Ontario · Canada · 43.26° N · 79.09° W
Solar position in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Niagara-on-the-Lake — computed for 43.26° N, 79.09° W, 85 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Niagara-on-the-Lake today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:05 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:38 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:12 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:41 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:21 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:00 | 34.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:39 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:19 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:48 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:21 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:54 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 38 min | |
Sun path diagram for Niagara-on-the-Lake
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 70.2° at solar noon in Niagara-on-the-Lake; on the December solstice only 23.3°. Sunrise swings from 56° NE in June to 122° ESE in December — a 66° 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 | 07:41 | 12:27 | 17:13 | 9 h 32 min | 27.0° |
| February | 07:05 | 12:30 | 17:55 | 10 h 50 min | 36.4° |
| March | 07:17 | 13:23 | 19:29 | 12 h 12 min | 47.2° |
| April | 06:24 | 13:15 | 20:06 | 13 h 42 min | 58.8° |
| May | 05:46 | 13:13 | 20:39 | 14 h 53 min | 67.0° |
| June | 05:36 | 13:18 | 21:00 | 15 h 24 min | 70.2° |
| July | 05:55 | 13:22 | 20:49 | 14 h 54 min | 67.1° |
| August | 06:28 | 13:19 | 20:09 | 13 h 41 min | 58.7° |
| September | 07:02 | 13:09 | 19:15 | 12 h 13 min | 47.3° |
| October | 07:37 | 13:00 | 18:23 | 10 h 46 min | 35.9° |
| November | 07:17 | 12:02 | 16:47 | 9 h 30 min | 26.8° |
| December | 07:45 | 12:14 | 16:43 | 8 h 58 min | 23.3° |
A year of daylight in Niagara-on-the-Lake
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 Niagara-on-the-Lake
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
34°collects the most energy over a year: 1270 kWh per kWp.
67°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° | 1091 | 86% | 0.90 | 5.5× |
| 15° | 1212 | 95% | 1.24 | 4.0× |
| 30° | 1267 | 100% | 1.52 | 3.1× |
| 34° year-round best | 1270 | 100% | 1.58 | 3.0× |
| 43° = latitude | 1259 | 99% | 1.70 | 2.6× |
| 45° | 1253 | 99% | 1.72 | 2.5× |
| 60° | 1170 | 92% | 1.82 | 2.1× |
| 67° off-grid best | 1110 | 87% | 1.83 | 2.0× |
| 70° | 1081 | 85% | 1.83 | 2.0× |
| 90° | 834 | 66% | 1.71 | 1.7× |
A fixed array in Niagara-on-the-Lake produces the most over a year at 34°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 67° it makes 1.83 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 34°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Niagara-on-the-Lake at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 34° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 34° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.39 | 2.48 | 2.25 | 1.94 | -3.7 °C |
| February snow | 2.13 | 3.19 | 2.91 | 2.68 | -3.6 °C |
| March snow | 3.33 | 3.90 | 3.51 | 3.68 | 0.3 °C |
| April | 4.47 | 3.81 | 3.35 | 4.22 | 5.6 °C |
| May | 5.47 | 3.76 | 3.22 | 4.58 | 11.6 °C |
| June | 6.00 | 3.69 | 3.09 | 4.68 | 17.7 °C |
| July | 5.97 | 3.83 | 3.16 | 4.68 | 21.7 °C |
| August | 5.27 | 4.09 | 3.39 | 4.50 | 21.5 °C |
| September | 4.15 | 4.27 | 3.60 | 4.12 | 17.9 °C |
| October | 2.51 | 3.30 | 2.85 | 2.89 | 11.0 °C |
| November | 1.61 | 2.68 | 2.37 | 2.17 | 4.8 °C |
| December snow | 1.12 | 2.04 | 1.83 | 1.58 | -0.4 °C |
| Year | 3.63 avg | 3.42 avg | 1081 kWh | 1270 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 650 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 750 Wp at 34°. The steep array is 13% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Niagara-on-the-Lake
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.
5.8 mrow pitch at 70°
4.7 mrow pitch at 34°
How Niagara-on-the-Lake compares in Canada
Against the other 295 places in Canada with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
77thof 296 places in Canada for sunshine, shared: 3.63 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Canada: 1,270 against 1,292 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Toronto: 15 h 24 min against 15 h 27 min.
34°best year-round tilt here; across Canada it runs from 34° in Hamilton to 52° in Yellowknife.
Of the 296 places in Canada, Medicine Hat and one other place get the most sun (3.84 peak sun hours a day) and Terrace the least (2.57); Niagara-on-the-Lake ranks joint 77th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.83 kWh a day here, against 1.88 kWh on average in Canada. The shortest day lasts 8 h 58 min, +3 min compared with Toronto.
Solar forecast for Niagara-on-the-Lake, 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.