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Harghita County · Romania · 46.35° N · 25.80° E

Solar position in Miercurea-Ciuc

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Miercurea-Ciuc — computed for 46.35° N, 25.80° E, 653 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:46106° ESE
Sunset today18:14254° WSW
Best panel angle38°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle74°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation31.8°
At solar noon, 13:00Open on the sun map

Sun in Miercurea-Ciuc today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn06:05sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:4012° below
Civil dawn07:156° below
Sunrise07:46106° ESE
Golden hour ends08:28sun 6° up
Solar noon13:0031.8° high
Golden hour starts17:32sun 6° up
Sunset18:14254° WSW
Civil dusk18:456° below
Nautical dusk19:2012° below
Astronomical dusk19:5518° below
Day length10 h 29 min

Sun path diagram for Miercurea-Ciuc

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 solstice6789101112131415161718192021EquinoxDecember solstice910111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 67.1° at solar noon in Miercurea-Ciuc; on the December solstice only 20.3°. Sunrise swings from 54° NE in June to 124° SE in December — a 70° 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
January07:5112:2817:049 h 13 min23.8°
February07:1012:3017:5010 h 41 min33.2°
March06:1812:2418:3012 h 12 min44.0°
April06:1913:1520:1213 h 52 min55.6°
May05:3713:1320:5015 h 13 min63.9°
June05:2413:1821:1215 h 48 min67.1°
July05:4513:2321:0015 h 15 min64.1°
August06:2213:1920:1613 h 53 min55.7°
September07:0213:0919:1612 h 15 min44.3°
October07:4213:0118:2010 h 38 min32.9°
November07:2612:0216:389 h 12 min23.7°
December07:5612:1416:328 h 36 min20.3°

A year of daylight in Miercurea-Ciuc

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 Miercurea-Ciuc

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

38°collects the most energy over a year: 1300 kWh per kWp.

74°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 38°Best worst-month 74°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°107983%0.825.9×
15°121994%1.234.1×
30°129199%1.573.1×
38° year-round best1300100%1.732.7×
45°129299%1.842.5×
46° = latitude128999%1.852.5×
60°122294%2.002.1×
70°113888%2.051.8×
74° off-grid best109784%2.061.7×
90°89669%1.991.5×

A fixed array in Miercurea-Ciuc produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 74° it makes 2.06 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 38°, and costs 16% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Miercurea-Ciuc at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 38° (year-round best).

012345January: 2.40 (70°)2.4JanFebruary: 3.10 (70°)3.1FebMarch: 3.47 (70°)3.5MarApril: 3.53 (70°)3.5AprMay: 3.37 (70°)3.4MayJune: 3.22 (70°)3.2JunJuly: 3.34 (70°)3.3JulAugust: 3.69 (70°)3.7AugSeptember: 3.59 (70°)3.6SepOctober: 3.30 (70°)3.3OctNovember: 2.37 (70°)2.4NovDecember: 2.05 (70°)2.1Dec38°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 38°Mean temp.
January snow1.312.612.402.07-5.1 °C
February snow2.133.393.102.86-3.5 °C
March3.283.863.473.731.2 °C
April4.494.023.534.287.0 °C
May5.453.943.374.5512.8 °C
June5.913.833.224.6016.7 °C
July5.934.003.344.6918.8 °C
August5.394.403.694.7218.8 °C
September3.894.193.594.0313.6 °C
October2.583.763.303.287.6 °C
November1.462.662.372.172.4 °C
December snow1.032.262.051.73-3.3 °C
Year3.58 avg3.58 avg1138 kWh1300 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 580 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 680 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Miercurea-Ciuc

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.

6.8 mrow pitch at 70°

5.6 mrow pitch at 38°

Row spacing calculator

How Miercurea-Ciuc compares in Romania

Against the other 125 places in Romania with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

66thof 126 places in Romania for sunshine, shared: 3.58 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Romania: 1,300 against 1,300 kWh per kWp.

+16 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bucharest: 15 h 48 min against 15 h 33 min.

38°best year-round tilt here; across Romania it runs from 33° in Mangalia to 39° in Bistriţa.

Of the 126 places in Romania, Mangalia gets the most sun (3.93 peak sun hours a day) and Vişeu de Sus and one other place the least (3.33); Miercurea-Ciuc ranks joint 66th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.05 kWh a day here, against 2.01 kWh on average in Romania. The shortest day lasts 8 h 36 min, −14 min compared with Bucharest.

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Solar forecast for Miercurea-Ciuc, 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 Miercurea-Ciuc

What is the best solar panel angle in Miercurea-Ciuc?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Miercurea-Ciuc is 38°, worth about 1300 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 74°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Miercurea-Ciuc today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:46 and sets at 18:14 local time (UTC+3), giving 10 h 29 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:00.
How many peak sun hours does Miercurea-Ciuc get?
On a flat surface 3.6 hours a day averaged over the year, from 1.0 in December to 5.9 in July. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.3 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Miercurea-Ciuc?
At solar noon the sun stands 67.1° above the horizon on the June solstice and 20.3° on the December solstice.
Is Miercurea-Ciuc a good place for solar panels?
With 3.6 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Miercurea-Ciuc ranks joint 66th of 126 places in Romania for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (38°) makes about 1,300 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in Romania.

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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.