Norway · 59.91° N · 10.75° E
Solar position in Oslo
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Oslo — computed for 59.91° N, 10.75° E, 26 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Oslo today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:58 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:46 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:34 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:18 | 112° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:21 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:00 | 18.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:40 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:43 | 247° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:26 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:14 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:02 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 25 min | |
Sun path diagram for Oslo
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 53.5° at solar noon in Oslo; on the December solstice only 6.8°. Sunrise swings from 35° NE in June to 140° SE in December — a 105° 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 | 08:53 | 12:28 | 16:03 | 7 h 10 min | 10.3° |
| February | 07:38 | 12:31 | 17:23 | 9 h 45 min | 19.7° |
| March | 06:15 | 12:24 | 18:33 | 12 h 18 min | 30.5° |
| April | 05:43 | 13:16 | 20:49 | 15 h 06 min | 42.1° |
| May | 04:26 | 13:13 | 22:01 | 17 h 35 min | 50.3° |
| June | 03:53 | 13:18 | 22:43 | 18 h 50 min | 53.5° |
| July | 04:33 | 13:23 | 22:11 | 17 h 39 min | 50.5° |
| August | 05:45 | 13:19 | 20:52 | 15 h 07 min | 42.1° |
| September | 06:58 | 13:09 | 19:20 | 12 h 21 min | 30.7° |
| October | 08:10 | 13:01 | 17:51 | 9 h 41 min | 19.3° |
| November | 08:28 | 12:02 | 15:36 | 7 h 07 min | 10.2° |
| December | 09:18 | 12:15 | 15:11 | 5 h 54 min | 6.8° |
A year of daylight in Oslo
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 Oslo
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
46°collects the most energy over a year: 1035 kWh per kWp.
84°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° | 780 | 75% | 0.12 | 39.8× |
| 15° | 917 | 89% | 0.26 | 19.1× |
| 30° | 1004 | 97% | 0.39 | 12.7× |
| 45° | 1035 | 100% | 0.51 | 9.4× |
| 46° year-round best | 1035 | 100% | 0.51 | 9.2× |
| 60° = latitude | 1008 | 97% | 0.59 | 7.3× |
| 70° | 959 | 93% | 0.62 | 6.2× |
| 84° off-grid best | 853 | 82% | 0.64 | 5.1× |
| 90° | 795 | 77% | 0.64 | 5.0× |
A fixed array in Oslo produces the most over a year at 46°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 84° it makes 0.64 kWh per kWp a day, 25% more than at 46°, and costs 18% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Oslo at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 46° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 46° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.29 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 0.72 | -5.5 °C |
| February snow | 0.89 | 2.06 | 1.87 | 1.67 | -5.1 °C |
| March snow | 2.29 | 3.84 | 3.48 | 3.38 | -1.9 °C |
| April | 3.74 | 4.24 | 3.76 | 4.12 | 3.8 °C |
| May | 4.92 | 4.39 | 3.80 | 4.50 | 9.4 °C |
| June | 5.66 | 4.53 | 3.85 | 4.74 | 13.6 °C |
| July | 5.11 | 4.27 | 3.60 | 4.35 | 15.9 °C |
| August | 3.98 | 3.99 | 3.39 | 3.85 | 14.6 °C |
| September | 2.61 | 3.56 | 3.08 | 3.19 | 10.5 °C |
| October | 1.21 | 2.38 | 2.09 | 1.97 | 4.6 °C |
| November snow | 0.41 | 1.24 | 1.10 | 0.95 | -0.3 °C |
| December snow | 0.18 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.51 | -4.5 °C |
| Year | 2.62 avg | 3.02 avg | 959 kWh | 1035 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 1,890 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 2,300 Wp at 46°. The steep array is 18% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Oslo
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.
31.5 mrow pitch at 70°
25.0 mrow pitch at 46°
How Oslo compares in Norway
Against the other 39 places in Norway with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
14thof 40 places in Norway for sunshine, shared: 2.62 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Norway: 1,035 against 967 kWh per kWp.
−54 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with the average place in Norway: 18 h 50 min against 19 h 44 min.
46°best year-round tilt here; across Norway it runs from 42° in Bergen to 48° in Tromsø.
Of the 40 places in Norway, Grimstad gets the most sun (2.78 peak sun hours a day) and Tromsø and one other place the least (1.95); Oslo ranks joint 14th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.62 kWh a day here, against 0.41 kWh on average in Norway. The shortest day lasts 5 h 54 min, +54 min compared with the average.
Solar forecast for Oslo, 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.