Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Germany · 54.09° N · 13.40° E
Solar position in Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald — computed for 54.09° N, 13.40° E, 2 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:52 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:33 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:14 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:51 | 109° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:42 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:50 | 24.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:57 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:48 | 251° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:25 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:06 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:47 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 57 min | |
Sun path diagram for Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald
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 59.4° at solar noon in Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald; on the December solstice only 12.5°. Sunrise swings from 46° NE in June to 131° SE in December — a 85° 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 | 08:10 | 12:17 | 16:25 | 8 h 15 min | 16.1° |
| February | 07:13 | 12:20 | 17:27 | 10 h 14 min | 25.5° |
| March | 06:06 | 12:13 | 18:21 | 12 h 15 min | 36.3° |
| April | 05:51 | 13:05 | 20:19 | 14 h 28 min | 47.9° |
| May | 04:53 | 13:03 | 21:13 | 16 h 19 min | 56.2° |
| June | 04:33 | 13:08 | 21:43 | 17 h 10 min | 59.4° |
| July | 05:01 | 13:12 | 21:23 | 16 h 22 min | 56.3° |
| August | 05:54 | 13:09 | 20:23 | 14 h 29 min | 47.9° |
| September | 06:50 | 12:59 | 19:07 | 12 h 18 min | 36.5° |
| October | 07:45 | 12:50 | 17:55 | 10 h 10 min | 25.2° |
| November | 07:45 | 11:51 | 15:58 | 8 h 13 min | 16.0° |
| December | 08:23 | 12:04 | 15:45 | 7 h 21 min | 12.5° |
A year of daylight in Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald
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 Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
40°collects the most energy over a year: 1070 kWh per kWp.
74°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° | 860 | 80% | 0.28 | 16.5× |
| 15° | 986 | 92% | 0.47 | 10.4× |
| 30° | 1056 | 99% | 0.63 | 7.6× |
| 40° year-round best | 1070 | 100% | 0.72 | 6.4× |
| 45° | 1067 | 100% | 0.76 | 6.0× |
| 54° = latitude | 1044 | 98% | 0.81 | 5.3× |
| 60° | 1018 | 95% | 0.83 | 4.9× |
| 70° | 953 | 89% | 0.86 | 4.5× |
| 74° off-grid best | 921 | 86% | 0.86 | 4.3× |
| 90° | 759 | 71% | 0.83 | 3.6× |
A fixed array in Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald produces the most over a year at 40°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 74° it makes 0.86 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 40°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 40° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 40° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.55 | 1.30 | 1.15 | 0.97 | 0.4 °C |
| February | 1.21 | 2.14 | 1.90 | 1.77 | 0.8 °C |
| March | 2.47 | 3.37 | 2.99 | 3.05 | 3.2 °C |
| April | 4.20 | 4.36 | 3.81 | 4.34 | 7.5 °C |
| May | 5.23 | 4.29 | 3.68 | 4.63 | 12.1 °C |
| June | 5.65 | 4.16 | 3.51 | 4.63 | 15.9 °C |
| July | 5.21 | 4.01 | 3.35 | 4.33 | 18.4 °C |
| August | 4.32 | 3.97 | 3.32 | 3.96 | 18.4 °C |
| September | 3.10 | 3.78 | 3.21 | 3.42 | 14.8 °C |
| October | 1.62 | 2.63 | 2.27 | 2.18 | 10.1 °C |
| November | 0.69 | 1.46 | 1.27 | 1.11 | 5.6 °C |
| December | 0.39 | 0.98 | 0.86 | 0.72 | 2.2 °C |
| Year | 2.89 avg | 3.04 avg | 953 kWh | 1070 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 1,380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,640 Wp at 40°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald
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.
12.1 mrow pitch at 70°
9.4 mrow pitch at 40°
How Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald compares in Germany
Against the other 959 places in Germany with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
735thof 960 places in Germany for sunshine, shared: 2.89 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Germany: 1,070 against 1,097 kWh per kWp.
+20 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Berlin: 17 h 10 min against 16 h 50 min.
40°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); Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald ranks joint 735th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.86 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Germany. The shortest day lasts 7 h 21 min, −18 min compared with Berlin.
Solar forecast for Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, 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.