Trentino-Alto Adige · Italy · 46.67° N · 11.16° E
Solar position in Merano
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Merano — computed for 46.67° N, 11.16° E, 325 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Merano today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:04 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:39 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:14 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:45 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:28 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:59 | 31.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:30 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:12 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:43 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:19 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:54 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 27 min | |
Sun path diagram for Merano
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 66.8° at solar noon in Merano; on the December solstice only 19.9°. Sunrise swings from 53° NE in June to 124° SE in December — a 71° 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 | 07:51 | 12:26 | 17:02 | 9 h 11 min | 23.5° |
| February | 07:09 | 12:29 | 17:49 | 10 h 40 min | 32.9° |
| March | 06:16 | 12:22 | 18:29 | 12 h 12 min | 43.7° |
| April | 06:17 | 13:14 | 20:11 | 13 h 54 min | 55.3° |
| May | 05:34 | 13:12 | 20:49 | 15 h 15 min | 63.6° |
| June | 05:21 | 13:17 | 21:12 | 15 h 51 min | 66.8° |
| July | 05:42 | 13:21 | 21:00 | 15 h 17 min | 63.8° |
| August | 06:20 | 13:18 | 20:15 | 13 h 54 min | 55.4° |
| September | 07:00 | 13:08 | 19:15 | 12 h 15 min | 43.9° |
| October | 07:41 | 12:59 | 18:18 | 10 h 37 min | 32.6° |
| November | 07:25 | 12:01 | 16:36 | 9 h 10 min | 23.4° |
| December | 07:56 | 12:13 | 16:29 | 8 h 33 min | 19.9° |
A year of daylight in Merano
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 Merano
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
42°collects the most energy over a year: 1357 kWh per kWp.
68°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° | 1077 | 79% | 0.98 | 4.8× |
| 15° | 1239 | 91% | 1.59 | 3.1× |
| 30° | 1334 | 98% | 2.12 | 2.2× |
| 42° year-round best | 1357 | 100% | 2.46 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1356 | 100% | 2.53 | 1.7× |
| 47° = latitude | 1353 | 100% | 2.57 | 1.7× |
| 60° | 1303 | 96% | 2.79 | 1.6× |
| 68° off-grid best | 1246 | 92% | 2.86 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1229 | 91% | 2.87 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 999 | 74% | 2.80 | 1.8× |
A fixed array in Merano produces the most over a year at 42°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 68° it makes 2.86 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 42°, and costs 8% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Merano at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 42° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 42° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.54 | 3.57 | 3.30 | 2.88 | -6.1 °C |
| February snow | 2.44 | 4.26 | 3.93 | 3.66 | -5.2 °C |
| March snow | 3.62 | 4.61 | 4.18 | 4.34 | -1.0 °C |
| April | 4.38 | 3.92 | 3.48 | 4.18 | 3.9 °C |
| May | 4.93 | 3.61 | 3.13 | 4.10 | 8.4 °C |
| June | 5.62 | 3.73 | 3.18 | 4.36 | 12.7 °C |
| July | 5.68 | 3.90 | 3.31 | 4.48 | 14.5 °C |
| August | 4.91 | 4.02 | 3.43 | 4.29 | 14.1 °C |
| September | 3.80 | 4.07 | 3.54 | 3.97 | 9.9 °C |
| October | 2.59 | 3.73 | 3.30 | 3.34 | 5.7 °C |
| November snow | 1.55 | 3.11 | 2.80 | 2.55 | 0.4 °C |
| December snow | 1.23 | 3.12 | 2.87 | 2.46 | -4.6 °C |
| Year | 3.53 avg | 3.80 avg | 1229 kWh | 1357 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through November on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 420 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 480 Wp at 42°. The steep array is 12% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Merano
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.
6.9 mrow pitch at 70°
5.9 mrow pitch at 42°
How Merano compares in Italy
Against the other 596 places in Italy with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
596thof 597 places in Italy for sunshine: 3.53 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Italy: 1,357 against 1,452 kWh per kWp.
+37 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Rome: 15 h 51 min against 15 h 14 min.
42°best year-round tilt here; across Italy it runs from 30° in Palermo to 42° in Bolzano.
Of the 597 places in Italy, Pozzallo and one other place get the most sun (4.91 peak sun hours a day) and Bressanone the least (3.51); Merano ranks 596th. In its darkest month, November, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.80 kWh a day here, against 2.63 kWh on average in Italy. The shortest day lasts 8 h 33 min, −34 min compared with Rome.
Solar forecast for Merano, 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.