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Lower Silesia · Poland · 51.13° N · 16.98° E

Solar position in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne — computed for 51.13° N, 16.98° E, 117 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:30108° ESE
Sunset today17:41252° WSW
Best panel angle39°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle74°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation27.1°
At solar noon, 12:35Open on the sun map

Sun in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:39sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:1712° below
Civil dawn06:566° below
Sunrise07:30108° ESE
Golden hour ends08:17sun 6° up
Solar noon12:3527.1° high
Golden hour starts16:53sun 6° up
Sunset17:41252° WSW
Civil dusk18:156° below
Nautical dusk18:5312° below
Astronomical dusk19:3218° below
Day length10 h 11 min

Sun path diagram for Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne

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 solstice567891011121314151617181920EquinoxDecember solstice9101112131415Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 62.3° at solar noon in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne; on the December solstice only 15.5°. Sunrise swings from 49° NE in June to 128° SE in December — a 79° 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
January07:4312:0316:238 h 40 min19.1°
February06:5312:0517:1810 h 25 min28.4°
March05:5211:5918:0612 h 14 min39.2°
April05:4412:5119:5714 h 13 min50.8°
May04:5312:4820:4415 h 51 min59.1°
June04:3612:5321:1116 h 34 min62.3°
July05:0112:5820:5415 h 53 min59.3°
August05:4712:5520:0114 h 14 min50.9°
September06:3612:4418:5212 h 16 min39.5°
October07:2512:3617:4710 h 22 min28.1°
November07:1811:3715:568 h 38 min19.0°
December07:5311:5015:467 h 53 min15.5°

A year of daylight in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne

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 Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne

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

39°collects the most energy over a year: 1097 kWh per kWp.

74°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 39°Best worst-month 74°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°89682%0.469.6×
15°101993%0.726.4×
30°108699%0.944.8×
39° year-round best1097100%1.054.2×
45°1092100%1.113.8×
51° = latitude107898%1.163.5×
60°103995%1.223.2×
70°97189%1.252.9×
74° off-grid best93885%1.252.7×
90°77270%1.212.3×

A fixed array in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 74° it makes 1.25 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 39°, and costs 15% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 39° (year-round best).

012345January: 1.56 (70°)1.6JanFebruary: 2.22 (70°)2.2FebMarch: 2.99 (70°)3.0MarApril: 3.58 (70°)3.6AprMay: 3.40 (70°)3.4MayJune: 3.20 (70°)3.2JunJuly: 3.19 (70°)3.2JulAugust: 3.33 (70°)3.3AugSeptember: 3.21 (70°)3.2SepOctober: 2.47 (70°)2.5OctNovember: 1.52 (70°)1.5NovDecember: 1.25 (70°)1.2Dec39°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 39°Mean temp.
January snow0.781.731.561.31-2.6 °C
February snow1.492.472.222.07-1.0 °C
March2.653.372.993.123.0 °C
April4.214.123.584.188.9 °C
May5.103.993.404.3913.9 °C
June5.423.833.204.3318.1 °C
July5.213.853.194.2320.4 °C
August4.554.003.334.0720.0 °C
September3.263.773.213.4814.8 °C
October1.882.842.472.429.0 °C
November0.921.741.521.374.0 °C
December snow0.611.401.251.05-0.6 °C
Year3.01 avg3.09 avg971 kWh1097 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 940 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,120 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne

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.

9.3 mrow pitch at 70°

7.3 mrow pitch at 39°

Row spacing calculator

How Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne compares in Poland

Against the other 343 places in Poland with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

74thof 344 places in Poland for sunshine, shared: 3.02 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Poland: 1,097 against 1,094 kWh per kWp.

−12 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Warsaw: 16 h 34 min against 16 h 47 min.

39°best year-round tilt here; across Poland it runs from 39° in Warsaw to 41° in Bartoszyce.

Of the 344 places in Poland, Hrubieszów and 4 other places get the most sun (3.11 peak sun hours a day) and Kostrzyn nad Odrą and 3 other places the least (2.89); Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne ranks joint 74th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.25 kWh a day here, against 1.14 kWh on average in Poland. The shortest day lasts 7 h 53 min, +11 min compared with Warsaw.

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Solar forecast for Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne, 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 Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne

What is the best solar panel angle in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne is 39°, worth about 1097 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 74°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:30 and sets at 17:41 local time (UTC+2), giving 10 h 11 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:35.
How many peak sun hours does Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne get?
On a flat surface 3.0 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.6 in December to 5.4 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.4 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne?
At solar noon the sun stands 62.3° above the horizon on the June solstice and 15.5° on the December solstice.
Is Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne a good place for solar panels?
With 3.0 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Pilczyce-Kozanów-Popowice Północne ranks joint 74th of 344 places in Poland for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (39°) makes about 1,097 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in Poland.

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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.