Castille-La Mancha · Spain · 39.00° N · 3.37° W
Solar position in Manzanares
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Manzanares — computed for 39.00° N, 3.37° W, 666 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Manzanares today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 07:02 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:33 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 08:04 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:32 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:09 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:57 | 39.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:45 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 19:22 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:49 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 20:21 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:52 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 51 min | |
Sun path diagram for Manzanares
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 74.4° at solar noon in Manzanares; on the December solstice only 27.6°. 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 | 08:28 | 13:24 | 18:21 | 9 h 54 min | 31.2° |
| February | 07:57 | 13:27 | 18:57 | 11 h 00 min | 40.6° |
| March | 07:15 | 13:20 | 19:26 | 12 h 11 min | 51.4° |
| April | 07:28 | 14:12 | 20:56 | 13 h 28 min | 63.0° |
| May | 06:55 | 14:10 | 21:24 | 14 h 29 min | 71.3° |
| June | 06:48 | 14:15 | 21:42 | 14 h 55 min | 74.4° |
| July | 07:04 | 14:19 | 21:34 | 14 h 30 min | 71.4° |
| August | 07:32 | 14:16 | 21:00 | 13 h 28 min | 63.0° |
| September | 08:00 | 14:06 | 20:12 | 12 h 12 min | 51.6° |
| October | 08:29 | 13:57 | 19:26 | 10 h 58 min | 40.2° |
| November | 08:02 | 12:59 | 17:55 | 9 h 53 min | 31.1° |
| December | 08:28 | 13:11 | 17:54 | 9 h 26 min | 27.6° |
A year of daylight in Manzanares
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 Manzanares
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
33°collects the most energy over a year: 1699 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° | 1456 | 86% | 1.71 | 3.7× |
| 15° | 1625 | 96% | 2.49 | 2.5× |
| 30° | 1696 | 100% | 3.11 | 1.9× |
| 33° year-round best | 1699 | 100% | 3.22 | 1.8× |
| 39° = latitude | 1691 | 100% | 3.39 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1668 | 98% | 3.53 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1543 | 91% | 3.73 | 1.3× |
| 64° off-grid best | 1494 | 88% | 3.74 | 1.2× |
| 70° | 1409 | 83% | 3.72 | 1.3× |
| 90° | 1048 | 62% | 3.39 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Manzanares produces the most over a year at 33°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 64° it makes 3.74 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 33°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Manzanares at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 33° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 33° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.33 | 4.25 | 3.78 | 3.36 | 4.9 °C |
| February | 3.26 | 4.66 | 4.12 | 4.05 | 6.0 °C |
| March | 4.47 | 4.79 | 4.19 | 4.69 | 9.1 °C |
| April | 5.68 | 4.52 | 3.89 | 5.11 | 12.3 °C |
| May | 6.76 | 4.19 | 3.53 | 5.39 | 16.9 °C |
| June | 7.71 | 4.07 | 3.35 | 5.65 | 22.9 °C |
| July | 7.92 | 4.34 | 3.52 | 5.81 | 26.6 °C |
| August | 6.93 | 4.87 | 3.97 | 5.65 | 26.2 °C |
| September | 5.32 | 5.14 | 4.28 | 5.08 | 21.1 °C |
| October | 3.77 | 4.90 | 4.18 | 4.29 | 15.5 °C |
| November | 2.58 | 4.39 | 3.85 | 3.52 | 8.8 °C |
| December | 2.12 | 4.20 | 3.72 | 3.22 | 5.7 °C |
| Year | 4.91 avg | 4.53 avg | 1409 kWh | 1699 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 350 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 370 Wp at 33°. The steep array is 4% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Manzanares
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.
4.8 mrow pitch at 70°
4.1 mrow pitch at 33°
How Manzanares compares in Spain
Against the other 543 places in Spain with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
172ndof 544 places in Spain for sunshine, shared: 4.91 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Spain: 1,699 against 1,601 kWh per kWp.
−9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Madrid: 14 h 55 min against 15 h 04 min.
33°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); Manzanares ranks joint 172nd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.35 kWh a day here, against 3.03 kWh on average in Spain. The shortest day lasts 9 h 26 min, +9 min compared with Madrid.
Solar forecast for Manzanares, next 48 hours
Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.
Loading the latest forecast…
Questions about the sun in Manzanares
What is the best solar panel angle in Manzanares?
What time is sunrise and sunset in Manzanares today?
How many peak sun hours does Manzanares get?
How high does the sun get in Manzanares?
Is Manzanares a good place for solar panels?
Places near Manzanares
Put this on your site
A free, live card for Manzanares: where the sun is right now on today's path, a countdown to sunset or sunrise, the daylight change, the moon phase at night and the best panel angle.
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.