Central Ostrobothnia · Finland · 63.84° N · 23.13° E
Solar position in Kokkola
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kokkola — computed for 63.84° N, 23.13° E, 9 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Kokkola today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:03 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:58 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:53 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:43 | 116° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:59 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:11 | 14.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:23 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:38 | 244° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:28 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:23 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:18 | 18° below |
| Day length | 8 h 55 min | |
Sun path diagram for Kokkola
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 49.6° at solar noon in Kokkola; on the December solstice only 3.0°. Sunrise swings from 21° NNE in June to 151° SSE in December — a 129° 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 | 09:36 | 12:39 | 15:41 | 6 h 05 min | 6.4° |
| February | 08:01 | 12:41 | 17:21 | 9 h 20 min | 15.7° |
| March | 06:25 | 12:35 | 18:45 | 12 h 20 min | 26.5° |
| April | 05:36 | 13:26 | 21:17 | 15 h 41 min | 38.1° |
| May | 03:58 | 13:24 | 22:52 | 18 h 54 min | 46.4° |
| June | 03:02 | 13:29 | 23:56 | 20 h 54 min | 49.6° |
| July | 04:02 | 13:33 | 23:02 | 19 h 00 min | 46.6° |
| August | 05:38 | 13:30 | 21:20 | 15 h 43 min | 38.2° |
| September | 07:07 | 13:20 | 19:32 | 12 h 25 min | 26.8° |
| October | 08:34 | 13:11 | 17:48 | 9 h 14 min | 15.4° |
| November | 09:12 | 12:12 | 15:13 | 6 h 02 min | 6.3° |
| December | 10:16 | 12:25 | 14:34 | 4 h 17 min | 3.0° |
A year of daylight in Kokkola
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 Kokkola
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
46°collects the most energy over a year: 993 kWh per kWp.
22°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° | 751 | 76% | 0.04 | 128.4× |
| 15° | 881 | 89% | 0.04 | 136.7× |
| 22° off-grid best | 926 | 93% | 0.04 | 138.6× |
| 30° | 964 | 97% | 0.04 | 139.4× |
| 45° | 993 | 100% | 0.04 | 136.7× |
| 46° year-round best | 993 | 100% | 0.04 | 136.3× |
| 60° | 968 | 97% | 0.04 | 131.1× |
| 64° = latitude | 952 | 96% | 0.04 | 128.7× |
| 70° | 922 | 93% | 0.03 | 124.3× |
| 90° | 767 | 77% | 0.03 | 111.0× |
A fixed array in Kokkola produces the most over a year at 46°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 22° it makes 0.04 kWh per kWp a day, 2% more than at 46°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Kokkola at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 46° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 46° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.13 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.26 | -6.2 °C |
| February snow | 0.72 | 1.83 | 1.68 | 1.47 | -7.2 °C |
| March snow | 2.15 | 4.08 | 3.73 | 3.47 | -4.0 °C |
| April | 3.71 | 4.53 | 4.05 | 4.33 | 1.7 °C |
| May | 5.15 | 4.89 | 4.28 | 4.96 | 7.1 °C |
| June | 5.75 | 4.82 | 4.13 | 4.97 | 12.0 °C |
| July | 5.21 | 4.58 | 3.86 | 4.58 | 16.1 °C |
| August | 3.94 | 4.23 | 3.58 | 3.98 | 15.1 °C |
| September | 2.23 | 3.19 | 2.75 | 2.79 | 10.8 °C |
| October | 0.86 | 1.66 | 1.44 | 1.36 | 4.7 °C |
| November snow | 0.21 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.5 °C |
| December snow | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 | -3.0 °C |
| Year | 2.52 avg | 2.90 avg | 922 kWh | 993 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 34,280 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 32,360 Wp at 46°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Kokkola
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 Kokkola compares in Finland
Against the other 78 places in Finland with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
40thof 79 places in Finland for sunshine, shared: 2.52 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Finland: 993 against 983 kWh per kWp.
+1 h 58 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Helsinki: 20 h 54 min against 18 h 56 min.
46°best year-round tilt here; across Finland it runs from 43° in Turku to 49° in Rovaniemi.
Of the 79 places in Finland, Rauma gets the most sun (2.75 peak sun hours a day) and Rovaniemi the least (2.25); Kokkola ranks joint 40th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.03 kWh a day here, against 0.26 kWh on average in Finland. The shortest day lasts 4 h 17 min, −1 h 32 min compared with Helsinki.
Solar forecast for Kokkola, 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.