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Nizhny Novgorod Oblast · Russia · 56.33° N · 44.00° E

Solar position in Nizhniy Novgorod

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Nizhniy Novgorod — computed for 56.33° N, 44.00° E, 141 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:54110° ESE
Sunset today16:40250° WSW
Best panel angle43°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle81°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation21.9°
At solar noon, 11:47Open on the sun map

Sun in Nizhniy Novgorod today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:48sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:3112° below
Civil dawn06:156° below
Sunrise06:54110° ESE
Golden hour ends07:49sun 6° up
Solar noon11:4721.9° high
Golden hour starts15:46sun 6° up
Sunset16:40250° WSW
Civil dusk17:196° below
Nautical dusk18:0312° below
Astronomical dusk18:4618° below
Day length9 h 46 min

Sun path diagram for Nizhniy Novgorod

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice4567891011121314151617181920EquinoxDecember solstice9101112131415Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 57.1° at solar noon in Nizhniy Novgorod; on the December solstice only 10.3°. Sunrise swings from 42° NE in June to 134° SE in December — a 92° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January08:1912:1516:117 h 52 min13.9°
February07:1612:1717:1910 h 03 min23.2°
March06:0412:1118:1912 h 15 min34.0°
April04:4312:0219:2314 h 41 min45.6°
May03:3912:0020:2316 h 44 min53.9°
June03:1412:0520:5717 h 42 min57.1°
July03:4612:1020:3316 h 48 min54.1°
August04:4512:0619:2714 h 42 min45.7°
September05:4611:5618:0612 h 19 min34.3°
October06:4811:4816:4810 h 00 min23.0°
November07:5311:4915:457 h 51 min13.8°
December08:3512:0115:286 h 52 min10.3°

A year of daylight in Nizhniy Novgorod

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Nizhniy Novgorod

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

43°collects the most energy over a year: 1112 kWh per kWp.

81°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 43°Best worst-month 81°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°86578%0.2419.5×
15°100390%0.4411.3×
30°108798%0.618.1×
43° year-round best1112100%0.746.5×
45°1111100%0.766.3×
56° = latitude109198%0.845.3×
60°107597%0.865.0×
70°101992%0.904.4×
81° off-grid best92984%0.924.2×
90°83775%0.914.1×

A fixed array in Nizhniy Novgorod produces the most over a year at 43°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 81° it makes 0.92 kWh per kWp a day, 23% more than at 43°, and costs 16% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Nizhniy Novgorod at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 43° (year-round best).

0123456January: 1.47 (70°)1.5JanFebruary: 2.65 (70°)2.6FebMarch: 4.01 (70°)4.0MarApril: 3.72 (70°)3.7AprMay: 3.93 (70°)3.9MayJune: 3.64 (70°)3.6JunJuly: 3.71 (70°)3.7JulAugust: 3.58 (70°)3.6AugSeptember: 2.93 (70°)2.9SepOctober: 1.84 (70°)1.8OctNovember: 1.10 (70°)1.1NovDecember: 0.90 (70°)0.9Dec43°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 43°Mean temp.
January snow0.561.581.471.23-12.4 °C
February snow1.362.832.652.36-11.2 °C
March snow2.804.364.013.84-5.1 °C
April3.944.193.724.183.5 °C
May5.404.593.934.8212.7 °C
June5.694.333.644.6616.3 °C
July5.604.453.714.6719.3 °C
August4.424.263.584.1817.5 °C
September2.713.402.933.0911.5 °C
October1.282.091.841.783.8 °C
November snow0.521.231.100.94-3.2 °C
December snow0.330.990.900.74-9.8 °C
Year2.89 avg3.19 avg1019 kWh1112 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 1,310 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,590 Wp at 43°. The steep array is 18% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Nizhniy Novgorod

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.

15.8 mrow pitch at 70°

12.4 mrow pitch at 43°

Row spacing calculator

How Nizhniy Novgorod compares in Russia

Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

636thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 2.89 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,112 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.

+9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 17 h 42 min against 17 h 34 min.

43°best year-round tilt here; across Russia it runs from 32° in Derbent to 54° in Yakutsk.

Of the 980 places in Russia, Novorossiysk gets the most sun (3.96 peak sun hours a day) and Polyarnyy the least (1.93); Nizhniy Novgorod ranks joint 636th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.90 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 6 h 52 min, −8 min compared with Moscow.

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Solar forecast for Nizhniy Novgorod, 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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Questions about the sun in Nizhniy Novgorod

What is the best solar panel angle in Nizhniy Novgorod?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Nizhniy Novgorod is 43°, worth about 1112 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 81°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Nizhniy Novgorod today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:54 and sets at 16:40 local time (UTC+3), giving 9 h 46 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:47.
How many peak sun hours does Nizhniy Novgorod get?
On a flat surface 2.9 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.3 in December to 5.7 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.0 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Nizhniy Novgorod?
At solar noon the sun stands 57.1° above the horizon on the June solstice and 10.3° on the December solstice.
Is Nizhniy Novgorod a good place for solar panels?
With 2.9 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Nizhniy Novgorod ranks joint 636th of 980 places in Russia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (43°) makes about 1,112 kWh a year here, 7% less than the average place in Russia.

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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.