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Pest County · Hungary · 47.34° N · 19.04° E

Solar position in Szigetszentmiklós

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Szigetszentmiklós — computed for 47.34° N, 19.04° E, 99 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:15107° ESE
Sunset today17:40253° WSW
Best panel angle37°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle71°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation30.8°
At solar noon, 12:27Open on the sun map

Sun in Szigetszentmiklós today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:32sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:0712° below
Civil dawn06:436° below
Sunrise07:15107° ESE
Golden hour ends07:58sun 6° up
Solar noon12:2730.8° high
Golden hour starts16:57sun 6° up
Sunset17:40253° WSW
Civil dusk18:116° below
Nautical dusk18:4712° below
Astronomical dusk19:2218° below
Day length10 h 25 min

Sun path diagram for Szigetszentmiklós

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice567891011121314151617181920EquinoxDecember solstice89101112131415Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 66.1° at solar noon in Szigetszentmiklós; on the December solstice only 19.3°. Sunrise swings from 53° NE in June to 125° SE in December — a 72° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:2111:5516:289 h 07 min22.8°
February06:3811:5717:1610 h 38 min32.2°
March05:4511:5117:5712 h 13 min43.0°
April05:4412:4219:4113 h 56 min54.6°
May05:0012:4020:2015 h 20 min62.9°
June04:4712:4520:4415 h 57 min66.1°
July05:0812:5020:3115 h 22 min63.1°
August05:4712:4619:4513 h 57 min54.7°
September06:2912:3618:4312 h 15 min43.3°
October07:1012:2817:4510 h 35 min31.9°
November06:5611:2916:029 h 06 min22.7°
December07:2811:4115:558 h 28 min19.3°

A year of daylight in Szigetszentmiklós

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Szigetszentmiklós

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

37°collects the most energy over a year: 1244 kWh per kWp.

71°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 37°Best worst-month 71°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°103783%0.647.6×
15°117094%0.955.2×
30°123799%1.214.0×
37° year-round best1244100%1.313.6×
45°123499%1.413.2×
47° = latitude122899%1.433.1×
60°116293%1.522.7×
70°107987%1.542.4×
71° off-grid best106986%1.542.4×
90°83967%1.471.9×

A fixed array in Szigetszentmiklós produces the most over a year at 37°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 71° it makes 1.54 kWh per kWp a day, 17% more than at 37°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Szigetszentmiklós at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 37° (year-round best).

012345January: 1.90 (70°)1.9JanFebruary: 2.66 (70°)2.7FebMarch: 3.37 (70°)3.4MarApril: 3.71 (70°)3.7AprMay: 3.43 (70°)3.4MayJune: 3.29 (70°)3.3JunJuly: 3.38 (70°)3.4JulAugust: 3.64 (70°)3.6AugSeptember: 3.48 (70°)3.5SepOctober: 3.03 (70°)3.0OctNovember: 2.02 (70°)2.0NovDecember: 1.54 (70°)1.5Dec37°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 37°Mean temp.
January snow1.072.111.901.65-1.5 °C
February snow1.892.972.662.500.4 °C
March3.153.813.373.585.3 °C
April4.674.303.714.4711.4 °C
May5.524.073.434.6116.4 °C
June6.013.973.294.6920.7 °C
July5.994.113.384.7323.0 °C
August5.294.413.644.6222.6 °C
September3.764.123.483.8716.9 °C
October2.403.503.032.9911.0 °C
November1.282.292.021.835.2 °C
December snow0.821.731.541.31-0.3 °C
Year3.50 avg3.45 avg1079 kWh1244 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 760 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 900 Wp at 37°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Szigetszentmiklós

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.

7.2 mrow pitch at 70°

5.8 mrow pitch at 37°

Row spacing calculator

How Szigetszentmiklós compares in Hungary

Against the other 88 places in Hungary with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

43rdof 89 places in Hungary for sunshine, shared: 3.50 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Hungary: 1,244 against 1,246 kWh per kWp.

−1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Budapest: 15 h 57 min against 15 h 58 min.

37°best year-round tilt here; across Hungary it runs from 36° in Szeged to 38° in Miskolc.

Of the 89 places in Hungary, Mohács gets the most sun (3.64 peak sun hours a day) and Sátoraljaújhely the least (3.30); Szigetszentmiklós ranks joint 43rd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.54 kWh a day here, against 1.57 kWh on average in Hungary. The shortest day lasts 8 h 28 min, +1 min compared with Budapest.

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Solar forecast for Szigetszentmiklós, 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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Questions about the sun in Szigetszentmiklós

What is the best solar panel angle in Szigetszentmiklós?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Szigetszentmiklós is 37°, worth about 1244 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 71°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Szigetszentmiklós today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:15 and sets at 17:40 local time (UTC+2), giving 10 h 25 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:27.
How many peak sun hours does Szigetszentmiklós get?
On a flat surface 3.5 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.8 in December to 6.0 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.7 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Szigetszentmiklós?
At solar noon the sun stands 66.1° above the horizon on the June solstice and 19.3° on the December solstice.
Is Szigetszentmiklós a good place for solar panels?
With 3.5 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Szigetszentmiklós ranks joint 43rd of 89 places in Hungary for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (37°) makes about 1,244 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in Hungary.

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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.