Île-de-France · France · 48.98° N · 2.62° E
Solar position in Mitry-Mory
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Mitry-Mory — computed for 48.98° N, 2.62° E, 71 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Mitry-Mory today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:37 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:14 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:51 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:23 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:08 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:33 | 29.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:58 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:42 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:15 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:52 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:28 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 19 min | |
Sun path diagram for Mitry-Mory
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 64.5° at solar noon in Mitry-Mory; on the December solstice only 17.6°. Sunrise swings from 51° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 75° 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 | 08:33 | 13:01 | 17:28 | 8 h 56 min | 21.2° |
| February | 07:47 | 13:03 | 18:19 | 10 h 33 min | 30.6° |
| March | 06:50 | 12:56 | 19:03 | 12 h 13 min | 41.4° |
| April | 06:47 | 13:48 | 20:50 | 14 h 03 min | 53.0° |
| May | 06:00 | 13:46 | 21:32 | 15 h 33 min | 61.3° |
| June | 05:45 | 13:51 | 21:57 | 16 h 12 min | 64.5° |
| July | 06:08 | 13:55 | 21:42 | 15 h 35 min | 61.4° |
| August | 06:50 | 13:52 | 20:54 | 14 h 04 min | 53.0° |
| September | 07:34 | 13:42 | 19:49 | 12 h 15 min | 41.6° |
| October | 08:19 | 13:33 | 18:48 | 10 h 29 min | 30.2° |
| November | 08:07 | 12:35 | 17:02 | 8 h 54 min | 21.1° |
| December | 08:40 | 12:47 | 16:54 | 8 h 14 min | 17.6° |
A year of daylight in Mitry-Mory
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 Mitry-Mory
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: 1173 kWh per kWp.
70°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° | 969 | 83% | 0.58 | 8.1× |
| 15° | 1097 | 94% | 0.90 | 5.4× |
| 30° | 1164 | 99% | 1.17 | 4.0× |
| 38° year-round best | 1173 | 100% | 1.29 | 3.5× |
| 45° | 1166 | 99% | 1.37 | 3.2× |
| 49° = latitude | 1155 | 98% | 1.41 | 3.0× |
| 60° | 1103 | 94% | 1.49 | 2.7× |
| 70° off-grid best | 1027 | 88% | 1.51 | 2.4× |
| 90° | 806 | 69% | 1.43 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Mitry-Mory produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 70° it makes 1.51 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 38°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Mitry-Mory at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 38° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 38° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.94 | 1.87 | 1.65 | 1.46 | 2.9 °C |
| February | 1.71 | 2.74 | 2.43 | 2.31 | 3.5 °C |
| March | 2.95 | 3.62 | 3.18 | 3.35 | 6.5 °C |
| April | 4.50 | 4.22 | 3.66 | 4.35 | 10.1 °C |
| May | 5.20 | 3.95 | 3.36 | 4.42 | 13.6 °C |
| June | 5.72 | 3.93 | 3.30 | 4.56 | 17.1 °C |
| July | 5.53 | 3.96 | 3.30 | 4.47 | 19.1 °C |
| August | 4.71 | 4.00 | 3.34 | 4.16 | 18.7 °C |
| September | 3.66 | 4.10 | 3.48 | 3.83 | 15.4 °C |
| October | 2.16 | 3.13 | 2.70 | 2.67 | 11.5 °C |
| November | 1.13 | 2.10 | 1.84 | 1.66 | 6.8 °C |
| December | 0.77 | 1.71 | 1.51 | 1.29 | 3.5 °C |
| Year | 3.25 avg | 3.28 avg | 1027 kWh | 1173 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 780 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 910 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Mitry-Mory
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.
8.0 mrow pitch at 70°
6.4 mrow pitch at 38°
How Mitry-Mory compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
545thof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 3.25 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,173 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 16 h 12 min against 16 h 11 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across France it runs from 33° in Ajaccio to 39° in Lille.
Of the 657 places in France, Marseille 12 and 5 other places get the most sun (4.46 peak sun hours a day) and Maubeuge and one other place the least (3.10); Mitry-Mory ranks joint 545th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.51 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 14 min, −1 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Mitry-Mory, 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.