
| 39° year-round best | 1178 | 100% | 1.33 | 3.3× |
| 45° | 1172 | 100% | 1.41 | 3.0× |
| 49° = latitude | 1162 | 99% | 1.46 | 2.9× |
| 60° | 1113 | 94% | 1.55 | 2.5× |
| 70° | 1040 | 88% | 1.60 | 2.2× |
| 76° off-grid best | 984 | 84% | 1.60 | 2.0× |
| 90° | 825 | 70% | 1.56 | 1.7× |
A fixed array in Ivano-Frankivsk produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 76° it makes 1.60 kWh per kWp a day, 20% more than at 39°, and costs 16% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ivano-Frankivsk at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 39° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 39° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.02 | 2.14 | 1.95 | 1.67 | -5.1 °C |
| February snow | 1.81 | 2.98 | 2.71 | 2.49 | -3.5 °C |
| March | 2.94 | 3.59 | 3.21 | 3.40 | 1.4 °C |
| April | 4.25 | 3.98 | 3.48 | 4.13 | 7.9 °C |
| May | 5.15 | 3.89 | 3.32 | 4.36 | 13.5 °C |
| June | 5.54 | 3.79 | 3.17 | 4.38 | 17.1 °C |
| July | 5.49 | 3.90 | 3.25 | 4.41 | 19.2 °C |
| August | 4.92 | 4.20 | 3.51 | 4.38 | 19.0 °C |
| September | 3.49 | 3.90 | 3.33 | 3.68 | 13.9 °C |
| October | 2.17 | 3.24 | 2.84 | 2.80 | 7.8 °C |
| November | 1.10 | 2.03 | 1.80 | 1.64 | 2.6 °C |
| December snow | 0.77 | 1.77 | 1.60 | 1.33 | -2.9 °C |
| Year | 3.23 avg | 3.29 avg | 1040 kWh | 1178 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 740 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 880 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ivano-Frankivsk
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.
8.0 mrow pitch at 70°
6.4 mrow pitch at 39°
How Ivano-Frankivsk compares in Ukraine
Against the other 271 places in Ukraine with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
235thof 272 places in Ukraine for sunshine, shared: 3.23 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ukraine: 1,178 against 1,242 kWh per kWp.
−15 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kyiv: 16 h 12 min against 16 h 27 min.
39°best year-round tilt here; across Ukraine it runs from 33° in Sevastopol to 40° in Novhorod-Siverskyi.
Of the 272 places in Ukraine, Balaklava and one other place get the most sun (4.05 peak sun hours a day) and Mostyska and 2 other places the least (3.11); Ivano-Frankivsk ranks joint 235th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.60 kWh a day here, against 1.38 kWh on average in Ukraine. The shortest day lasts 8 h 14 min, +14 min compared with Kyiv.
Solar forecast for Ivano-Frankivsk, 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.