Dnipropetrovsk · Ukraine · 47.57° N · 34.39° E
Solar position in Nikopol
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Nikopol — computed for 47.57° N, 34.39° E, 45 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Nikopol today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:30 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:06 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:42 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:14 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:57 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:26 | 30.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:55 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:38 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:10 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:45 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:21 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 24 min | |
Sun path diagram for Nikopol
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 65.9° at solar noon in Nikopol; on the December solstice only 19.0°. Sunrise swings from 53° NE in June to 125° SE in December — a 72° 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 | 07:21 | 11:53 | 16:26 | 9 h 05 min | 22.6° |
| February | 06:38 | 11:56 | 17:14 | 10 h 37 min | 32.0° |
| March | 05:43 | 11:49 | 17:56 | 12 h 12 min | 42.8° |
| April | 05:43 | 12:41 | 19:40 | 13 h 57 min | 54.4° |
| May | 04:58 | 12:39 | 20:20 | 15 h 22 min | 62.7° |
| June | 04:44 | 12:44 | 20:43 | 15 h 59 min | 65.9° |
| July | 05:06 | 12:48 | 20:30 | 15 h 24 min | 62.9° |
| August | 05:46 | 12:45 | 19:44 | 13 h 58 min | 54.5° |
| September | 06:27 | 12:35 | 18:42 | 12 h 15 min | 43.1° |
| October | 07:09 | 12:26 | 17:43 | 10 h 34 min | 31.7° |
| November | 06:55 | 11:28 | 16:00 | 9 h 04 min | 22.5° |
| December | 07:27 | 11:40 | 15:53 | 8 h 26 min | 19.0° |
A year of daylight in Nikopol
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 Nikopol
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
37°collects the most energy over a year: 1301 kWh per kWp.
71°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° | 1085 | 83% | 0.62 | 8.5× |
| 15° | 1224 | 94% | 0.91 | 5.9× |
| 30° | 1294 | 99% | 1.16 | 4.5× |
| 37° year-round best | 1301 | 100% | 1.26 | 4.0× |
| 45° | 1290 | 99% | 1.35 | 3.6× |
| 48° = latitude | 1280 | 98% | 1.38 | 3.5× |
| 60° | 1213 | 93% | 1.46 | 3.0× |
| 70° | 1125 | 86% | 1.48 | 2.7× |
| 71° off-grid best | 1114 | 86% | 1.48 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 872 | 67% | 1.41 | 2.2× |
A fixed array in Nikopol produces the most over a year at 37°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 71° it makes 1.48 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 37°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Nikopol at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 37° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 37° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.02 | 2.06 | 1.87 | 1.58 | -3.9 °C |
| February snow | 1.85 | 3.03 | 2.75 | 2.50 | -2.1 °C |
| March | 3.07 | 3.70 | 3.29 | 3.49 | 3.6 °C |
| April | 4.76 | 4.43 | 3.83 | 4.61 | 10.6 °C |
| May | 6.01 | 4.41 | 3.71 | 5.02 | 17.8 °C |
| June | 6.49 | 4.25 | 3.50 | 5.03 | 22.1 °C |
| July | 6.45 | 4.41 | 3.60 | 5.06 | 24.9 °C |
| August | 5.74 | 4.81 | 3.95 | 5.02 | 24.4 °C |
| September | 4.09 | 4.62 | 3.89 | 4.30 | 18.1 °C |
| October | 2.44 | 3.67 | 3.18 | 3.12 | 10.4 °C |
| November | 1.19 | 2.17 | 1.91 | 1.73 | 3.7 °C |
| December snow | 0.79 | 1.65 | 1.48 | 1.26 | -1.3 °C |
| Year | 3.67 avg | 3.60 avg | 1125 kWh | 1301 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 800 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 940 Wp at 37°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Nikopol
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.
7.3 mrow pitch at 70°
5.8 mrow pitch at 37°
How Nikopol compares in Ukraine
Against the other 271 places in Ukraine with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
39thof 272 places in Ukraine for sunshine: 3.67 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ukraine: 1,301 against 1,242 kWh per kWp.
−28 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kyiv: 15 h 59 min against 16 h 27 min.
37°best year-round tilt here; across Ukraine it runs from 33° in Sevastopol to 40° in Novhorod-Siverskyi.
Of the 272 places in Ukraine, Balaklava and one other place get the most sun (4.05 peak sun hours a day) and Mostyska and 2 other places the least (3.11); Nikopol ranks 39th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.48 kWh a day here, against 1.38 kWh on average in Ukraine. The shortest day lasts 8 h 26 min, +26 min compared with Kyiv.
Solar forecast for Nikopol, 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.