Balearic Islands · Spain · 39.49° N · 2.89° E
Solar position in Llucmajor
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Llucmajor — computed for 39.49° N, 2.89° E, 150 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Llucmajor today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:37 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:08 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:40 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:07 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:44 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:32 | 38.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:19 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:56 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:24 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:55 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:26 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 49 min | |
Sun path diagram for Llucmajor
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 74.0° at solar noon in Llucmajor; on the December solstice only 27.1°. Sunrise swings from 58° ENE in June to 120° ESE in December — a 62° 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 | 08:04 | 12:59 | 17:55 | 9 h 51 min | 30.7° |
| February | 07:32 | 13:02 | 18:31 | 10 h 59 min | 40.1° |
| March | 06:50 | 12:55 | 19:01 | 12 h 11 min | 50.9° |
| April | 07:02 | 13:47 | 20:32 | 13 h 29 min | 62.5° |
| May | 06:29 | 13:45 | 21:00 | 14 h 31 min | 70.8° |
| June | 06:21 | 13:50 | 21:19 | 14 h 58 min | 74.0° |
| July | 06:38 | 13:54 | 21:10 | 14 h 33 min | 70.9° |
| August | 07:06 | 13:51 | 20:36 | 13 h 30 min | 62.5° |
| September | 07:35 | 13:41 | 19:47 | 12 h 12 min | 51.1° |
| October | 08:04 | 13:32 | 19:01 | 10 h 56 min | 39.7° |
| November | 07:38 | 12:34 | 17:29 | 9 h 50 min | 30.6° |
| December | 08:05 | 12:46 | 17:27 | 9 h 23 min | 27.1° |
A year of daylight in Llucmajor
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 Llucmajor
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
32°collects the most energy over a year: 1559 kWh per kWp.
64°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° | 1350 | 87% | 1.50 | 4.0× |
| 15° | 1498 | 96% | 2.12 | 2.8× |
| 30° | 1558 | 100% | 2.62 | 2.1× |
| 32° year-round best | 1559 | 100% | 2.68 | 2.1× |
| 39° = latitude | 1550 | 99% | 2.84 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1526 | 98% | 2.95 | 1.7× |
| 60° | 1407 | 90% | 3.10 | 1.4× |
| 64° off-grid best | 1362 | 87% | 3.10 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1283 | 82% | 3.08 | 1.3× |
| 90° | 951 | 61% | 2.80 | 1.8× |
A fixed array in Llucmajor produces the most over a year at 32°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 64° it makes 3.10 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 32°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Llucmajor at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 32° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 32° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.19 | 3.88 | 3.34 | 2.97 | 12.8 °C |
| February | 3.02 | 4.23 | 3.65 | 3.58 | 12.3 °C |
| March | 4.38 | 4.76 | 4.09 | 4.54 | 13.5 °C |
| April | 5.59 | 4.50 | 3.82 | 5.01 | 15.5 °C |
| May | 6.58 | 4.11 | 3.45 | 5.27 | 18.5 °C |
| June | 7.40 | 3.99 | 3.28 | 5.51 | 22.8 °C |
| July | 7.22 | 4.12 | 3.35 | 5.42 | 25.8 °C |
| August | 6.30 | 4.52 | 3.67 | 5.18 | 26.4 °C |
| September | 4.74 | 4.54 | 3.74 | 4.43 | 24.0 °C |
| October | 3.46 | 4.37 | 3.64 | 3.75 | 21.2 °C |
| November | 2.29 | 3.66 | 3.10 | 2.86 | 16.9 °C |
| December | 1.92 | 3.60 | 3.08 | 2.68 | 14.1 °C |
| Year | 4.60 avg | 4.19 avg | 1283 kWh | 1559 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 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 440 Wp at 32°. The steep array is 13% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Llucmajor
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.
4.9 mrow pitch at 70°
4.1 mrow pitch at 32°
How Llucmajor compares in Spain
Against the other 543 places in Spain with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
344thof 544 places in Spain for sunshine, shared: 4.60 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Spain: 1,559 against 1,601 kWh per kWp.
−6 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Madrid: 14 h 58 min against 15 h 04 min.
32°best year-round tilt here; across Spain it runs from 24° in Arona to 36° in Girona.
Of the 544 places in Spain, Playa del Ingles and one other place get the most sun (5.53 peak sun hours a day) and Santander the least (3.65); Llucmajor ranks joint 344th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.08 kWh a day here, against 3.03 kWh on average in Spain. The shortest day lasts 9 h 23 min, +6 min compared with Madrid.
Solar forecast for Llucmajor, 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.