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Västra Götaland · Sweden · 58.71° N · 13.82° E

Solar position in Mariestad

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Mariestad — computed for 58.71° N, 13.82° E, 56 m above sea level.

Sunrise today08:02112° ESE
Sunset today17:34248° WSW
Best panel angle45°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle83°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation19.5°
At solar noon, 12:48Open on the sun map

Sun in Mariestad today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:47sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:3312° below
Civil dawn07:206° below
Sunrise08:02112° ESE
Golden hour ends09:02sun 6° up
Solar noon12:4819.5° high
Golden hour starts16:34sun 6° up
Sunset17:34248° WSW
Civil dusk18:166° below
Nautical dusk19:0212° below
Astronomical dusk19:4918° below
Day length9 h 32 min

Sun path diagram for Mariestad

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 solstice1011121314Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 54.7° at solar noon in Mariestad; on the December solstice only 8.0°. Sunrise swings from 38° NE in June to 138° SE in December — a 100° 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
January08:3312:1615:587 h 25 min11.5°
February07:2212:1817:149 h 52 min20.9°
March06:0312:1218:2112 h 17 min31.7°
April05:3513:0320:3214 h 57 min43.3°
May04:2313:0121:4017 h 16 min51.5°
June03:5413:0622:1818 h 25 min54.7°
July04:3013:1121:5017 h 20 min51.7°
August05:3813:0720:3614 h 58 min43.3°
September06:4612:5719:0712 h 21 min31.9°
October07:5512:4817:429 h 47 min20.5°
November08:0811:5015:317 h 23 min11.4°
December08:5412:0215:106 h 16 min8.0°

A year of daylight in Mariestad

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 Mariestad

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

45°collects the most energy over a year: 1062 kWh per kWp.

83°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 45°Best worst-month 83°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°80776%0.1433.6×
15°94689%0.3017.1×
30°103397%0.4411.5×
45° year-round best1062100%0.568.6×
59° = latitude103497%0.646.8×
60°103197%0.646.7×
70°97892%0.685.8×
83° off-grid best87482%0.705.0×
90°80476%0.694.6×

A fixed array in Mariestad produces the most over a year at 45°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 83° it makes 0.70 kWh per kWp a day, 25% more than at 45°, and costs 18% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Mariestad at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 45° (year-round best).

0123456January: 0.95 (70°)0.9JanFebruary: 1.86 (70°)1.9FebMarch: 3.51 (70°)3.5MarApril: 3.92 (70°)3.9AprMay: 3.89 (70°)3.9MayJune: 3.86 (70°)3.9JunJuly: 3.62 (70°)3.6JulAugust: 3.43 (70°)3.4AugSeptember: 3.13 (70°)3.1SepOctober: 2.15 (70°)2.2OctNovember: 1.12 (70°)1.1NovDecember: 0.68 (70°)0.7Dec45°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 45°Mean temp.
January snow0.331.060.950.79-3.9 °C
February snow0.922.061.861.65-3.2 °C
March snow2.353.893.513.410.3 °C
April3.944.463.924.326.1 °C
May5.144.523.894.6711.2 °C
June5.814.563.864.8215.1 °C
July5.254.313.624.4317.6 °C
August4.104.073.433.9316.5 °C
September2.733.653.133.2512.4 °C
October1.282.462.152.036.6 °C
November0.451.271.120.971.9 °C
December snow0.220.780.680.56-2.2 °C
Year2.72 avg3.09 avg978 kWh1062 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 1,740 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 2,110 Wp at 45°. The steep array is 18% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Mariestad

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.

23.6 mrow pitch at 70°

18.6 mrow pitch at 45°

Row spacing calculator

How Mariestad compares in Sweden

Against the other 98 places in Sweden with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

69thof 99 places in Sweden for sunshine, shared: 2.72 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sweden: 1,062 against 1,059 kWh per kWp.

−13 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Stockholm: 18 h 25 min against 18 h 37 min.

45°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); Mariestad ranks joint 69th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.68 kWh a day here, against 0.59 kWh on average in Sweden. The shortest day lasts 6 h 16 min, +11 min compared with Stockholm.

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Solar forecast for Mariestad, 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 Mariestad

What is the best solar panel angle in Mariestad?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Mariestad is 45°, worth about 1062 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 83°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Mariestad today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 08:02 and sets at 17:34 local time (UTC+2), giving 9 h 32 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:48.
How many peak sun hours does Mariestad 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 0.8 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Mariestad?
At solar noon the sun stands 54.7° above the horizon on the June solstice and 8.0° on the December solstice.
Is Mariestad a good place for solar panels?
With 2.7 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Mariestad ranks joint 69th of 99 places in Sweden for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (45°) makes about 1,062 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in Sweden.

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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.