Île-de-France · France · 48.53° N · 2.63° E
Solar position in Le Mée-sur-Seine
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Le Mée-sur-Seine — computed for 48.53° N, 2.63° E, 71 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Le Mée-sur-Seine today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:37 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:14 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:50 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:23 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:07 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:33 | 29.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:59 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:43 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:15 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:52 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:28 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 21 min | |
Sun path diagram for Le Mée-sur-Seine
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 64.9° at solar noon in Le Mée-sur-Seine; on the December solstice only 18.1°. Sunrise swings from 52° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 74° 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 | 08:31 | 13:00 | 17:30 | 8 h 59 min | 21.7° |
| February | 07:46 | 13:03 | 18:20 | 10 h 34 min | 31.0° |
| March | 06:50 | 12:56 | 19:03 | 12 h 13 min | 41.8° |
| April | 06:47 | 13:48 | 20:49 | 14 h 01 min | 53.4° |
| May | 06:01 | 13:46 | 21:31 | 15 h 29 min | 61.7° |
| June | 05:47 | 13:51 | 21:55 | 16 h 08 min | 64.9° |
| July | 06:10 | 13:55 | 21:41 | 15 h 31 min | 61.9° |
| August | 06:51 | 13:52 | 20:53 | 14 h 02 min | 53.5° |
| September | 07:34 | 13:42 | 19:49 | 12 h 15 min | 42.1° |
| October | 08:18 | 13:33 | 18:49 | 10 h 31 min | 30.7° |
| November | 08:06 | 12:35 | 17:03 | 8 h 58 min | 21.5° |
| December | 08:38 | 12:47 | 16:56 | 8 h 18 min | 18.1° |
A year of daylight in Le Mée-sur-Seine
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 Le Mée-sur-Seine
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
38°collects the most energy over a year: 1190 kWh per kWp.
70°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° | 985 | 83% | 0.61 | 7.8× |
| 15° | 1115 | 94% | 0.94 | 5.2× |
| 30° | 1181 | 99% | 1.22 | 3.9× |
| 38° year-round best | 1190 | 100% | 1.34 | 3.4× |
| 45° | 1182 | 99% | 1.42 | 3.1× |
| 49° = latitude | 1171 | 98% | 1.46 | 2.9× |
| 60° | 1117 | 94% | 1.53 | 2.6× |
| 70° off-grid best | 1039 | 87% | 1.56 | 2.4× |
| 90° | 813 | 68% | 1.47 | 1.9× |
A fixed array in Le Mée-sur-Seine produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 70° it makes 1.56 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 38°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Le Mée-sur-Seine at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 38° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 38° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.96 | 1.89 | 1.67 | 1.48 | 2.9 °C |
| February | 1.77 | 2.82 | 2.50 | 2.39 | 3.6 °C |
| March | 3.01 | 3.68 | 3.23 | 3.42 | 6.7 °C |
| April | 4.54 | 4.24 | 3.67 | 4.37 | 10.4 °C |
| May | 5.24 | 3.95 | 3.36 | 4.43 | 13.9 °C |
| June | 5.81 | 3.95 | 3.31 | 4.60 | 17.6 °C |
| July | 5.62 | 3.99 | 3.32 | 4.52 | 19.6 °C |
| August | 4.80 | 4.05 | 3.38 | 4.22 | 19.2 °C |
| September | 3.73 | 4.16 | 3.53 | 3.90 | 15.7 °C |
| October | 2.20 | 3.17 | 2.73 | 2.71 | 11.7 °C |
| November | 1.17 | 2.16 | 1.88 | 1.71 | 6.9 °C |
| December | 0.80 | 1.77 | 1.56 | 1.34 | 3.5 °C |
| Year | 3.31 avg | 3.32 avg | 1039 kWh | 1190 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 880 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Le Mée-sur-Seine
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.
7.8 mrow pitch at 70°
6.2 mrow pitch at 38°
How Le Mée-sur-Seine compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
304thof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 3.31 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,190 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 16 h 08 min against 16 h 11 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across France it runs from 33° in Ajaccio to 39° in Lille.
Of the 657 places in France, Marseille 12 and 5 other places get the most sun (4.46 peak sun hours a day) and Maubeuge and one other place the least (3.10); Le Mée-sur-Seine ranks joint 304th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.56 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 18 min, +3 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Le Mée-sur-Seine, 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.