South Denmark · Denmark · 55.40° N · 10.39° E
Solar position in Odense
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Odense — computed for 55.40° N, 10.39° E, 17 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Odense today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:03 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:46 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:28 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:06 | 110° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:00 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:02 | 22.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:04 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:57 | 250° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:35 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:18 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:00 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 51 min | |
Sun path diagram for Odense
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 58.1° at solar noon in Odense; on the December solstice only 11.2°. Sunrise swings from 44° NE in June to 133° SE in December — a 89° 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 | 08:28 | 12:29 | 16:31 | 8 h 02 min | 14.8° |
| February | 07:28 | 12:32 | 17:36 | 10 h 08 min | 24.2° |
| March | 06:18 | 12:25 | 18:33 | 12 h 16 min | 35.0° |
| April | 06:00 | 13:17 | 20:35 | 14 h 35 min | 46.6° |
| May | 04:58 | 13:15 | 21:32 | 16 h 33 min | 54.9° |
| June | 04:36 | 13:20 | 22:04 | 17 h 28 min | 58.1° |
| July | 05:06 | 13:24 | 21:42 | 16 h 36 min | 55.0° |
| August | 06:02 | 13:21 | 20:39 | 14 h 36 min | 46.6° |
| September | 07:01 | 13:11 | 19:20 | 12 h 18 min | 35.2° |
| October | 08:00 | 13:02 | 18:04 | 10 h 04 min | 23.9° |
| November | 08:03 | 12:04 | 16:04 | 8 h 00 min | 14.7° |
| December | 08:44 | 12:16 | 15:48 | 7 h 05 min | 11.2° |
A year of daylight in Odense
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 Odense
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
41°collects the most energy over a year: 1076 kWh per kWp.
75°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° | 856 | 80% | 0.24 | 19.8× |
| 15° | 986 | 92% | 0.40 | 12.3× |
| 30° | 1060 | 99% | 0.55 | 9.0× |
| 41° year-round best | 1076 | 100% | 0.63 | 7.5× |
| 45° | 1074 | 100% | 0.66 | 7.1× |
| 55° = latitude | 1049 | 97% | 0.71 | 6.2× |
| 60° | 1027 | 95% | 0.73 | 5.8× |
| 70° | 963 | 90% | 0.75 | 5.2× |
| 75° off-grid best | 923 | 86% | 0.76 | 5.0× |
| 90° | 770 | 72% | 0.73 | 4.2× |
A fixed array in Odense produces the most over a year at 41°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 75° it makes 0.76 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 41°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Odense at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 41° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 41° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.47 | 1.14 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 1.2 °C |
| February | 1.10 | 1.99 | 1.77 | 1.64 | 1.1 °C |
| March | 2.52 | 3.62 | 3.23 | 3.25 | 3.0 °C |
| April | 4.21 | 4.50 | 3.95 | 4.45 | 6.9 °C |
| May | 5.32 | 4.45 | 3.82 | 4.76 | 11.5 °C |
| June | 5.71 | 4.28 | 3.62 | 4.72 | 15.0 °C |
| July | 5.28 | 4.15 | 3.48 | 4.44 | 17.3 °C |
| August | 4.28 | 4.02 | 3.38 | 3.99 | 17.3 °C |
| September | 3.03 | 3.78 | 3.23 | 3.41 | 14.2 °C |
| October | 1.54 | 2.58 | 2.23 | 2.13 | 10.1 °C |
| November | 0.62 | 1.37 | 1.18 | 1.04 | 6.0 °C |
| December | 0.34 | 0.87 | 0.75 | 0.63 | 2.7 °C |
| Year | 2.88 avg | 3.07 avg | 963 kWh | 1076 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 1,570 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,860 Wp at 41°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Odense
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.
14.0 mrow pitch at 70°
10.8 mrow pitch at 41°
How Odense compares in Denmark
Against the other 59 places in Denmark with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
15thof 60 places in Denmark for sunshine, shared: 2.88 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Denmark: 1,076 against 1,077 kWh per kWp.
−4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Copenhagen: 17 h 28 min against 17 h 32 min.
41°best year-round tilt here; across Denmark it runs from 40° in Nykøbing Falster to 42° in Århus.
Of the 60 places in Denmark, Køge and one other place get the most sun (2.90 peak sun hours a day) and Viborg the least (2.81); Odense ranks joint 15th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.75 kWh a day here, against 0.77 kWh on average in Denmark. The shortest day lasts 7 h 05 min, +4 min compared with Copenhagen.
Solar forecast for Odense, 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.