Yaroslavl Oblast · Russia · 56.74° N · 38.86° E
Solar position in Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy — computed for 56.74° N, 38.86° E, 149 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:08 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:52 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:36 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:16 | 110° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:11 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:08 | 21.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:04 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:00 | 249° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:39 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:23 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:07 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 44 min | |
Sun path diagram for Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy
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 56.7° at solar noon in Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy; on the December solstice only 9.9°. Sunrise swings from 42° NE in June to 135° SE in December — a 93° 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 | 08:42 | 12:36 | 16:30 | 7 h 48 min | 13.5° |
| February | 07:37 | 12:38 | 17:39 | 10 h 02 min | 22.8° |
| March | 06:24 | 12:32 | 18:40 | 12 h 16 min | 33.6° |
| April | 05:02 | 12:23 | 19:45 | 14 h 43 min | 45.2° |
| May | 03:57 | 12:21 | 20:46 | 16 h 49 min | 53.5° |
| June | 03:31 | 12:26 | 21:20 | 17 h 49 min | 56.7° |
| July | 04:04 | 12:30 | 20:56 | 16 h 53 min | 53.7° |
| August | 05:04 | 12:27 | 19:49 | 14 h 45 min | 45.3° |
| September | 06:07 | 12:17 | 18:26 | 12 h 20 min | 33.9° |
| October | 07:09 | 12:08 | 17:07 | 9 h 58 min | 22.5° |
| November | 08:16 | 12:10 | 16:03 | 7 h 47 min | 13.4° |
| December | 08:59 | 12:22 | 15:45 | 6 h 46 min | 9.9° |
A year of daylight in Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy
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 Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
44°collects the most energy over a year: 1091 kWh per kWp.
81°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° | 844 | 77% | 0.21 | 21.0× |
| 15° | 981 | 90% | 0.38 | 12.5× |
| 30° | 1065 | 98% | 0.53 | 9.1× |
| 44° year-round best | 1091 | 100% | 0.65 | 7.2× |
| 45° | 1090 | 100% | 0.65 | 7.1× |
| 57° = latitude | 1068 | 98% | 0.73 | 6.0× |
| 60° | 1056 | 97% | 0.74 | 5.7× |
| 70° | 1001 | 92% | 0.77 | 5.4× |
| 81° off-grid best | 914 | 84% | 0.79 | 5.2× |
| 90° | 824 | 76% | 0.78 | 5.0× |
A fixed array in Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy produces the most over a year at 44°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 81° it makes 0.79 kWh per kWp a day, 21% more than at 44°, and costs 16% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 44° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 44° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.54 | 1.53 | 1.42 | 1.20 | -11.2 °C |
| February snow | 1.39 | 2.89 | 2.70 | 2.42 | -10.1 °C |
| March snow | 2.85 | 4.53 | 4.16 | 3.99 | -4.5 °C |
| April | 3.97 | 4.26 | 3.78 | 4.23 | 3.6 °C |
| May | 5.23 | 4.47 | 3.84 | 4.68 | 12.2 °C |
| June | 5.52 | 4.20 | 3.55 | 4.51 | 15.7 °C |
| July | 5.39 | 4.30 | 3.59 | 4.49 | 18.8 °C |
| August | 4.26 | 4.15 | 3.50 | 4.06 | 16.9 °C |
| September | 2.65 | 3.39 | 2.92 | 3.07 | 11.2 °C |
| October | 1.21 | 1.96 | 1.71 | 1.67 | 3.9 °C |
| November snow | 0.47 | 1.12 | 0.99 | 0.86 | -2.5 °C |
| December snow | 0.30 | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0.65 | -8.3 °C |
| Year | 2.82 avg | 3.14 avg | 1001 kWh | 1091 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 1,530 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,820 Wp at 44°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy
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.
16.8 mrow pitch at 70°
13.3 mrow pitch at 44°
How Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy compares in Russia
Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
756thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 2.82 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,091 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.
+16 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 17 h 49 min against 17 h 34 min.
44°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); Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy ranks joint 756th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.77 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 6 h 46 min, −14 min compared with Moscow.
Solar forecast for Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy, 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.