Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · France · 43.12° N · 5.80° E
Solar position in Sanary-sur-Mer
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Sanary-sur-Mer — computed for 43.12° N, 5.80° E, 9 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Sanary-sur-Mer today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:26 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:58 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:32 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:01 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:40 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:20 | 35.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:00 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:40 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:09 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:42 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:15 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 39 min | |
Sun path diagram for Sanary-sur-Mer
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 70.3° at solar noon in Sanary-sur-Mer; on the December solstice only 23.5°. Sunrise swings from 56° NE in June to 122° ESE in December — a 66° 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 | 08:02 | 12:48 | 17:34 | 9 h 32 min | 27.1° |
| February | 07:25 | 12:50 | 18:15 | 10 h 50 min | 36.4° |
| March | 06:38 | 12:44 | 18:50 | 12 h 12 min | 47.2° |
| April | 06:45 | 13:35 | 20:26 | 13 h 41 min | 58.8° |
| May | 06:07 | 13:33 | 20:59 | 14 h 52 min | 67.1° |
| June | 05:57 | 13:38 | 21:19 | 15 h 23 min | 70.3° |
| July | 06:16 | 13:43 | 21:09 | 14 h 54 min | 67.3° |
| August | 06:48 | 13:39 | 20:30 | 13 h 41 min | 58.9° |
| September | 07:22 | 13:29 | 19:36 | 12 h 13 min | 47.5° |
| October | 07:57 | 13:21 | 18:44 | 10 h 47 min | 36.1° |
| November | 07:36 | 12:22 | 17:08 | 9 h 31 min | 26.9° |
| December | 08:05 | 12:34 | 17:04 | 8 h 59 min | 23.5° |
A year of daylight in Sanary-sur-Mer
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 Sanary-sur-Mer
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: 1574 kWh per kWp.
67°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° | 1314 | 83% | 1.24 | 4.8× |
| 15° | 1485 | 94% | 1.88 | 3.2× |
| 30° | 1567 | 100% | 2.40 | 2.4× |
| 36° year-round best | 1574 | 100% | 2.57 | 2.2× |
| 43° = latitude | 1563 | 99% | 2.73 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1556 | 99% | 2.77 | 1.9× |
| 60° | 1455 | 92% | 2.96 | 1.6× |
| 67° off-grid best | 1378 | 88% | 2.98 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1340 | 85% | 2.98 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 1017 | 65% | 2.76 | 1.6× |
A fixed array in Sanary-sur-Mer produces the most over a year at 36°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 67° it makes 2.98 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 36°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Sanary-sur-Mer 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 | 1.83 | 3.59 | 3.15 | 2.80 | 7.9 °C |
| February | 2.77 | 4.28 | 3.76 | 3.63 | 8.0 °C |
| March | 4.13 | 4.85 | 4.21 | 4.56 | 10.3 °C |
| April | 5.38 | 4.64 | 3.98 | 5.00 | 13.1 °C |
| May | 6.43 | 4.34 | 3.66 | 5.24 | 16.6 °C |
| June | 7.38 | 4.31 | 3.57 | 5.53 | 21.3 °C |
| July | 7.38 | 4.49 | 3.68 | 5.58 | 24.0 °C |
| August | 6.39 | 4.91 | 4.04 | 5.40 | 23.8 °C |
| September | 4.83 | 5.08 | 4.24 | 4.85 | 20.2 °C |
| October | 3.14 | 4.32 | 3.67 | 3.71 | 16.5 °C |
| November | 2.02 | 3.64 | 3.14 | 2.87 | 12.0 °C |
| December | 1.59 | 3.41 | 2.98 | 2.57 | 8.8 °C |
| Year | 4.45 avg | 4.32 avg | 1340 kWh | 1574 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 400 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 460 Wp at 36°. The steep array is 14% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Sanary-sur-Mer
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.
5.8 mrow pitch at 70°
4.8 mrow pitch at 36°
How Sanary-sur-Mer compares in France
Against the other 656 places in France with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
7thof 657 places in France for sunshine, shared: 4.45 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+25%solar energy a year compared with the average place in France: 1,574 against 1,261 kWh per kWp.
−48 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Paris: 15 h 23 min against 16 h 11 min.
36°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); Sanary-sur-Mer ranks joint 7th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.98 kWh a day here, against 1.86 kWh on average in France. The shortest day lasts 8 h 59 min, +45 min compared with Paris.
Solar forecast for Sanary-sur-Mer, 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.