Nitra Region · Slovakia · 47.76° N · 18.12° E
Solar position in Komárno
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Komárno — computed for 47.76° N, 18.12° E, 116 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Komárno today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:36 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:11 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:47 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:19 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:03 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:31 | 30.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:59 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:43 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:14 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:50 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:26 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 24 min | |
Sun path diagram for Komárno
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 65.7° at solar noon in Komárno; on the December solstice only 18.8°. Sunrise swings from 53° NE in June to 125° SE in December — a 73° 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 | 07:26 | 11:58 | 16:31 | 9 h 04 min | 22.4° |
| February | 06:43 | 12:01 | 17:19 | 10 h 36 min | 31.8° |
| March | 05:48 | 11:54 | 18:01 | 12 h 13 min | 42.6° |
| April | 05:47 | 12:46 | 19:45 | 13 h 58 min | 54.2° |
| May | 05:02 | 12:44 | 20:26 | 15 h 23 min | 62.5° |
| June | 04:48 | 12:49 | 20:49 | 16 h 01 min | 65.7° |
| July | 05:10 | 12:53 | 20:36 | 15 h 25 min | 62.7° |
| August | 05:50 | 12:50 | 19:49 | 13 h 59 min | 54.3° |
| September | 06:32 | 12:40 | 18:47 | 12 h 15 min | 42.9° |
| October | 07:15 | 12:31 | 17:48 | 10 h 33 min | 31.5° |
| November | 07:01 | 11:33 | 16:04 | 9 h 03 min | 22.3° |
| December | 07:33 | 11:45 | 15:57 | 8 h 24 min | 18.8° |
A year of daylight in Komárno
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 Komárno
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
37°collects the most energy over a year: 1221 kWh per kWp.
71°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° | 1014 | 83% | 0.63 | 7.5× |
| 15° | 1146 | 94% | 0.95 | 5.2× |
| 30° | 1213 | 99% | 1.22 | 3.9× |
| 37° year-round best | 1221 | 100% | 1.32 | 3.5× |
| 45° | 1211 | 99% | 1.42 | 3.1× |
| 48° = latitude | 1203 | 99% | 1.45 | 3.0× |
| 60° | 1142 | 94% | 1.53 | 2.6× |
| 70° | 1061 | 87% | 1.56 | 2.4× |
| 71° off-grid best | 1052 | 86% | 1.56 | 2.3× |
| 90° | 829 | 68% | 1.49 | 1.9× |
A fixed array in Komárno produces the most over a year at 37°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 71° it makes 1.56 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 37°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Komárno at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 37° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 37° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.04 | 2.08 | 1.88 | 1.62 | -1.8 °C |
| February snow | 1.85 | 2.93 | 2.64 | 2.47 | 0.1 °C |
| March | 3.10 | 3.77 | 3.34 | 3.53 | 4.7 °C |
| April | 4.60 | 4.26 | 3.68 | 4.42 | 10.7 °C |
| May | 5.42 | 4.02 | 3.40 | 4.55 | 15.7 °C |
| June | 5.89 | 3.93 | 3.26 | 4.62 | 20.0 °C |
| July | 5.84 | 4.05 | 3.34 | 4.64 | 22.3 °C |
| August | 5.13 | 4.30 | 3.56 | 4.50 | 21.8 °C |
| September | 3.68 | 4.05 | 3.43 | 3.81 | 16.3 °C |
| October | 2.30 | 3.35 | 2.90 | 2.86 | 10.4 °C |
| November | 1.21 | 2.17 | 1.91 | 1.74 | 4.9 °C |
| December snow | 0.82 | 1.74 | 1.56 | 1.32 | -0.5 °C |
| Year | 3.41 avg | 3.39 avg | 1061 kWh | 1221 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 760 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 890 Wp at 37°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Komárno
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.
7.4 mrow pitch at 70°
5.9 mrow pitch at 37°
How Komárno compares in Slovakia
Against the other 58 places in Slovakia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 59 places in Slovakia for sunshine: 3.41 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Slovakia: 1,220 against 1,169 kWh per kWp.
−4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bratislava: 16 h 01 min against 16 h 04 min.
37°best year-round tilt here; across Slovakia it runs from 37° in Bratislava to 39° in Prešov.
Komárno gets the most sun of the 59 places in Slovakia (3.41 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Čadca with 3.03. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.56 kWh a day here, against 1.52 kWh on average in Slovakia. The shortest day lasts 8 h 24 min, +3 min compared with Bratislava.
Solar forecast for Komárno, 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.