Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · France · 43.57° N · 7.11° E
Solar position in Juan-les-Pins
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Juan-les-Pins — computed for 43.57° N, 7.11° E, 12 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Juan-les-Pins today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:20 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:53 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:27 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:56 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:36 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:15 | 34.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:54 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:34 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:03 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:36 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:10 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 37 min | |
Sun path diagram for Juan-les-Pins
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 69.9° at solar noon in Juan-les-Pins; on the December solstice only 23.0°. Sunrise swings from 56° NE in June to 122° ESE in December — a 67° 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 | 07:58 | 12:43 | 17:27 | 9 h 30 min | 26.6° |
| February | 07:21 | 12:45 | 18:09 | 10 h 49 min | 36.0° |
| March | 06:33 | 12:38 | 18:44 | 12 h 12 min | 46.8° |
| April | 06:39 | 13:30 | 20:21 | 13 h 42 min | 58.4° |
| May | 06:01 | 13:28 | 20:55 | 14 h 55 min | 66.7° |
| June | 05:50 | 13:33 | 21:16 | 15 h 26 min | 69.9° |
| July | 06:09 | 13:37 | 21:05 | 14 h 56 min | 66.8° |
| August | 06:42 | 13:34 | 20:25 | 13 h 43 min | 58.5° |
| September | 07:17 | 13:24 | 19:31 | 12 h 14 min | 47.0° |
| October | 07:52 | 13:15 | 18:38 | 10 h 46 min | 35.7° |
| November | 07:32 | 12:17 | 17:01 | 9 h 29 min | 26.5° |
| December | 08:01 | 12:29 | 16:57 | 8 h 56 min | 23.0° |
A year of daylight in Juan-les-Pins
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 Juan-les-Pins
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
36°collects the most energy over a year: 1522 kWh per kWp.
68°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° | 1263 | 83% | 1.19 | 4.8× |
| 15° | 1431 | 94% | 1.84 | 3.2× |
| 30° | 1513 | 99% | 2.37 | 2.4× |
| 36° year-round best | 1522 | 100% | 2.54 | 2.1× |
| 44° = latitude | 1510 | 99% | 2.72 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1507 | 99% | 2.74 | 1.9× |
| 60° | 1412 | 93% | 2.94 | 1.5× |
| 68° off-grid best | 1328 | 87% | 2.97 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1304 | 86% | 2.96 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 996 | 65% | 2.76 | 1.6× |
A fixed array in Juan-les-Pins produces the most over a year at 36°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 68° it makes 2.97 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 36°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Juan-les-Pins at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 36° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 36° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.78 | 3.57 | 3.12 | 2.75 | 8.4 °C |
| February | 2.66 | 4.14 | 3.62 | 3.49 | 8.5 °C |
| March | 3.96 | 4.68 | 4.06 | 4.38 | 10.6 °C |
| April | 5.11 | 4.43 | 3.80 | 4.75 | 13.2 °C |
| May | 6.11 | 4.18 | 3.52 | 4.99 | 16.8 °C |
| June | 7.07 | 4.21 | 3.48 | 5.33 | 21.2 °C |
| July | 7.16 | 4.43 | 3.63 | 5.45 | 23.9 °C |
| August | 6.22 | 4.83 | 3.97 | 5.28 | 24.0 °C |
| September | 4.65 | 4.91 | 4.09 | 4.66 | 20.5 °C |
| October | 3.05 | 4.23 | 3.59 | 3.61 | 16.7 °C |
| November | 1.92 | 3.50 | 3.01 | 2.74 | 12.6 °C |
| December | 1.54 | 3.40 | 2.96 | 2.54 | 9.5 °C |
| Year | 4.28 avg | 4.21 avg | 1304 kWh | 1522 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 400 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 460 Wp at 36°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Juan-les-Pins
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.
5.9 mrow pitch at 70°
4.9 mrow pitch at 36°
How Juan-les-Pins compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
53rdof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 4.28 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+21%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,522 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
−45 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 15 h 26 min against 16 h 11 min.
36°best year-round tilt here; across France it runs from 33° in Ajaccio to 39° in Lille.
Of the 657 places in France, Marseille 12 and 5 other places get the most sun (4.46 peak sun hours a day) and Maubeuge and one other place the least (3.10); Juan-les-Pins ranks joint 53rd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.97 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 56 min, +41 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Juan-les-Pins, 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.