Bavaria · Germany · 49.50° N · 11.75° E
Solar position in Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Sulzbach-Rosenberg — computed for 49.50° N, 11.75° E, 399 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Sulzbach-Rosenberg today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:01 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:38 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:15 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:48 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:33 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:56 | 28.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:20 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:05 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:38 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:15 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:52 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 17 min | |
Sun path diagram for Sulzbach-Rosenberg
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 63.9° at solar noon in Sulzbach-Rosenberg; on the December solstice only 17.1°. Sunrise swings from 51° NE in June to 127° SE in December — a 76° 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 | 07:58 | 12:24 | 16:50 | 8 h 52 min | 20.7° |
| February | 07:11 | 12:26 | 17:42 | 10 h 31 min | 30.1° |
| March | 06:14 | 12:20 | 18:27 | 12 h 13 min | 40.9° |
| April | 06:09 | 13:11 | 20:14 | 14 h 05 min | 52.5° |
| May | 05:21 | 13:09 | 20:58 | 15 h 37 min | 60.7° |
| June | 05:06 | 13:14 | 21:23 | 16 h 17 min | 63.9° |
| July | 05:29 | 13:19 | 21:08 | 15 h 39 min | 60.9° |
| August | 06:12 | 13:15 | 20:18 | 14 h 06 min | 52.5° |
| September | 06:57 | 13:05 | 19:13 | 12 h 16 min | 41.1° |
| October | 07:43 | 12:57 | 18:11 | 10 h 27 min | 29.7° |
| November | 07:33 | 11:58 | 16:23 | 8 h 51 min | 20.6° |
| December | 08:06 | 12:11 | 16:15 | 8 h 09 min | 17.1° |
A year of daylight in Sulzbach-Rosenberg
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 Sulzbach-Rosenberg
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: 1128 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 | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 935 | 83% | 0.53 | 8.5× |
| 15° | 1056 | 94% | 0.81 | 5.8× |
| 30° | 1119 | 99% | 1.05 | 4.4× |
| 38° year-round best | 1128 | 100% | 1.15 | 3.9× |
| 45° | 1121 | 99% | 1.22 | 3.5× |
| 50° = latitude | 1108 | 98% | 1.27 | 3.2× |
| 60° | 1062 | 94% | 1.33 | 2.9× |
| 70° | 990 | 88% | 1.36 | 2.6× |
| 72° off-grid best | 973 | 86% | 1.36 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 783 | 69% | 1.30 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Sulzbach-Rosenberg produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 72° it makes 1.36 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 38°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Sulzbach-Rosenberg 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 snow | 0.89 | 1.80 | 1.62 | 1.40 | -2.0 °C |
| February snow | 1.73 | 2.84 | 2.56 | 2.38 | -0.9 °C |
| March | 2.86 | 3.53 | 3.14 | 3.30 | 3.2 °C |
| April | 4.33 | 4.09 | 3.56 | 4.22 | 8.4 °C |
| May | 5.04 | 3.85 | 3.28 | 4.29 | 12.9 °C |
| June | 5.55 | 3.85 | 3.23 | 4.43 | 17.2 °C |
| July | 5.40 | 3.89 | 3.24 | 4.36 | 19.4 °C |
| August | 4.60 | 3.92 | 3.28 | 4.06 | 19.0 °C |
| September | 3.38 | 3.75 | 3.20 | 3.52 | 14.1 °C |
| October | 2.02 | 2.91 | 2.53 | 2.51 | 8.7 °C |
| November | 1.00 | 1.79 | 1.58 | 1.43 | 3.3 °C |
| December snow | 0.69 | 1.52 | 1.36 | 1.15 | -0.6 °C |
| Year | 3.13 avg | 3.14 avg | 990 kWh | 1128 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 870 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,030 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Sulzbach-Rosenberg
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.
8.3 mrow pitch at 70°
6.5 mrow pitch at 38°
How Sulzbach-Rosenberg compares in Germany
Against the other 959 places in Germany with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
266thof 960 places in Germany for sunshine, shared: 3.13 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Germany: 1,128 against 1,097 kWh per kWp.
−33 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Berlin: 16 h 17 min against 16 h 50 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across Germany it runs from 38° in Munich to 41° in Flensburg.
Of the 960 places in Germany, Weil am Rhein and one other place get the most sun (3.42 peak sun hours a day) and Berlin and 3 other places the least (2.83); Sulzbach-Rosenberg ranks joint 266th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.36 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Germany. The shortest day lasts 8 h 09 min, +30 min compared with Berlin.
Solar forecast for Sulzbach-Rosenberg, 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.