Lower Silesia · Poland · 51.50° N · 16.07° E
Solar position in Polkowice
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Polkowice — computed for 51.50° N, 16.07° E, 179 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Polkowice today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:44 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:23 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:02 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:36 | 109° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:24 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:39 | 26.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 15:54 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 16:42 | 251° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:16 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 17:55 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:33 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 05 min | |
Sun path diagram for Polkowice
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 61.9° at solar noon in Polkowice; on the December solstice only 15.1°. 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.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 07:48 | 12:07 | 16:25 | 8 h 37 min | 18.7° |
| February | 06:57 | 12:09 | 17:21 | 10 h 24 min | 28.1° |
| March | 05:56 | 12:03 | 18:10 | 12 h 14 min | 38.8° |
| April | 05:47 | 12:54 | 20:02 | 14 h 15 min | 50.5° |
| May | 04:55 | 12:52 | 20:49 | 15 h 54 min | 58.7° |
| June | 04:38 | 12:57 | 21:16 | 16 h 38 min | 61.9° |
| July | 05:03 | 13:02 | 20:59 | 15 h 56 min | 58.9° |
| August | 05:50 | 12:58 | 20:06 | 14 h 15 min | 50.5° |
| September | 06:40 | 12:48 | 18:56 | 12 h 17 min | 39.1° |
| October | 07:29 | 12:40 | 17:50 | 10 h 20 min | 27.7° |
| November | 07:23 | 11:41 | 15:59 | 8 h 35 min | 18.6° |
| December | 07:58 | 11:53 | 15:48 | 7 h 50 min | 15.1° |
A year of daylight in Polkowice
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 Polkowice
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: 1085 kWh per kWp.
74°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° | 885 | 82% | 0.43 | 10.1× |
| 15° | 1007 | 93% | 0.68 | 6.7× |
| 30° | 1073 | 99% | 0.90 | 5.0× |
| 39° year-round best | 1085 | 100% | 1.01 | 4.3× |
| 45° | 1080 | 100% | 1.07 | 4.0× |
| 52° = latitude | 1063 | 98% | 1.12 | 3.6× |
| 60° | 1027 | 95% | 1.17 | 3.3× |
| 70° | 961 | 89% | 1.20 | 3.0× |
| 74° off-grid best | 928 | 86% | 1.20 | 2.9× |
| 90° | 764 | 70% | 1.16 | 2.4× |
A fixed array in Polkowice produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 74° it makes 1.20 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 39°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Polkowice at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 39° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 39° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.75 | 1.61 | 1.45 | 1.24 | -1.7 °C |
| February snow | 1.45 | 2.45 | 2.20 | 2.04 | -0.2 °C |
| March | 2.61 | 3.34 | 2.96 | 3.08 | 3.5 °C |
| April | 4.20 | 4.13 | 3.59 | 4.18 | 9.4 °C |
| May | 5.06 | 3.98 | 3.38 | 4.35 | 14.4 °C |
| June | 5.41 | 3.85 | 3.21 | 4.33 | 18.4 °C |
| July | 5.19 | 3.85 | 3.18 | 4.21 | 20.6 °C |
| August | 4.49 | 3.96 | 3.29 | 4.01 | 20.2 °C |
| September | 3.24 | 3.76 | 3.19 | 3.46 | 15.2 °C |
| October | 1.86 | 2.82 | 2.45 | 2.39 | 9.5 °C |
| November | 0.89 | 1.68 | 1.47 | 1.32 | 4.4 °C |
| December snow | 0.58 | 1.35 | 1.20 | 1.01 | 0.1 °C |
| Year | 2.98 avg | 3.07 avg | 961 kWh | 1085 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 980 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,170 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Polkowice
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.
9.6 mrow pitch at 70°
7.5 mrow pitch at 39°
How Polkowice compares in Poland
Against the other 343 places in Poland with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
223rdof 344 places in Poland for sunshine, shared: 2.98 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Poland: 1,085 against 1,094 kWh per kWp.
−8 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Warsaw: 16 h 38 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); Polkowice ranks joint 223rd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.20 kWh a day here, against 1.14 kWh on average in Poland. The shortest day lasts 7 h 50 min, +8 min compared with Warsaw.
Solar forecast for Polkowice, 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.