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Saskatchewan · Canada · 53.20° N · 105.77° W

Solar position in Prince Albert

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Prince Albert — computed for 53.20° N, 105.77° W, 431 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:46109° ESE
Sunset today17:46251° WSW
Best panel angle46°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle76°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation24.9°
At solar noon, 12:46Open on the sun map

Sun in Prince Albert today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:50sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:3012° below
Civil dawn07:106° below
Sunrise07:46109° ESE
Golden hour ends08:36sun 6° up
Solar noon12:4624.9° high
Golden hour starts16:56sun 6° up
Sunset17:46251° WSW
Civil dusk18:226° below
Nautical dusk19:0312° below
Astronomical dusk19:4318° below
Day length10 h 00 min

Sun path diagram for Prince Albert

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 solstice56789101112131415161718192021EquinoxDecember solstice10111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
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On the June solstice the sun reaches 60.2° at solar noon in Prince Albert; on the December solstice only 13.4°. Sunrise swings from 47° NE in June to 130° SE in December — a 83° 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
January09:0213:1417:268 h 24 min17.1°
February08:0713:1618:2610 h 19 min26.5°
March07:0213:1019:1812 h 16 min37.3°
April05:5013:0120:1414 h 25 min48.9°
May04:5412:5921:0516 h 11 min57.1°
June04:3513:0421:3416 h 58 min60.2°
July05:0313:0921:1416 h 12 min57.2°
August05:5413:0520:1614 h 23 min48.7°
September06:4712:5519:0312 h 16 min37.3°
October07:4112:4717:5310 h 12 min25.9°
November08:3812:4816:588 h 20 min16.8°
December09:1513:0116:477 h 32 min13.4°

A year of daylight in Prince Albert

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 Prince Albert

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

46°collects the most energy over a year: 1409 kWh per kWp.

76°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 46°Best worst-month 76°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°104874%0.578.6×
15°124088%1.045.0×
30°136397%1.463.6×
45°1409100%1.802.9×
46° year-round best1409100%1.822.9×
53° = latitude140299%1.942.8×
60°137798%2.032.7×
70°131393%2.112.6×
76° off-grid best126089%2.142.5×
90°109578%2.112.4×

A fixed array in Prince Albert produces the most over a year at 46°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 76° it makes 2.14 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 46°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Prince Albert at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 46° (year-round best).

0123456January: 2.88 (70°)2.9JanFebruary: 4.43 (70°)4.4FebMarch: 5.41 (70°)5.4MarApril: 4.36 (70°)4.4AprMay: 4.04 (70°)4.0MayJune: 3.53 (70°)3.5JunJuly: 3.78 (70°)3.8JulAugust: 3.84 (70°)3.8AugSeptember: 3.70 (70°)3.7SepOctober: 3.04 (70°)3.0OctNovember: 2.11 (70°)2.1NovDecember: 2.11 (70°)2.1Dec46°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 46°Mean temp.
January snow1.073.012.882.51-16.5 °C
February snow2.224.644.434.07-15.2 °C
March snow3.735.835.415.29-7.4 °C
April4.784.884.364.962.4 °C
May5.794.674.045.0110.0 °C
June5.774.173.534.5315.5 °C
July6.004.523.784.8018.8 °C
August4.934.553.844.5317.4 °C
September3.444.283.703.9611.2 °C
October1.993.413.042.982.5 °C
November snow0.962.292.111.88-6.8 °C
December snow0.732.232.111.82-14.5 °C
Year3.46 avg4.04 avg1313 kWh1409 kWh

Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through November on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 560 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 650 Wp at 46°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Prince Albert

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.

11.1 mrow pitch at 70°

9.4 mrow pitch at 46°

Row spacing calculator

How Prince Albert compares in Canada

Against the other 295 places in Canada with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

219thof 296 places in Canada for sunshine, shared: 3.46 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Canada: 1,409 against 1,292 kWh per kWp.

+1 h 31 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Toronto: 16 h 58 min against 15 h 27 min.

46°best year-round tilt here; across Canada it runs from 34° in Hamilton to 52° in Yellowknife.

Of the 296 places in Canada, Medicine Hat and one other place get the most sun (3.84 peak sun hours a day) and Terrace the least (2.57); Prince Albert ranks joint 219th. In its darkest month, November, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.11 kWh a day here, against 1.88 kWh on average in Canada. The shortest day lasts 7 h 32 min, −1 h 24 min compared with Toronto.

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Solar forecast for Prince Albert, 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 Prince Albert

What is the best solar panel angle in Prince Albert?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Prince Albert is 46°, worth about 1409 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 76°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Prince Albert today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:46 and sets at 17:46 local time (UTC−6), giving 10 h 00 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:46.
How many peak sun hours does Prince Albert get?
On a flat surface 3.5 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.7 in December to 6.0 in July. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.3 sun hours a day in November.
How high does the sun get in Prince Albert?
At solar noon the sun stands 60.2° above the horizon on the June solstice and 13.4° on the December solstice.
Is Prince Albert a good place for solar panels?
With 3.5 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Prince Albert ranks joint 219th of 296 places in Canada for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (46°) makes about 1,409 kWh a year here, 9% more than the average place in Canada.

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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.