Falkland Islands · 51.69° S · 57.86° W
Solar position in Stanley
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Stanley — computed for 51.69° S, 57.86° W, 28 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Stanley today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 03:13 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:06 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 04:52 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:28 | 110° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:14 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:35 | 50.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:57 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 19:43 | 249° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 20:20 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 21:06 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 22:00 | 18° below |
| Day length | 14 h 15 min | |
Sun path diagram for Stanley
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 14.9° at solar noon in Stanley; on the December solstice only 61.8°. Sunrise swings from 51° NE in June to 131° SE in December — a 80° 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 | 05:07 | 13:02 | 20:57 | 15 h 50 min | 58.1° |
| February | 06:05 | 13:04 | 20:03 | 13 h 59 min | 48.7° |
| March | 06:54 | 12:58 | 19:01 | 12 h 06 min | 37.9° |
| April | 07:46 | 12:49 | 17:52 | 10 h 06 min | 26.3° |
| May | 08:32 | 12:47 | 17:02 | 8 h 30 min | 18.1° |
| June | 08:59 | 12:53 | 16:47 | 7 h 48 min | 14.9° |
| July | 08:43 | 12:58 | 17:12 | 8 h 29 min | 18.0° |
| August | 07:51 | 12:54 | 17:58 | 10 h 07 min | 26.4° |
| September | 06:42 | 12:44 | 18:47 | 12 h 05 min | 37.8° |
| October | 05:34 | 12:36 | 19:38 | 14 h 04 min | 49.2° |
| November | 04:41 | 12:37 | 20:34 | 15 h 53 min | 58.3° |
| December | 04:29 | 12:49 | 21:09 | 16 h 41 min | 61.8° |
A year of daylight in Stanley
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 Stanley
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
39°collects the most energy over a year: 1172 kWh per kWp.
72°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 | June kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 958 | 82% | 0.44 | 12.1× |
| 15° | 1089 | 93% | 0.70 | 8.0× |
| 30° | 1161 | 99% | 0.92 | 6.0× |
| 39° year-round best | 1172 | 100% | 1.02 | 5.2× |
| 45° | 1166 | 100% | 1.08 | 4.7× |
| 52° = latitude | 1147 | 98% | 1.14 | 4.3× |
| 60° | 1107 | 94% | 1.18 | 3.8× |
| 70° | 1034 | 88% | 1.20 | 3.3× |
| 72° off-grid best | 1016 | 87% | 1.20 | 3.2× |
| 90° | 817 | 70% | 1.15 | 2.6× |
A fixed array in Stanley produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 72° it makes 1.20 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 39°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Stanley 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 | 5.77 | 4.34 | 3.76 | 4.95 | 9.5 °C |
| February | 4.60 | 4.23 | 3.67 | 4.39 | 9.6 °C |
| March | 3.24 | 3.81 | 3.32 | 3.57 | 8.9 °C |
| April | 1.77 | 2.73 | 2.38 | 2.31 | 7.3 °C |
| May | 0.92 | 1.86 | 1.63 | 1.44 | 5.8 °C |
| June | 0.60 | 1.38 | 1.20 | 1.02 | 4.5 °C |
| July | 0.73 | 1.55 | 1.36 | 1.18 | 3.8 °C |
| August | 1.39 | 2.36 | 2.09 | 1.95 | 3.9 °C |
| September | 2.61 | 3.38 | 2.99 | 3.09 | 4.4 °C |
| October | 4.27 | 4.31 | 3.80 | 4.37 | 5.5 °C |
| November | 5.63 | 4.48 | 3.93 | 5.03 | 6.9 °C |
| December | 6.33 | 4.50 | 3.91 | 5.30 | 8.4 °C |
| Year | 3.15 avg | 3.24 avg | 1034 kWh | 1172 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 980 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,150 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Stanley
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.
9.7 mrow pitch at 70°
7.6 mrow pitch at 39°
Solar forecast for Stanley, 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.