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Solar position in Saint George

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Saint George — computed for 37.10° N, 113.58° W, 823 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:50104° ESE
Sunset today18:45255° WSW
Best panel angle34°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle53°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation41.0°
At solar noon, 13:18Open on the sun map

Sun in Saint George today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn06:23sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:5312° below
Civil dawn07:246° below
Sunrise07:50104° ESE
Golden hour ends08:26sun 6° up
Solar noon13:1841.0° high
Golden hour starts18:09sun 6° up
Sunset18:45255° WSW
Civil dusk19:126° below
Nautical dusk19:4212° below
Astronomical dusk20:1218° below
Day length10 h 55 min

Sun path diagram for Saint George

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 solstice7891011121314151617181920EquinoxDecember solstice891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
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On the June solstice the sun reaches 76.3° at solar noon in Saint George; on the December solstice only 29.5°. Sunrise swings from 59° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 60° 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
January07:4412:4517:4710 h 03 min33.2°
February07:1512:4818:2011 h 05 min42.6°
March07:3613:4119:4712 h 11 min53.4°
April06:5113:3320:1413 h 23 min65.0°
May06:2113:3120:4014 h 19 min73.2°
June06:1413:3620:5714 h 43 min76.3°
July06:3013:4020:5014 h 20 min73.2°
August06:5613:3720:1813 h 22 min64.8°
September07:2113:2719:3212 h 11 min53.4°
October07:4713:1818:4911 h 01 min42.0°
November07:1912:2017:2010 h 01 min32.9°
December07:4412:3217:209 h 37 min29.5°

A year of daylight in Saint George

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 Saint George

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: 1925 kWh per kWp.

53°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 34°Best worst-month 53°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°163485%2.063.3×
15°183495%2.982.2×
30°1921100%3.701.7×
34° year-round best1925100%3.851.6×
37° = latitude1922100%3.951.5×
45°189298%4.171.4×
53° off-grid best182995%4.321.3×
60°174991%4.381.4×
70°159583%4.361.7×
90°117761%3.952.9×

A fixed array in Saint George produces the most over a year at 34°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 53° it makes 4.32 kWh per kWp a day, 12% more than at 34°, and costs 5% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Saint George at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 34° (year-round best).

01234567January: 4.78 (70°)4.8JanFebruary: 4.79 (70°)4.8FebMarch: 4.96 (70°)5.0MarApril: 4.41 (70°)4.4AprMay: 3.70 (70°)3.7MayJune: 3.31 (70°)3.3JunJuly: 3.18 (70°)3.2JulAugust: 3.82 (70°)3.8AugSeptember: 4.81 (70°)4.8SepOctober: 5.25 (70°)5.2OctNovember: 5.12 (70°)5.1NovDecember: 4.36 (70°)4.4Dec34°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 34°Mean temp.
January2.885.314.784.311.1 °C
February3.785.354.794.782.5 °C
March5.265.634.965.626.7 °C
April6.665.084.415.9910.5 °C
May7.684.373.705.9616.0 °C
June8.474.023.315.9522.6 °C
July7.443.913.185.3725.6 °C
August6.944.663.825.5924.2 °C
September6.015.754.815.8020.0 °C
October4.546.105.255.3912.6 °C
November3.275.805.124.705.9 °C
December2.484.834.363.850.6 °C
Year5.46 avg5.06 avg1595 kWh1925 kWh

Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 370 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 310 Wp at 34°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Saint George

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.

4.5 mrow pitch at 70°

3.9 mrow pitch at 34°

Row spacing calculator

How Saint George compares in the United States

Against the other 3,120 places in the United States with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

248thof 3,121 places in the United States for sunshine, shared: 5.46 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+27%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the United States: 1,925 against 1,515 kWh per kWp.

−23 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with New York City: 14 h 43 min against 15 h 06 min.

34°best year-round tilt here; across the United States it runs from 18° in Honolulu to 53° in Fairbanks.

Of the 3,121 places in the United States, Fortuna Foothills and 2 other places get the most sun (5.96 peak sun hours a day) and Juneau the least (2.38); Saint George ranks joint 248th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.18 kWh a day here, against 2.55 kWh on average in the United States. The shortest day lasts 9 h 37 min, +21 min compared with New York City.

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Solar forecast for Saint George, 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 Saint George

What is the best solar panel angle in Saint George?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Saint George is 34°, worth about 1925 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 53°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Saint George today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:50 and sets at 18:45 local time (UTC−6), giving 10 h 55 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:18.
How many peak sun hours does Saint George get?
On a flat surface 5.5 hours a day averaged over the year, from 2.5 in December to 8.5 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 3.9 sun hours a day in July.
How high does the sun get in Saint George?
At solar noon the sun stands 76.3° above the horizon on the June solstice and 29.5° on the December solstice.
Is Saint George a good place for solar panels?
With 5.5 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Saint George ranks joint 248th of 3,121 places in the United States for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (34°) makes about 1,925 kWh a year here, 27% more than the average place in the United States.

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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.