Murmansk · Russia · 67.15° N · 32.41° E
Solar position in Kandalaksha
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kandalaksha — computed for 67.15° N, 32.41° E, 29 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Kandalaksha today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:19 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:22 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:25 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:23 | 119° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:56 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:33 | 11.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 15:11 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 16:44 | 240° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:42 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:45 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:47 | 18° below |
| Day length | 8 h 22 min | |
Sun path diagram for Kandalaksha
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 46.3° at solar noon in Kandalaksha; on the December solstice only 0.0°.
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 | 10:41 | 13:02 | 15:22 | 4 h 42 min | 3.2° |
| February | 08:39 | 13:04 | 17:30 | 8 h 51 min | 12.4° |
| March | 06:46 | 12:58 | 19:09 | 12 h 23 min | 23.2° |
| April | 04:39 | 12:49 | 21:00 | 16 h 21 min | 34.8° |
| May | 02:24 | 12:47 | 23:13 | 20 h 49 min | 43.1° |
| June | — | 12:52 | — | 24 h | 46.3° |
| July | 02:24 | 12:56 | 23:24 | 21 h 00 min | 43.3° |
| August | 04:40 | 12:53 | 21:03 | 16 h 24 min | 34.9° |
| September | 06:28 | 12:42 | 18:56 | 12 h 29 min | 23.5° |
| October | 08:11 | 12:34 | 16:56 | 8 h 45 min | 12.2° |
| November | 10:16 | 12:35 | 14:54 | 4 h 38 min | 3.1° |
| December | 12:12 | 12:48 | 13:23 | 1 h 11 min | 0.0° |
A year of daylight in Kandalaksha
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 Kandalaksha
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
49°collects the most energy over a year: 862 kWh per kWp.
59°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° | 640 | 74% | 0.00 | — |
| 15° | 753 | 87% | 0.00 | — |
| 30° | 828 | 96% | 0.00 | — |
| 45° | 861 | 100% | 0.00 | — |
| 49° year-round best | 862 | 100% | 0.00 | — |
| 59° off-grid best | 852 | 99% | 0.00 | — |
| 60° | 849 | 99% | 0.00 | — |
| 67° = latitude | 829 | 96% | 0.00 | — |
| 70° | 818 | 95% | 0.00 | — |
| 90° | 701 | 81% | 0.00 | — |
A fixed array in Kandalaksha produces the most over a year at 49°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 59° it makes 0.00 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Kandalaksha at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 49° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 49° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.14 | -13.4 °C |
| February snow | 0.50 | 1.43 | 1.33 | 1.17 | -12.7 °C |
| March snow | 1.83 | 3.64 | 3.38 | 3.17 | -8.4 °C |
| April snow | 3.39 | 4.61 | 4.18 | 4.19 | -2.2 °C |
| May | 4.47 | 4.30 | 3.78 | 4.28 | 4.6 °C |
| June | 5.11 | 4.43 | 3.79 | 4.42 | 10.7 °C |
| July | 4.59 | 4.17 | 3.51 | 4.05 | 14.7 °C |
| August | 3.21 | 3.48 | 2.96 | 3.24 | 12.3 °C |
| September | 1.78 | 2.56 | 2.22 | 2.25 | 7.3 °C |
| October snow | 0.61 | 1.31 | 1.15 | 1.07 | -0.2 °C |
| November snow | 0.11 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.31 | -6.8 °C |
| December snow | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -10.5 °C |
| Year | 2.15 avg | 2.55 avg | 818 kWh | 862 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 117,960 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 117,960 Wp at 49°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Kandalaksha
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 Kandalaksha compares in Russia
Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
969thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine: 2.15 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−28%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 862 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.
+6 h 26 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 24 h (midnight sun) against 17 h 34 min.
49°best year-round tilt here; across Russia it runs from 32° in Derbent to 54° in Yakutsk.
Of the 980 places in Russia, Novorossiysk gets the most sun (3.96 peak sun hours a day) and Polyarnyy the least (1.93); Kandalaksha ranks 969th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.00 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 1 h 11 min, −5 h 49 min compared with Moscow.
Solar forecast for Kandalaksha, 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.