Saint Pierre and Miquelon · 46.78° N · 56.18° W
Solar position in Saint-Pierre
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Saint-Pierre — computed for 46.78° N, 56.18° W, 30 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Saint-Pierre today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:33 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:08 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:44 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:15 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:58 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:28 | 31.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:59 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:41 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:12 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:48 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:23 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 26 min | |
Sun path diagram for Saint-Pierre
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 66.7° at solar noon in Saint-Pierre; on the December solstice only 19.8°. Sunrise swings from 53° NE in June to 124° SE in December — a 71° 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 | 08:20 | 12:56 | 17:31 | 9 h 11 min | 23.5° |
| February | 07:38 | 12:58 | 18:18 | 10 h 40 min | 32.9° |
| March | 07:45 | 13:52 | 19:58 | 12 h 13 min | 43.7° |
| April | 06:46 | 13:43 | 20:41 | 13 h 55 min | 55.2° |
| May | 06:03 | 13:41 | 21:19 | 15 h 17 min | 63.5° |
| June | 05:50 | 13:46 | 21:42 | 15 h 52 min | 66.7° |
| July | 06:12 | 13:51 | 21:29 | 15 h 18 min | 63.6° |
| August | 06:50 | 13:47 | 20:44 | 13 h 54 min | 55.2° |
| September | 07:30 | 13:37 | 19:44 | 12 h 14 min | 43.8° |
| October | 08:11 | 13:29 | 18:46 | 10 h 36 min | 32.4° |
| November | 07:55 | 12:30 | 17:04 | 9 h 09 min | 23.3° |
| December | 08:26 | 12:42 | 16:58 | 8 h 32 min | 19.8° |
A year of daylight in Saint-Pierre
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-Pierre
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
36°collects the most energy over a year: 1134 kWh per kWp.
66°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° | 960 | 85% | 0.64 | 6.9× |
| 15° | 1073 | 95% | 0.90 | 5.1× |
| 30° | 1129 | 100% | 1.12 | 4.1× |
| 36° year-round best | 1134 | 100% | 1.19 | 3.8× |
| 45° | 1123 | 99% | 1.27 | 3.4× |
| 47° = latitude | 1118 | 99% | 1.28 | 3.3× |
| 60° | 1057 | 93% | 1.34 | 2.8× |
| 66° off-grid best | 1014 | 89% | 1.34 | 2.6× |
| 70° | 981 | 87% | 1.34 | 2.5× |
| 90° | 768 | 68% | 1.24 | 2.3× |
A fixed array in Saint-Pierre produces the most over a year at 36°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 66° it makes 1.34 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 36°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Saint-Pierre at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 36° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 36° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.00 | 1.76 | 1.58 | 1.40 | -1.2 °C |
| February snow | 1.68 | 2.58 | 2.33 | 2.14 | -2.0 °C |
| March snow | 2.98 | 3.63 | 3.28 | 3.39 | -0.8 °C |
| April | 4.25 | 3.83 | 3.41 | 4.15 | 1.7 °C |
| May | 5.14 | 3.75 | 3.30 | 4.48 | 5.0 °C |
| June | 5.20 | 3.46 | 2.98 | 4.25 | 9.0 °C |
| July | 4.94 | 3.44 | 2.91 | 4.03 | 14.3 °C |
| August | 4.55 | 3.74 | 3.15 | 4.01 | 17.0 °C |
| September | 3.65 | 3.94 | 3.36 | 3.76 | 14.3 °C |
| October | 2.30 | 3.19 | 2.77 | 2.76 | 10.0 °C |
| November | 1.24 | 2.11 | 1.85 | 1.69 | 5.7 °C |
| December | 0.82 | 1.52 | 1.34 | 1.19 | 1.7 °C |
| Year | 3.15 avg | 3.08 avg | 981 kWh | 1134 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 880 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 990 Wp at 36°. The steep array is 12% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Saint-Pierre
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.
7.0 mrow pitch at 70°
5.6 mrow pitch at 36°
Solar forecast for Saint-Pierre, 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.