Grand Est · France · 49.10° N · 6.70° E
Solar position in Saint-Avold
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Saint-Avold — computed for 49.10° N, 6.70° E, 231 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Saint-Avold today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:21 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:58 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:35 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:07 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:52 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:17 | 29.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:41 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:26 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:58 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:35 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:12 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 19 min | |
Sun path diagram for Saint-Avold
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 64.3° at solar noon in Saint-Avold; on the December solstice only 17.5°. Sunrise swings from 51° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 75° 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 | 08:17 | 12:44 | 17:12 | 8 h 55 min | 21.1° |
| February | 07:31 | 12:47 | 18:03 | 10 h 32 min | 30.5° |
| March | 06:34 | 12:40 | 18:47 | 12 h 13 min | 41.3° |
| April | 06:30 | 13:32 | 20:34 | 14 h 04 min | 52.9° |
| May | 05:43 | 13:29 | 21:16 | 15 h 34 min | 61.1° |
| June | 05:28 | 13:34 | 21:41 | 16 h 13 min | 64.3° |
| July | 05:51 | 13:39 | 21:27 | 15 h 36 min | 61.3° |
| August | 06:33 | 13:36 | 20:38 | 14 h 04 min | 52.9° |
| September | 07:18 | 13:25 | 19:33 | 12 h 15 min | 41.5° |
| October | 08:03 | 13:17 | 18:31 | 10 h 29 min | 30.1° |
| November | 07:52 | 12:18 | 16:45 | 8 h 53 min | 21.0° |
| December | 08:24 | 12:31 | 16:37 | 8 h 13 min | 17.5° |
A year of daylight in Saint-Avold
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 Saint-Avold
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: 1153 kWh per kWp.
70°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° | 956 | 83% | 0.55 | 8.6× |
| 15° | 1081 | 94% | 0.84 | 5.8× |
| 30° | 1145 | 99% | 1.09 | 4.4× |
| 38° year-round best | 1153 | 100% | 1.19 | 3.8× |
| 45° | 1145 | 99% | 1.27 | 3.5× |
| 49° = latitude | 1134 | 98% | 1.30 | 3.3× |
| 60° | 1082 | 94% | 1.37 | 2.9× |
| 70° off-grid best | 1007 | 87% | 1.39 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 789 | 68% | 1.31 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Saint-Avold produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 70° it makes 1.39 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 38°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Saint-Avold 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 | 0.90 | 1.84 | 1.64 | 1.42 | 0.3 °C |
| February | 1.65 | 2.62 | 2.34 | 2.23 | 1.1 °C |
| March | 2.91 | 3.61 | 3.20 | 3.36 | 4.5 °C |
| April | 4.40 | 4.14 | 3.60 | 4.27 | 8.9 °C |
| May | 5.15 | 3.91 | 3.33 | 4.38 | 13.0 °C |
| June | 5.73 | 3.94 | 3.31 | 4.57 | 17.1 °C |
| July | 5.55 | 3.96 | 3.30 | 4.48 | 19.2 °C |
| August | 4.67 | 3.98 | 3.33 | 4.14 | 18.7 °C |
| September | 3.57 | 4.01 | 3.42 | 3.76 | 14.5 °C |
| October | 2.07 | 2.99 | 2.59 | 2.57 | 9.8 °C |
| November | 1.04 | 1.87 | 1.64 | 1.49 | 4.8 °C |
| December | 0.72 | 1.57 | 1.39 | 1.19 | 1.2 °C |
| Year | 3.20 avg | 3.20 avg | 1007 kWh | 1153 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 850 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 990 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Saint-Avold
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.
8.1 mrow pitch at 70°
6.4 mrow pitch at 38°
How Saint-Avold compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
594thof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 3.20 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,153 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
+2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 16 h 13 min against 16 h 11 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across France it runs from 33° in Ajaccio to 39° in Lille.
Of the 657 places in France, Marseille 12 and 5 other places get the most sun (4.46 peak sun hours a day) and Maubeuge and one other place the least (3.10); Saint-Avold ranks joint 594th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.39 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 13 min, −2 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Saint-Avold, 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.