Florida · United States · 30.40° N · 86.86° W
Solar position in Navarre
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Navarre — computed for 30.40° N, 86.86° W, 3 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Navarre today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:35 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:03 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:31 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:55 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:28 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:31 | 47.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:33 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:06 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:31 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:59 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:27 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 11 min | |
Sun path diagram for Navarre
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 83.0° at solar noon in Navarre; on the December solstice only 36.2°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 55° 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 | 06:43 | 11:58 | 17:14 | 10 h 31 min | 39.8° |
| February | 06:21 | 12:01 | 17:40 | 11 h 19 min | 49.2° |
| March | 06:49 | 12:54 | 18:59 | 12 h 10 min | 60.1° |
| April | 06:13 | 12:46 | 19:19 | 13 h 05 min | 71.6° |
| May | 05:49 | 12:44 | 19:38 | 13 h 49 min | 79.9° |
| June | 05:45 | 12:49 | 19:52 | 14 h 07 min | 83.0° |
| July | 05:59 | 12:53 | 19:48 | 13 h 49 min | 80.0° |
| August | 06:17 | 12:50 | 19:22 | 13 h 05 min | 71.5° |
| September | 06:35 | 12:40 | 18:45 | 12 h 10 min | 60.1° |
| October | 06:53 | 12:31 | 18:09 | 11 h 16 min | 48.7° |
| November | 06:18 | 11:33 | 16:48 | 10 h 30 min | 39.6° |
| December | 06:40 | 11:45 | 16:51 | 10 h 11 min | 36.2° |
A year of daylight in Navarre
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 Navarre
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
28°collects the most energy over a year: 1589 kWh per kWp.
46°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° | 1429 | 90% | 2.20 | 2.5× |
| 15° | 1554 | 98% | 2.88 | 1.9× |
| 28° year-round best | 1589 | 100% | 3.32 | 1.5× |
| 30° = latitude | 1588 | 100% | 3.37 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1529 | 96% | 3.65 | 1.3× |
| 46° off-grid best | 1522 | 96% | 3.66 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1382 | 87% | 3.71 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1241 | 78% | 3.62 | 1.8× |
| 90° | 885 | 56% | 3.14 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Navarre produces the most over a year at 28°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 46° it makes 3.66 kWh per kWp a day, 11% more than at 28°, and costs 4% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Navarre at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 28° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 28° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.09 | 4.56 | 3.93 | 3.69 | 12.8 °C |
| February | 3.71 | 4.38 | 3.75 | 3.95 | 14.3 °C |
| March | 5.02 | 4.63 | 3.92 | 4.77 | 16.9 °C |
| April | 6.04 | 4.01 | 3.35 | 5.03 | 20.1 °C |
| May | 6.73 | 3.40 | 2.78 | 5.05 | 24.0 °C |
| June | 6.36 | 2.94 | 2.36 | 4.55 | 27.3 °C |
| July | 6.01 | 3.02 | 2.41 | 4.37 | 28.2 °C |
| August | 5.56 | 3.42 | 2.75 | 4.32 | 28.2 °C |
| September | 5.20 | 4.23 | 3.44 | 4.51 | 26.6 °C |
| October | 4.50 | 5.03 | 4.17 | 4.55 | 22.6 °C |
| November | 3.56 | 5.14 | 4.34 | 4.14 | 17.8 °C |
| December | 2.75 | 4.23 | 3.62 | 3.32 | 14.7 °C |
| Year | 4.88 avg | 4.08 avg | 1241 kWh | 1589 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 500 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 28°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Navarre
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.
3.6 mrow pitch at 70°
3.2 mrow pitch at 28°
How Navarre compares in the United States
Against the other 3,120 places in the United States with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
749thof 3,121 places in the United States for sunshine, shared: 4.88 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the United States: 1,589 against 1,515 kWh per kWp.
−59 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with New York City: 14 h 07 min against 15 h 06 min.
28°best year-round tilt here; across the United States it runs from 18° in Honolulu to 53° in Fairbanks.
Of the 3,121 places in the United States, Fortuna Foothills and 2 other places get the most sun (5.96 peak sun hours a day) and Juneau the least (2.38); Navarre ranks joint 749th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.36 kWh a day here, against 2.55 kWh on average in the United States. The shortest day lasts 10 h 11 min, +56 min compared with New York City.
Solar forecast for Navarre, 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.