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Karelia · Russia · 61.78° N · 34.35° E

Solar position in Petrozavodsk

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Petrozavodsk — computed for 61.78° N, 34.35° E, 73 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:50114° ESE
Sunset today17:02246° WSW
Best panel angle45°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle83°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation16.5°
At solar noon, 12:26Open on the sun map

Sun in Petrozavodsk today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:21sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:1212° below
Civil dawn07:046° below
Sunrise07:50114° ESE
Golden hour ends08:58sun 6° up
Solar noon12:2616.5° high
Golden hour starts15:54sun 6° up
Sunset17:02246° WSW
Civil dusk17:486° below
Nautical dusk18:3912° below
Astronomical dusk19:3018° below
Day length9 h 12 min

Sun path diagram for Petrozavodsk

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 solstice45678910111213141516171819202122EquinoxDecember solstice11121314Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 51.7° at solar noon in Petrozavodsk; on the December solstice only 4.9°. Sunrise swings from 30° NNE in June to 145° SE in December — a 115° 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
January09:3312:5416:146 h 41 min8.5°
February08:0912:5617:439 h 34 min17.8°
March06:4112:5018:5912 h 19 min28.6°
April05:0112:4120:2215 h 21 min40.2°
May03:3612:3921:4418 h 08 min48.5°
June02:5512:4422:3319 h 38 min51.7°
July03:4112:4821:5418 h 13 min48.7°
August05:0312:4520:2615 h 23 min40.3°
September06:2312:3518:4612 h 23 min28.9°
October07:4212:2617:119 h 29 min17.5°
November09:0812:2815:476 h 39 min8.4°
December10:0312:4015:175 h 14 min4.9°

A year of daylight in Petrozavodsk

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 Petrozavodsk

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

45°collects the most energy over a year: 958 kWh per kWp.

83°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 45°Best worst-month 83°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°73877%0.0760.8×
15°85990%0.1336.9×
30°93397%0.1826.6×
45° year-round best958100%0.2220.7×
60°93197%0.2516.8×
62° = latitude92496%0.2616.4×
70°88592%0.2714.7×
83° off-grid best79683%0.2712.8×
90°73677%0.2712.5×

A fixed array in Petrozavodsk produces the most over a year at 45°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 83° it makes 0.27 kWh per kWp a day, 22% more than at 45°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Petrozavodsk at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 45° (year-round best).

012345January: 0.70 (70°)0.7JanFebruary: 1.77 (70°)1.8FebMarch: 3.57 (70°)3.6MarApril: 3.83 (70°)3.8AprMay: 3.91 (70°)3.9MayJune: 3.75 (70°)3.7JunJuly: 3.58 (70°)3.6JulAugust: 3.32 (70°)3.3AugSeptember: 2.52 (70°)2.5SepOctober: 1.30 (70°)1.3OctNovember: 0.57 (70°)0.6NovDecember: 0.27 (70°)0.3Dec45°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 45°Mean temp.
January snow0.230.770.700.58-12.3 °C
February snow0.831.911.771.56-11.1 °C
March snow2.213.883.573.35-5.6 °C
April3.754.283.834.161.8 °C
May4.944.523.914.599.9 °C
June5.414.433.754.5814.4 °C
July5.014.293.584.3117.9 °C
August3.813.933.323.7415.7 °C
September2.212.932.522.6110.4 °C
October0.881.491.301.242.9 °C
November snow0.270.650.570.49-4.1 °C
December snow0.110.310.270.22-9.0 °C
Year2.48 avg2.79 avg885 kWh958 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 4,430 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 5,300 Wp at 45°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Petrozavodsk

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.

—The winter sun stays too low for rows to be shade-free; use a single row.

Row spacing calculator

How Petrozavodsk compares in Russia

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

930thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 2.48 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−20%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 958 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.

+2 h 05 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 19 h 38 min against 17 h 34 min.

45°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); Petrozavodsk ranks joint 930th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.27 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 5 h 14 min, −1 h 46 min compared with Moscow.

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Solar forecast for Petrozavodsk, 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 Petrozavodsk

What is the best solar panel angle in Petrozavodsk?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Petrozavodsk is 45°, worth about 958 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 83°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Petrozavodsk today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:50 and sets at 17:02 local time (UTC+3), giving 9 h 12 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:26.
How many peak sun hours does Petrozavodsk get?
On a flat surface 2.5 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.1 in December to 5.4 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 0.3 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Petrozavodsk?
At solar noon the sun stands 51.7° above the horizon on the June solstice and 4.9° on the December solstice.
Is Petrozavodsk a good place for solar panels?
With 2.5 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Petrozavodsk ranks joint 930th of 980 places in Russia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (45°) makes about 958 kWh a year here, 20% 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.