Skåne · Sweden · 55.61° N · 13.00° E
Solar position in Malmö
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Malmö — computed for 55.61° N, 13.00° E, 10 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Malmö today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:53 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:35 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:18 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:56 | 110° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:50 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:51 | 22.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:53 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:46 | 250° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:24 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:07 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:50 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 50 min | |
Sun path diagram for Malmö
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 57.8° at solar noon in Malmö; on the December solstice only 11.0°. Sunrise swings from 43° NE in June to 133° SE in December — a 90° 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 | 08:19 | 12:19 | 16:19 | 8 h 00 min | 14.6° |
| February | 07:18 | 12:21 | 17:25 | 10 h 07 min | 24.0° |
| March | 06:07 | 12:15 | 18:23 | 12 h 16 min | 34.8° |
| April | 05:49 | 13:06 | 20:25 | 14 h 37 min | 46.4° |
| May | 04:47 | 13:04 | 21:23 | 16 h 36 min | 54.6° |
| June | 04:24 | 13:09 | 21:55 | 17 h 31 min | 57.8° |
| July | 04:54 | 13:14 | 21:33 | 16 h 39 min | 54.8° |
| August | 05:51 | 13:10 | 20:29 | 14 h 38 min | 46.4° |
| September | 06:51 | 13:00 | 19:09 | 12 h 19 min | 35.0° |
| October | 07:50 | 12:52 | 17:53 | 10 h 03 min | 23.6° |
| November | 07:54 | 11:53 | 15:52 | 7 h 58 min | 14.5° |
| December | 08:34 | 12:06 | 15:37 | 7 h 02 min | 11.0° |
A year of daylight in Malmö
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 Malmö
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
41°collects the most energy over a year: 1091 kWh per kWp.
76°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° | 861 | 79% | 0.22 | 22.2× |
| 15° | 995 | 91% | 0.39 | 13.1× |
| 30° | 1073 | 98% | 0.54 | 9.3× |
| 41° year-round best | 1091 | 100% | 0.63 | 7.7× |
| 45° | 1089 | 100% | 0.65 | 7.3× |
| 56° = latitude | 1061 | 97% | 0.71 | 6.3× |
| 60° | 1043 | 96% | 0.73 | 5.9× |
| 70° | 979 | 90% | 0.75 | 5.3× |
| 76° off-grid best | 929 | 85% | 0.76 | 5.0× |
| 90° | 784 | 72% | 0.74 | 4.2× |
A fixed array in Malmö produces the most over a year at 41°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 76° it makes 0.76 kWh per kWp a day, 21% more than at 41°, and costs 15% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Malmö at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 41° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 41° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.46 | 1.22 | 1.07 | 0.91 | 1.0 °C |
| February | 1.09 | 2.05 | 1.83 | 1.68 | 0.7 °C |
| March | 2.48 | 3.62 | 3.23 | 3.24 | 2.5 °C |
| April | 4.21 | 4.53 | 3.98 | 4.48 | 6.4 °C |
| May | 5.40 | 4.53 | 3.90 | 4.85 | 11.2 °C |
| June | 5.83 | 4.37 | 3.70 | 4.82 | 15.1 °C |
| July | 5.40 | 4.25 | 3.56 | 4.54 | 17.8 °C |
| August | 4.34 | 4.11 | 3.45 | 4.06 | 17.8 °C |
| September | 3.00 | 3.78 | 3.22 | 3.40 | 14.5 °C |
| October | 1.52 | 2.61 | 2.25 | 2.14 | 10.0 °C |
| November | 0.59 | 1.40 | 1.21 | 1.05 | 6.1 °C |
| December | 0.31 | 0.87 | 0.75 | 0.63 | 2.8 °C |
| Year | 2.90 avg | 3.12 avg | 979 kWh | 1091 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 1,560 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,880 Wp at 41°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Malmö
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.
14.4 mrow pitch at 70°
11.1 mrow pitch at 41°
How Malmö compares in Sweden
Against the other 98 places in Sweden with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
6thof 99 places in Sweden for sunshine, shared: 2.90 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sweden: 1,091 against 1,059 kWh per kWp.
−1 h 06 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Stockholm: 17 h 31 min against 18 h 37 min.
41°best year-round tilt here; across Sweden it runs from 41° in Malmö to 50° in Kiruna.
Of the 99 places in Sweden, Kalmar gets the most sun (2.96 peak sun hours a day) and Kiruna the least (2.22); Malmö ranks joint 6th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.75 kWh a day here, against 0.59 kWh on average in Sweden. The shortest day lasts 7 h 02 min, +57 min compared with Stockholm.
Solar forecast for Malmö, 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.