Quebec · Canada · 45.85° N · 73.77° W
Solar position in Saint-Lin-Laurentides
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Saint-Lin-Laurentides — computed for 45.85° N, 73.77° W, 59 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Saint-Lin-Laurentides today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:44 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:18 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:53 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:24 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:06 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:38 | 32.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:11 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:53 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:24 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:58 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:33 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 29 min | |
Sun path diagram for Saint-Lin-Laurentides
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 67.6° at solar noon in Saint-Lin-Laurentides; on the December solstice only 20.8°. Sunrise swings from 54° NE in June to 124° SE in December — a 70° 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 | 07:28 | 12:06 | 16:45 | 9 h 17 min | 24.4° |
| February | 06:47 | 12:08 | 17:30 | 10 h 43 min | 33.8° |
| March | 06:56 | 13:02 | 19:09 | 12 h 13 min | 44.6° |
| April | 05:58 | 12:53 | 19:49 | 13 h 51 min | 56.2° |
| May | 05:16 | 12:51 | 20:27 | 15 h 10 min | 64.4° |
| June | 05:04 | 12:56 | 20:48 | 15 h 44 min | 67.6° |
| July | 05:25 | 13:01 | 20:36 | 15 h 11 min | 64.5° |
| August | 06:02 | 12:58 | 19:53 | 13 h 51 min | 56.1° |
| September | 06:40 | 12:47 | 18:54 | 12 h 14 min | 44.7° |
| October | 07:20 | 12:39 | 17:58 | 10 h 39 min | 33.3° |
| November | 07:03 | 11:40 | 16:18 | 9 h 15 min | 24.2° |
| December | 07:33 | 11:53 | 16:12 | 8 h 40 min | 20.8° |
A year of daylight in Saint-Lin-Laurentides
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-Lin-Laurentides
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: 1306 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° | 1069 | 82% | 0.83 | 5.7× |
| 15° | 1214 | 93% | 1.22 | 3.9× |
| 30° | 1293 | 99% | 1.56 | 3.0× |
| 39° year-round best | 1306 | 100% | 1.73 | 2.6× |
| 45° | 1301 | 100% | 1.82 | 2.5× |
| 46° = latitude | 1299 | 99% | 1.83 | 2.5× |
| 60° | 1239 | 95% | 1.98 | 2.3× |
| 70° | 1160 | 89% | 2.02 | 2.2× |
| 74° off-grid best | 1121 | 86% | 2.03 | 2.2× |
| 90° | 928 | 71% | 1.96 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Saint-Lin-Laurentides produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 74° it makes 2.03 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 39°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Saint-Lin-Laurentides 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 | 1.43 | 2.99 | 2.82 | 2.44 | -12.1 °C |
| February snow | 2.36 | 3.93 | 3.69 | 3.40 | -10.6 °C |
| March snow | 3.58 | 4.82 | 4.43 | 4.40 | -4.6 °C |
| April | 4.48 | 4.01 | 3.55 | 4.33 | 4.1 °C |
| May | 5.27 | 3.78 | 3.23 | 4.39 | 12.1 °C |
| June | 5.75 | 3.69 | 3.09 | 4.43 | 17.4 °C |
| July | 5.75 | 3.86 | 3.20 | 4.49 | 20.3 °C |
| August | 5.02 | 4.07 | 3.40 | 4.34 | 19.5 °C |
| September | 3.90 | 4.24 | 3.61 | 4.05 | 15.4 °C |
| October | 2.30 | 3.19 | 2.79 | 2.83 | 7.7 °C |
| November snow | 1.41 | 2.63 | 2.36 | 2.14 | 0.4 °C |
| December snow | 1.02 | 2.19 | 2.02 | 1.73 | -7.6 °C |
| Year | 3.53 avg | 3.61 avg | 1160 kWh | 1306 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 580 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 680 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Saint-Lin-Laurentides
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.
6.6 mrow pitch at 70°
5.5 mrow pitch at 39°
How Saint-Lin-Laurentides compares in Canada
Against the other 295 places in Canada with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
175thof 296 places in Canada for sunshine, shared: 3.53 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Canada: 1,306 against 1,292 kWh per kWp.
+17 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Toronto: 15 h 44 min against 15 h 27 min.
39°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); Saint-Lin-Laurentides ranks joint 175th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.02 kWh a day here, against 1.88 kWh on average in Canada. The shortest day lasts 8 h 40 min, −16 min compared with Toronto.
Solar forecast for Saint-Lin-Laurentides, 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.