Brittany · France · 48.65° N · 2.01° W
Solar position in Saint-Malo
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Saint-Malo — computed for 48.65° N, 2.01° W, 10 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Saint-Malo today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:56 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:32 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 08:09 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:41 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:26 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:51 | 29.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:17 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 19:01 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:34 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 20:10 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:47 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 20 min | |
Sun path diagram for Saint-Malo
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 64.8° at solar noon in Saint-Malo; on the December solstice only 18.0°. Sunrise swings from 52° NE in June to 126° SE in December — a 74° 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 | 08:50 | 13:19 | 17:48 | 8 h 58 min | 21.6° |
| February | 08:05 | 13:21 | 18:38 | 10 h 34 min | 30.9° |
| March | 07:09 | 13:15 | 19:22 | 12 h 13 min | 41.7° |
| April | 07:06 | 14:06 | 21:08 | 14 h 02 min | 53.3° |
| May | 06:19 | 14:04 | 21:50 | 15 h 30 min | 61.6° |
| June | 06:05 | 14:09 | 22:14 | 16 h 09 min | 64.8° |
| July | 06:28 | 14:14 | 22:00 | 15 h 32 min | 61.8° |
| August | 07:09 | 14:11 | 21:11 | 14 h 02 min | 53.4° |
| September | 07:53 | 14:00 | 20:08 | 12 h 15 min | 42.0° |
| October | 08:37 | 13:52 | 19:07 | 10 h 30 min | 30.6° |
| November | 08:25 | 12:53 | 17:22 | 8 h 57 min | 21.4° |
| December | 08:57 | 13:06 | 17:14 | 8 h 17 min | 18.0° |
A year of daylight in Saint-Malo
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-Malo
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: 1187 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° | 981 | 83% | 0.62 | 7.5× |
| 15° | 1111 | 94% | 0.97 | 5.0× |
| 30° | 1178 | 99% | 1.26 | 3.7× |
| 38° year-round best | 1187 | 100% | 1.39 | 3.3× |
| 45° | 1179 | 99% | 1.48 | 3.0× |
| 49° = latitude | 1168 | 98% | 1.52 | 2.8× |
| 60° | 1114 | 94% | 1.60 | 2.5× |
| 70° off-grid best | 1036 | 87% | 1.62 | 2.2× |
| 90° | 811 | 68% | 1.53 | 1.8× |
A fixed array in Saint-Malo produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 70° it makes 1.62 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 38°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Saint-Malo 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 | 1.00 | 1.99 | 1.74 | 1.54 | 6.5 °C |
| February | 1.78 | 2.84 | 2.49 | 2.38 | 6.3 °C |
| March | 2.94 | 3.55 | 3.11 | 3.29 | 7.8 °C |
| April | 4.48 | 4.19 | 3.63 | 4.32 | 10.1 °C |
| May | 5.32 | 4.00 | 3.42 | 4.53 | 12.8 °C |
| June | 5.71 | 3.88 | 3.27 | 4.56 | 15.8 °C |
| July | 5.59 | 3.96 | 3.32 | 4.53 | 17.6 °C |
| August | 4.73 | 4.00 | 3.36 | 4.19 | 17.8 °C |
| September | 3.72 | 4.14 | 3.51 | 3.87 | 16.1 °C |
| October | 2.15 | 3.06 | 2.62 | 2.60 | 13.3 °C |
| November | 1.21 | 2.29 | 1.98 | 1.79 | 9.9 °C |
| December | 0.83 | 1.86 | 1.62 | 1.39 | 7.2 °C |
| Year | 3.29 avg | 3.31 avg | 1036 kWh | 1187 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 730 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 850 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Saint-Malo
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.
7.8 mrow pitch at 70°
6.3 mrow pitch at 38°
How Saint-Malo compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
321stof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 3.29 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,187 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
−2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 16 h 09 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-Malo ranks joint 321st. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.62 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 17 min, +2 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Saint-Malo, 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.