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Solar position in Kristiansand

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kristiansand — computed for 58.15° N, 8.00° E, 12 m above sea level.

Sunrise today08:23111° ESE
Sunset today17:59248° WSW
Best panel angle43°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle77°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation20.1°
At solar noon, 13:11Open on the sun map

Sun in Kristiansand today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn06:11sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:5612° below
Civil dawn07:426° below
Sunrise08:23111° ESE
Golden hour ends09:22sun 6° up
Solar noon13:1120.1° high
Golden hour starts17:01sun 6° up
Sunset17:59248° WSW
Civil dusk18:406° below
Nautical dusk19:2612° below
Astronomical dusk20:1118° below
Day length9 h 36 min

Sun path diagram for Kristiansand

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice5678910111213141516171819202122EquinoxDecember solstice101112131415Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 55.3° at solar noon in Kristiansand; on the December solstice only 8.5°. Sunrise swings from 39° NE in June to 137° SE in December — a 98° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January08:5312:3916:257 h 32 min12.1°
February07:4412:4117:399 h 55 min21.4°
March06:2712:3518:4412 h 17 min32.2°
April06:0013:2720:5314 h 53 min43.8°
May04:5113:2421:5917 h 08 min52.1°
June04:2213:2922:3618 h 14 min55.3°
July04:5813:3422:0917 h 11 min52.3°
August06:0313:3020:5714 h 54 min43.9°
September07:1013:2019:3012 h 20 min32.5°
October08:1613:1218:079 h 50 min21.1°
November08:2812:1315:587 h 30 min12.0°
December09:1312:2615:386 h 25 min8.5°

A year of daylight in Kristiansand

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Kristiansand

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

43°collects the most energy over a year: 1044 kWh per kWp.

77°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 43°Best worst-month 77°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°81378%0.1631.1×
15°94591%0.2917.9×
30°102498%0.4012.7×
43° year-round best1044100%0.4910.1×
45°1044100%0.509.8×
58° = latitude101397%0.558.0×
60°100596%0.567.8×
70°94791%0.586.8×
77° off-grid best89386%0.586.2×
90°76673%0.575.4×

A fixed array in Kristiansand produces the most over a year at 43°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 77° it makes 0.58 kWh per kWp a day, 20% more than at 43°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Kristiansand at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 43° (year-round best).

0123456January: 0.84 (70°)0.8JanFebruary: 1.72 (70°)1.7FebMarch: 3.11 (70°)3.1MarApril: 3.83 (70°)3.8AprMay: 3.95 (70°)3.9MayJune: 3.88 (70°)3.9JunJuly: 3.66 (70°)3.7JulAugust: 3.44 (70°)3.4AugSeptember: 3.01 (70°)3.0SepOctober: 2.03 (70°)2.0OctNovember: 1.07 (70°)1.1NovDecember: 0.58 (70°)0.6Dec43°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 43°Mean temp.
January0.350.960.840.710.6 °C
February snow0.931.931.721.550.0 °C
March2.273.483.113.101.4 °C
April3.894.333.834.234.9 °C
May5.214.553.954.789.2 °C
June5.844.543.884.9212.9 °C
July5.314.333.664.5515.3 °C
August4.124.063.443.9715.1 °C
September2.673.513.013.1312.3 °C
October1.292.342.031.918.3 °C
November0.481.231.070.934.7 °C
December0.230.670.580.492.1 °C
Year2.73 avg3.00 avg947 kWh1044 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 2,040 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 2,430 Wp at 43°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Kristiansand

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.

21.1 mrow pitch at 70°

16.3 mrow pitch at 43°

Row spacing calculator

How Kristiansand compares in Norway

Against the other 39 places in Norway with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

3rdof 40 places in Norway for sunshine, shared: 2.73 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Norway: 1,044 against 967 kWh per kWp.

−36 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Oslo: 18 h 14 min against 18 h 50 min.

43°best year-round tilt here; across Norway it runs from 42° in Bergen to 48° in Tromsø.

Of the 40 places in Norway, Grimstad gets the most sun (2.78 peak sun hours a day) and Tromsø and one other place the least (1.95); Kristiansand ranks joint 3rd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.58 kWh a day here, against 0.41 kWh on average in Norway. The shortest day lasts 6 h 25 min, +31 min compared with Oslo.

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Solar forecast for Kristiansand, 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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Questions about the sun in Kristiansand

What is the best solar panel angle in Kristiansand?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Kristiansand is 43°, worth about 1044 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 77°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Kristiansand today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 08:23 and sets at 17:59 local time (UTC+2), giving 9 h 36 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:11.
How many peak sun hours does Kristiansand get?
On a flat surface 2.7 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.2 in December to 5.8 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 0.7 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Kristiansand?
At solar noon the sun stands 55.3° above the horizon on the June solstice and 8.5° on the December solstice.
Is Kristiansand a good place for solar panels?
With 2.7 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Kristiansand ranks joint 3rd of 40 places in Norway for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (43°) makes about 1,044 kWh a year here, 8% more than the average place in Norway.

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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.