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Tauragė County · Lithuania · 55.25° N · 22.29° E

Solar position in Taurage

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Taurage — computed for 55.25° N, 22.29° E, 36 m above sea level.

Sunrise today08:18110° ESE
Sunset today18:10250° WSW
Best panel angle41°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle77°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation23.0°
At solar noon, 13:14Open on the sun map

Sun in Taurage today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn06:16sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:5812° below
Civil dawn07:406° below
Sunrise08:18110° ESE
Golden hour ends09:11sun 6° up
Solar noon13:1423.0° high
Golden hour starts17:17sun 6° up
Sunset18:10250° WSW
Civil dusk18:486° below
Nautical dusk19:3012° below
Astronomical dusk20:1218° below
Day length9 h 52 min

Sun path diagram for Taurage

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 solstice678910111213141516171819202122EquinoxDecember solstice101112131415Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 58.2° at solar noon in Taurage; on the December solstice only 11.4°. Sunrise swings from 44° NE in June to 133° SE in December — a 89° 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
January08:4012:4216:448 h 04 min15.0°
February07:4012:4417:4910 h 09 min24.3°
March06:3012:3818:4612 h 15 min35.1°
April06:1213:2920:4714 h 34 min46.7°
May05:1213:2721:4316 h 32 min55.0°
June04:4913:3222:1517 h 26 min58.2°
July05:1913:3721:5416 h 35 min55.2°
August06:1513:3320:5114 h 36 min46.8°
September07:1413:2319:3212 h 19 min35.4°
October08:1213:1518:1710 h 05 min24.0°
November08:1512:1616:178 h 02 min14.8°
December08:5512:2816:027 h 07 min11.4°

A year of daylight in Taurage

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 Taurage

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

41°collects the most energy over a year: 1096 kWh per kWp.

77°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 41°Best worst-month 77°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°87480%0.2519.2×
15°100492%0.4311.8×
30°107998%0.588.6×
41° year-round best1096100%0.687.3×
45°1094100%0.716.9×
55° = latitude107198%0.776.0×
60°104996%0.795.6×
70°98790%0.814.8×
77° off-grid best93085%0.824.4×
90°79773%0.803.8×

A fixed array in Taurage produces the most over a year at 41°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 77° it makes 0.82 kWh per kWp a day, 21% more than at 41°, and costs 15% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Taurage at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 41° (year-round best).

0123456January: 1.17 (70°)1.2JanFebruary: 2.11 (70°)2.1FebMarch: 3.34 (70°)3.3MarApril: 3.84 (70°)3.8AprMay: 3.95 (70°)3.9MayJune: 3.70 (70°)3.7JunJuly: 3.55 (70°)3.5JulAugust: 3.49 (70°)3.5AugSeptember: 3.25 (70°)3.3SepOctober: 2.17 (70°)2.2OctNovember: 1.05 (70°)1.1NovDecember: 0.81 (70°)0.8Dec41°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 41°Mean temp.
January snow0.511.301.170.97-4.7 °C
February snow1.222.322.111.88-3.9 °C
March snow2.553.703.343.290.2 °C
April4.134.363.844.336.1 °C
May5.514.603.954.9212.0 °C
June5.834.373.704.8115.5 °C
July5.414.243.554.5218.1 °C
August4.434.153.494.1217.4 °C
September3.053.803.253.4412.9 °C
October1.502.492.172.086.9 °C
November0.581.211.050.942.5 °C
December snow0.350.930.810.68-1.8 °C
Year2.93 avg3.13 avg987 kWh1096 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 1,450 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,740 Wp at 41°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Taurage

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.

13.8 mrow pitch at 70°

10.7 mrow pitch at 41°

Row spacing calculator

How Taurage compares in Lithuania

Against the other 19 places in Lithuania with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

1stof 20 places in Lithuania for sunshine, shared: 2.93 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Lithuania: 1,096 against 1,084 kWh per kWp.

+8 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Vilnius: 17 h 26 min against 17 h 18 min.

41°best year-round tilt here; across Lithuania it runs from 40° in Klaipėda to 42° in Šiauliai.

Taurage shares the top spot for sunshine among the 20 places in Lithuania (2.93 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Vilnius with 2.86. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.82 kWh a day here, against 0.78 kWh on average in Lithuania. The shortest day lasts 7 h 07 min, −7 min compared with Vilnius.

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Solar forecast for Taurage, 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 Taurage

What is the best solar panel angle in Taurage?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Taurage is 41°, worth about 1096 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 77°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Taurage today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 08:18 and sets at 18:10 local time (UTC+3), giving 9 h 52 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:14.
How many peak sun hours does Taurage get?
On a flat surface 2.9 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.3 in December to 5.8 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 0.9 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Taurage?
At solar noon the sun stands 58.2° above the horizon on the June solstice and 11.4° on the December solstice.
Is Taurage a good place for solar panels?
With 2.9 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Taurage ranks joint 1st of 20 places in Lithuania for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (41°) makes about 1,096 kWh a year here, 1% more than the average place in Lithuania.

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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.