Plzeň Region · Czechia · 49.75° N · 13.38° E
Solar position in Pilsen
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Pilsen — computed for 49.75° N, 13.38° E, 316 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Pilsen today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:54 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:31 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:09 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:42 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:27 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:50 | 28.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:12 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:58 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:31 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:08 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:45 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 16 min | |
Sun path diagram for Pilsen
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 63.7° at solar noon in Pilsen; on the December solstice only 16.9°. Sunrise swings from 51° NE in June to 127° SE in December — a 76° 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 | 07:52 | 12:17 | 16:43 | 8 h 50 min | 20.5° |
| February | 07:05 | 12:20 | 17:35 | 10 h 30 min | 29.8° |
| March | 06:07 | 12:13 | 18:20 | 12 h 13 min | 40.6° |
| April | 06:02 | 13:05 | 20:08 | 14 h 07 min | 52.2° |
| May | 05:14 | 13:03 | 20:52 | 15 h 39 min | 60.5° |
| June | 04:58 | 13:08 | 21:18 | 16 h 20 min | 63.7° |
| July | 05:22 | 13:12 | 21:03 | 15 h 41 min | 60.7° |
| August | 06:05 | 13:09 | 20:12 | 14 h 07 min | 52.3° |
| September | 06:51 | 12:59 | 19:07 | 12 h 16 min | 40.9° |
| October | 07:37 | 12:50 | 18:04 | 10 h 27 min | 29.5° |
| November | 07:27 | 11:52 | 16:16 | 8 h 49 min | 20.3° |
| December | 08:01 | 12:04 | 16:07 | 8 h 07 min | 16.9° |
A year of daylight in Pilsen
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 Pilsen
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
38°collects the most energy over a year: 1111 kWh per kWp.
73°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° | 919 | 83% | 0.53 | 8.4× |
| 15° | 1039 | 93% | 0.80 | 5.7× |
| 30° | 1102 | 99% | 1.04 | 4.3× |
| 38° year-round best | 1111 | 100% | 1.14 | 3.8× |
| 45° | 1105 | 99% | 1.21 | 3.4× |
| 50° = latitude | 1093 | 98% | 1.26 | 3.2× |
| 60° | 1048 | 94% | 1.32 | 2.9× |
| 70° | 979 | 88% | 1.35 | 2.6× |
| 73° off-grid best | 954 | 86% | 1.35 | 2.5× |
| 90° | 776 | 70% | 1.29 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Pilsen produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 73° it makes 1.35 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 38°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Pilsen at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 38° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 38° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.89 | 1.87 | 1.68 | 1.42 | -2.7 °C |
| February snow | 1.72 | 2.80 | 2.53 | 2.36 | -1.5 °C |
| March | 2.82 | 3.47 | 3.09 | 3.25 | 2.6 °C |
| April | 4.24 | 4.01 | 3.51 | 4.14 | 7.9 °C |
| May | 4.93 | 3.78 | 3.23 | 4.21 | 12.5 °C |
| June | 5.42 | 3.78 | 3.17 | 4.34 | 16.7 °C |
| July | 5.30 | 3.83 | 3.19 | 4.30 | 18.9 °C |
| August | 4.53 | 3.88 | 3.25 | 4.02 | 18.4 °C |
| September | 3.29 | 3.67 | 3.14 | 3.45 | 13.5 °C |
| October | 1.98 | 2.87 | 2.50 | 2.47 | 8.1 °C |
| November | 0.97 | 1.75 | 1.54 | 1.40 | 2.9 °C |
| December snow | 0.69 | 1.51 | 1.35 | 1.14 | -1.1 °C |
| Year | 3.07 avg | 3.10 avg | 979 kWh | 1111 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 880 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,030 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Pilsen
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.
8.4 mrow pitch at 70°
6.6 mrow pitch at 38°
How Pilsen compares in Czechia
Against the other 95 places in Czechia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
37thof 96 places in Czechia for sunshine, shared: 3.07 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Czechia: 1,111 against 1,107 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Prague: 16 h 20 min against 16 h 23 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across Czechia it runs from 38° in Prague to 39° in Ostrava.
Of the 96 places in Czechia, Břeclav gets the most sun (3.25 peak sun hours a day) and Děčín and 10 other places the least (2.96); Pilsen ranks joint 37th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.35 kWh a day here, against 1.35 kWh on average in Czechia. The shortest day lasts 8 h 07 min, +3 min compared with Prague.
Solar forecast for Pilsen, 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.