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Lower Silesia · Poland · 50.90° N · 15.73° E

Solar position in Jelenia Góra

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Jelenia Góra — computed for 50.90° N, 15.73° E, 331 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:35108° ESE
Sunset today17:46252° WSW
Best panel angle39°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle73°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation27.3°
At solar noon, 12:40Open on the sun map

Sun in Jelenia Góra today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:44sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:2212° below
Civil dawn07:016° below
Sunrise07:35108° ESE
Golden hour ends08:22sun 6° up
Solar noon12:4027.3° high
Golden hour starts16:59sun 6° up
Sunset17:46252° WSW
Civil dusk18:206° below
Nautical dusk18:5812° below
Astronomical dusk19:3618° below
Day length10 h 12 min

Sun path diagram for Jelenia Góra

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice56789101112131415161718192021EquinoxDecember solstice9101112131415Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 62.5° at solar noon in Jelenia Góra; on the December solstice only 15.7°. Sunrise swings from 50° NE in June to 128° SE in December — a 78° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:4712:0816:298 h 42 min19.3°
February06:5812:1017:2310 h 26 min28.7°
March05:5712:0418:1112 h 14 min39.5°
April05:5012:5620:0214 h 12 min51.1°
May04:5912:5320:4815 h 49 min59.3°
June04:4312:5821:1416 h 32 min62.5°
July05:0713:0320:5815 h 51 min59.5°
August05:5313:0020:0614 h 13 min51.1°
September06:4112:4918:5712 h 16 min39.7°
October07:3012:4117:5210 h 23 min28.3°
November07:2211:4216:028 h 40 min19.2°
December07:5711:5515:527 h 56 min15.7°

A year of daylight in Jelenia Góra

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Jelenia Góra

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: 1075 kWh per kWp.

73°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 39°Best worst-month 73°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°88482%0.469.6×
15°100293%0.716.4×
30°106599%0.924.8×
39° year-round best1075100%1.034.2×
45°1070100%1.093.8×
51° = latitude105598%1.133.5×
60°101695%1.193.2×
70°95088%1.212.9×
73° off-grid best92586%1.222.8×
90°75470%1.172.3×

A fixed array in Jelenia Góra produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 73° it makes 1.22 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 39°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Jelenia Góra at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 39° (year-round best).

012345January: 1.53 (70°)1.5JanFebruary: 2.24 (70°)2.2FebMarch: 2.91 (70°)2.9MarApril: 3.50 (70°)3.5AprMay: 3.31 (70°)3.3MayJune: 3.16 (70°)3.2JunJuly: 3.14 (70°)3.1JulAugust: 3.24 (70°)3.2AugSeptember: 3.12 (70°)3.1SepOctober: 2.41 (70°)2.4OctNovember: 1.44 (70°)1.4NovDecember: 1.21 (70°)1.2Dec39°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 39°Mean temp.
January snow0.791.701.531.30-2.5 °C
February snow1.512.492.242.09-1.0 °C
March2.613.272.913.052.9 °C
April4.154.023.504.108.6 °C
May4.993.883.314.2713.5 °C
June5.353.783.164.2717.6 °C
July5.143.783.144.1719.7 °C
August4.453.883.243.9619.4 °C
September3.203.663.123.4014.3 °C
October1.862.782.412.378.8 °C
November0.891.651.441.313.8 °C
December snow0.601.371.211.03-0.7 °C
Year2.97 avg3.02 avg950 kWh1075 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 970 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,150 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Jelenia Góra

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.

9.2 mrow pitch at 70°

7.2 mrow pitch at 39°

Row spacing calculator

How Jelenia Góra compares in Poland

Against the other 343 places in Poland with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

235thof 344 places in Poland for sunshine, shared: 2.97 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Poland: 1,075 against 1,094 kWh per kWp.

−15 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Warsaw: 16 h 32 min against 16 h 47 min.

39°best year-round tilt here; across Poland it runs from 39° in Warsaw to 41° in Bartoszyce.

Of the 344 places in Poland, Hrubieszów and 4 other places get the most sun (3.11 peak sun hours a day) and Kostrzyn nad Odrą and 3 other places the least (2.89); Jelenia Góra ranks joint 235th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.21 kWh a day here, against 1.14 kWh on average in Poland. The shortest day lasts 7 h 56 min, +14 min compared with Warsaw.

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Solar forecast for Jelenia Góra, 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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Questions about the sun in Jelenia Góra

What is the best solar panel angle in Jelenia Góra?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Jelenia Góra is 39°, worth about 1075 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 73°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Jelenia Góra today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:35 and sets at 17:46 local time (UTC+2), giving 10 h 12 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:40.
How many peak sun hours does Jelenia Góra get?
On a flat surface 3.0 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.6 in December to 5.3 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.4 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Jelenia Góra?
At solar noon the sun stands 62.5° above the horizon on the June solstice and 15.7° on the December solstice.
Is Jelenia Góra a good place for solar panels?
With 3.0 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Jelenia Góra ranks joint 235th of 344 places in Poland for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (39°) makes about 1,075 kWh a year here, 2% less than the average place in Poland.

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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.