South Province · New Caledonia · 22.26° S · 166.57° E
Solar position in Mont-Dore
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Mont-Dore — computed for 22.26° S, 166.57° E, 11 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Mont-Dore today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+11
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 03:56 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:24 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 04:51 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:14 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 05:44 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:37 | 79.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:31 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:01 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:24 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:51 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:19 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 47 min | |
Sun path diagram for Mont-Dore
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 44.3° at solar noon in Mont-Dore; on the December solstice only 88.8°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 51° 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 | 05:26 | 12:04 | 18:42 | 13 h 16 min | 87.7° |
| February | 05:45 | 12:07 | 18:28 | 12 h 42 min | 78.4° |
| March | 05:57 | 12:00 | 18:04 | 12 h 06 min | 67.6° |
| April | 06:08 | 11:52 | 17:36 | 11 h 28 min | 55.9° |
| May | 06:20 | 11:50 | 17:19 | 10 h 59 min | 47.6° |
| June | 06:32 | 11:55 | 17:18 | 10 h 46 min | 44.3° |
| July | 06:31 | 12:00 | 17:28 | 10 h 57 min | 47.3° |
| August | 06:13 | 11:57 | 17:40 | 11 h 27 min | 55.6° |
| September | 05:44 | 11:47 | 17:49 | 12 h 04 min | 67.0° |
| October | 05:17 | 11:38 | 17:59 | 12 h 43 min | 78.4° |
| November | 05:01 | 11:39 | 18:17 | 13 h 16 min | 87.6° |
| December | 05:06 | 11:51 | 18:36 | 13 h 30 min | 88.8° |
A year of daylight in Mont-Dore
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 Mont-Dore
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
19°collects the most energy over a year: 1612 kWh per kWp.
44°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 | June kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1535 | 95% | 2.59 | 2.1× |
| 15° | 1608 | 100% | 3.15 | 1.7× |
| 19° year-round best | 1612 | 100% | 3.27 | 1.6× |
| 22° = latitude | 1610 | 100% | 3.35 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1588 | 99% | 3.52 | 1.4× |
| 44° off-grid best | 1486 | 92% | 3.67 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1476 | 92% | 3.67 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1281 | 79% | 3.61 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1113 | 69% | 3.44 | 2.0× |
| 90° | 748 | 46% | 2.85 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Mont-Dore produces the most over a year at 19°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 44° it makes 3.67 kWh per kWp a day, 12% more than at 19°, and costs 8% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Mont-Dore at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 19° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 19° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.64 | 2.53 | 2.03 | 4.92 | 25.9 °C |
| February | 6.21 | 3.20 | 2.59 | 4.84 | 26.5 °C |
| March | 5.30 | 3.74 | 3.04 | 4.42 | 26.1 °C |
| April | 4.47 | 4.20 | 3.44 | 4.03 | 25.0 °C |
| May | 3.67 | 4.21 | 3.48 | 3.53 | 23.5 °C |
| June | 3.28 | 4.15 | 3.44 | 3.27 | 22.3 °C |
| July | 3.60 | 4.50 | 3.75 | 3.60 | 21.2 °C |
| August | 4.36 | 4.61 | 3.85 | 4.15 | 20.9 °C |
| September | 5.55 | 4.49 | 3.73 | 4.90 | 21.5 °C |
| October | 6.36 | 3.65 | 3.01 | 5.17 | 22.5 °C |
| November | 6.81 | 2.80 | 2.28 | 5.17 | 23.6 °C |
| December | 6.89 | 2.38 | 1.92 | 5.04 | 25.0 °C |
| Year | 5.26 avg | 3.71 avg | 1113 kWh | 1612 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 620 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 19°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Mont-Dore
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.
2.8 mrow pitch at 70°
2.6 mrow pitch at 19°
How Mont-Dore compares in New Caledonia
Against the other 2 places in New Caledonia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
2ndof 3 places in New Caledonia for sunshine: 5.26 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in New Caledonia: 1,612 against 1,613 kWh per kWp.
±0 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Nouméa: 13 h 30 min against 13 h 30 min.
19°best year-round tilt here, the same everywhere in New Caledonia.
Of the 3 places in New Caledonia, Nouméa gets the most sun (5.27 peak sun hours a day) and Dumbéa the least (5.25); Mont-Dore ranks 2nd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.92 kWh a day here, against 1.91 kWh on average in New Caledonia. The shortest day lasts 10 h 46 min, ±0 min compared with Nouméa.
Solar forecast for Mont-Dore, 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.