Kosovo · 42.67° N · 21.17° E
Solar position in Pristina
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Pristina — computed for 42.67° N, 21.17° E, 597 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Pristina today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:24 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:57 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:30 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:59 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:38 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:19 | 35.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:00 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:39 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:08 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:41 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:13 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 40 min | |
Sun path diagram for Pristina
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 70.8° at solar noon in Pristina; on the December solstice only 23.9°. Sunrise swings from 56° ENE in June to 122° ESE in December — a 66° 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 | 06:59 | 11:46 | 16:34 | 9 h 35 min | 27.5° |
| February | 06:23 | 11:49 | 17:14 | 10 h 51 min | 36.9° |
| March | 05:37 | 11:42 | 17:48 | 12 h 11 min | 47.7° |
| April | 05:44 | 12:34 | 19:24 | 13 h 39 min | 59.3° |
| May | 05:07 | 12:31 | 19:56 | 14 h 49 min | 67.6° |
| June | 04:57 | 12:37 | 20:16 | 15 h 19 min | 70.8° |
| July | 05:16 | 12:41 | 20:06 | 14 h 51 min | 67.8° |
| August | 05:48 | 12:38 | 19:28 | 13 h 40 min | 59.4° |
| September | 06:21 | 12:28 | 18:34 | 12 h 13 min | 47.9° |
| October | 06:55 | 12:19 | 17:43 | 10 h 48 min | 36.6° |
| November | 06:34 | 11:20 | 16:07 | 9 h 34 min | 27.4° |
| December | 07:02 | 11:33 | 16:04 | 9 h 02 min | 23.9° |
A year of daylight in Pristina
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 Pristina
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
34°collects the most energy over a year: 1367 kWh per kWp.
68°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° | 1170 | 86% | 1.05 | 5.1× |
| 15° | 1304 | 95% | 1.49 | 3.6× |
| 30° | 1364 | 100% | 1.85 | 2.8× |
| 34° year-round best | 1367 | 100% | 1.93 | 2.7× |
| 43° = latitude | 1354 | 99% | 2.08 | 2.3× |
| 45° | 1348 | 99% | 2.10 | 2.3× |
| 60° | 1256 | 92% | 2.23 | 1.9× |
| 68° off-grid best | 1178 | 86% | 2.25 | 1.7× |
| 70° | 1156 | 85% | 2.25 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 881 | 64% | 2.11 | 1.5× |
A fixed array in Pristina produces the most over a year at 34°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 68° it makes 2.25 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 34°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Pristina at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 34° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 34° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.55 | 2.78 | 2.52 | 2.21 | -1.7 °C |
| February snow | 2.38 | 3.46 | 3.12 | 2.97 | 0.0 °C |
| March | 3.45 | 3.80 | 3.38 | 3.71 | 4.2 °C |
| April | 4.61 | 3.88 | 3.37 | 4.26 | 9.0 °C |
| May | 5.53 | 3.77 | 3.21 | 4.56 | 14.0 °C |
| June | 6.35 | 3.81 | 3.18 | 4.90 | 18.4 °C |
| July | 6.59 | 4.07 | 3.36 | 5.11 | 21.4 °C |
| August | 5.90 | 4.50 | 3.73 | 5.03 | 21.7 °C |
| September | 4.24 | 4.30 | 3.65 | 4.21 | 16.4 °C |
| October | 2.96 | 4.02 | 3.49 | 3.51 | 10.8 °C |
| November | 1.83 | 3.12 | 2.76 | 2.52 | 5.4 °C |
| December snow | 1.30 | 2.50 | 2.25 | 1.93 | -0.1 °C |
| Year | 3.90 avg | 3.67 avg | 1156 kWh | 1367 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 520 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 610 Wp at 34°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Pristina
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.
5.6 mrow pitch at 70°
4.6 mrow pitch at 34°
How Pristina compares in Kosovo
Against the other 20 places in Kosovo with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
10thof 21 places in Kosovo for sunshine, shared: 3.90 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Kosovo: 1,367 against 1,370 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with the average place in Kosovo: 15 h 19 min against 15 h 19 min.
34°best year-round tilt here; across Kosovo it runs from 34° in Pristina to 35° in Istok.
Of the 21 places in Kosovo, Dragash gets the most sun (3.98 peak sun hours a day) and Leposaviq the least (3.81); Pristina ranks joint 10th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.25 kWh a day here, against 2.30 kWh on average in Kosovo. The shortest day lasts 9 h 02 min, −1 min compared with the average.
Solar forecast for Pristina, 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.