Opole Voivodeship · Poland · 50.35° N · 18.23° E
Solar position in Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kędzierzyn-Koźle — computed for 50.35° N, 18.23° E, 182 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Kędzierzyn-Koźle today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:34 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:12 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:50 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:24 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:10 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:30 | 27.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:51 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:37 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:11 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:49 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:26 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 14 min | |
Sun path diagram for Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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 63.1° at solar noon in Kędzierzyn-Koźle; on the December solstice only 16.3°. Sunrise swings from 50° NE in June to 127° SE in December — a 77° 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 | 07:35 | 11:58 | 16:21 | 8 h 46 min | 19.8° |
| February | 06:47 | 12:00 | 17:14 | 10 h 28 min | 29.2° |
| March | 05:47 | 11:54 | 18:01 | 12 h 13 min | 40.0° |
| April | 05:41 | 12:46 | 19:50 | 14 h 09 min | 51.6° |
| May | 04:52 | 12:43 | 20:36 | 15 h 44 min | 59.9° |
| June | 04:35 | 12:48 | 21:01 | 16 h 26 min | 63.1° |
| July | 05:00 | 12:53 | 20:46 | 15 h 46 min | 60.1° |
| August | 05:44 | 12:50 | 19:54 | 14 h 10 min | 51.7° |
| September | 06:31 | 12:39 | 18:47 | 12 h 16 min | 40.3° |
| October | 07:19 | 12:31 | 17:43 | 10 h 25 min | 28.9° |
| November | 07:10 | 11:32 | 15:54 | 8 h 44 min | 19.7° |
| December | 07:44 | 11:45 | 15:45 | 8 h 01 min | 16.3° |
A year of daylight in Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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 Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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: 1097 kWh per kWp.
73°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° | 901 | 82% | 0.50 | 8.6× |
| 15° | 1022 | 93% | 0.77 | 5.8× |
| 30° | 1087 | 99% | 1.01 | 4.4× |
| 39° year-round best | 1097 | 100% | 1.12 | 3.8× |
| 45° | 1091 | 100% | 1.18 | 3.5× |
| 50° = latitude | 1080 | 98% | 1.23 | 3.3× |
| 60° | 1036 | 94% | 1.29 | 2.9× |
| 70° | 968 | 88% | 1.32 | 2.6× |
| 73° off-grid best | 943 | 86% | 1.32 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 768 | 70% | 1.27 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Kędzierzyn-Koźle produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 73° it makes 1.32 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 Kędzierzyn-Koźle 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 | 0.84 | 1.78 | 1.61 | 1.37 | -3.3 °C |
| February snow | 1.56 | 2.50 | 2.26 | 2.12 | -1.6 °C |
| March | 2.74 | 3.41 | 3.04 | 3.19 | 2.6 °C |
| April | 4.15 | 3.99 | 3.47 | 4.08 | 8.6 °C |
| May | 4.97 | 3.84 | 3.27 | 4.25 | 13.6 °C |
| June | 5.31 | 3.72 | 3.11 | 4.23 | 17.7 °C |
| July | 5.20 | 3.79 | 3.14 | 4.20 | 20.0 °C |
| August | 4.57 | 3.97 | 3.31 | 4.07 | 19.7 °C |
| September | 3.26 | 3.72 | 3.17 | 3.47 | 14.4 °C |
| October | 1.95 | 2.91 | 2.54 | 2.49 | 8.6 °C |
| November | 0.97 | 1.79 | 1.57 | 1.43 | 3.8 °C |
| December snow | 0.66 | 1.48 | 1.32 | 1.12 | -1.4 °C |
| Year | 3.02 avg | 3.08 avg | 968 kWh | 1097 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 900 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,050 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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.
8.8 mrow pitch at 70°
7.0 mrow pitch at 39°
How Kędzierzyn-Koźle compares in Poland
Against the other 343 places in Poland with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
74thof 344 places in Poland for sunshine, shared: 3.02 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Poland: 1,097 against 1,094 kWh per kWp.
−21 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Warsaw: 16 h 26 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); Kędzierzyn-Koźle ranks joint 74th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.32 kWh a day here, against 1.14 kWh on average in Poland. The shortest day lasts 8 h 01 min, +19 min compared with Warsaw.
Solar forecast for Kędzierzyn-Koźle, 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.