Bavaria · Germany · 48.39° N · 10.01° E
Solar position in Neu-Ulm
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Neu-Ulm — computed for 48.39° N, 10.01° E, 474 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Neu-Ulm today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:08 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:44 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:21 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:53 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:37 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:03 | 29.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:30 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:14 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:46 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:22 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:59 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 21 min | |
Sun path diagram for Neu-Ulm
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 65.1° at solar noon in Neu-Ulm; on the December solstice only 18.2°. Sunrise swings from 52° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 74° 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 | 08:01 | 12:31 | 17:01 | 9 h 00 min | 21.8° |
| February | 07:16 | 12:33 | 17:51 | 10 h 34 min | 31.2° |
| March | 06:21 | 12:27 | 18:34 | 12 h 13 min | 42.0° |
| April | 06:18 | 13:18 | 20:19 | 14 h 01 min | 53.6° |
| May | 05:32 | 13:16 | 21:00 | 15 h 28 min | 61.9° |
| June | 05:18 | 13:21 | 21:25 | 16 h 07 min | 65.1° |
| July | 05:41 | 13:26 | 21:11 | 15 h 30 min | 62.0° |
| August | 06:21 | 13:22 | 20:23 | 14 h 01 min | 53.6° |
| September | 07:04 | 13:12 | 19:20 | 12 h 15 min | 42.2° |
| October | 07:48 | 13:04 | 18:19 | 10 h 31 min | 30.8° |
| November | 07:36 | 12:05 | 16:34 | 8 h 59 min | 21.7° |
| December | 08:08 | 12:18 | 16:27 | 8 h 19 min | 18.2° |
A year of daylight in Neu-Ulm
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 Neu-Ulm
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: 1181 kWh per kWp.
72°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° | 978 | 83% | 0.64 | 7.3× |
| 15° | 1105 | 94% | 0.98 | 4.9× |
| 30° | 1172 | 99% | 1.26 | 3.7× |
| 38° year-round best | 1181 | 100% | 1.39 | 3.3× |
| 45° | 1173 | 99% | 1.48 | 2.9× |
| 48° = latitude | 1166 | 99% | 1.51 | 2.8× |
| 60° | 1110 | 94% | 1.60 | 2.4× |
| 70° | 1034 | 88% | 1.63 | 2.2× |
| 72° off-grid best | 1016 | 86% | 1.63 | 2.1× |
| 90° | 814 | 69% | 1.56 | 1.8× |
A fixed array in Neu-Ulm produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 72° it makes 1.63 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 38°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Neu-Ulm 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 snow | 1.03 | 2.07 | 1.87 | 1.63 | -1.2 °C |
| February snow | 1.84 | 2.96 | 2.67 | 2.50 | -0.3 °C |
| March | 3.06 | 3.76 | 3.34 | 3.53 | 3.7 °C |
| April | 4.39 | 4.07 | 3.55 | 4.24 | 8.5 °C |
| May | 5.08 | 3.81 | 3.25 | 4.30 | 12.7 °C |
| June | 5.70 | 3.86 | 3.24 | 4.52 | 16.7 °C |
| July | 5.56 | 3.91 | 3.27 | 4.47 | 18.5 °C |
| August | 4.75 | 4.00 | 3.35 | 4.20 | 18.1 °C |
| September | 3.52 | 3.86 | 3.30 | 3.66 | 13.7 °C |
| October | 2.17 | 3.09 | 2.69 | 2.68 | 9.2 °C |
| November | 1.16 | 2.08 | 1.84 | 1.68 | 3.8 °C |
| December snow | 0.83 | 1.82 | 1.63 | 1.39 | -0.1 °C |
| Year | 3.27 avg | 3.28 avg | 1034 kWh | 1181 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 720 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 850 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Neu-Ulm
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.
7.7 mrow pitch at 70°
6.2 mrow pitch at 38°
How Neu-Ulm compares in Germany
Against the other 959 places in Germany with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
83rdof 960 places in Germany for sunshine, shared: 3.27 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Germany: 1,181 against 1,097 kWh per kWp.
−44 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Berlin: 16 h 07 min against 16 h 50 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across Germany it runs from 38° in Munich to 41° in Flensburg.
Of the 960 places in Germany, Weil am Rhein and one other place get the most sun (3.42 peak sun hours a day) and Berlin and 3 other places the least (2.83); Neu-Ulm ranks joint 83rd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.63 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Germany. The shortest day lasts 8 h 19 min, +40 min compared with Berlin.
Solar forecast for Neu-Ulm, 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.