Sweden · 59.86° N · 17.64° E
Solar position in Uppsala
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Uppsala — computed for 59.86° N, 17.64° E, 20 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Uppsala today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:30 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:18 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:07 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:50 | 112° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:53 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:33 | 18.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:13 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:15 | 247° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:58 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:47 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:35 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 25 min | |
Sun path diagram for Uppsala
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 53.6° at solar noon in Uppsala; on the December solstice only 6.8°. Sunrise swings from 35° NE in June to 140° SE in December — a 105° 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 | 08:25 | 12:01 | 15:36 | 7 h 10 min | 10.4° |
| February | 07:10 | 12:03 | 16:56 | 9 h 46 min | 19.7° |
| March | 05:48 | 11:57 | 18:06 | 12 h 18 min | 30.5° |
| April | 05:16 | 12:48 | 20:21 | 15 h 05 min | 42.1° |
| May | 03:59 | 12:46 | 21:33 | 17 h 34 min | 50.4° |
| June | 03:26 | 12:51 | 22:15 | 18 h 49 min | 53.6° |
| July | 04:06 | 12:55 | 21:44 | 17 h 38 min | 50.6° |
| August | 05:18 | 12:52 | 20:25 | 15 h 07 min | 42.2° |
| September | 06:31 | 12:42 | 18:52 | 12 h 21 min | 30.8° |
| October | 07:43 | 12:33 | 17:24 | 9 h 41 min | 19.4° |
| November | 08:00 | 11:35 | 15:09 | 7 h 08 min | 10.3° |
| December | 08:50 | 11:47 | 14:44 | 5 h 55 min | 6.8° |
A year of daylight in Uppsala
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 Uppsala
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
45°collects the most energy over a year: 1055 kWh per kWp.
82°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° | 798 | 76% | 0.11 | 41.2× |
| 15° | 938 | 89% | 0.25 | 20.3× |
| 30° | 1025 | 97% | 0.37 | 13.6× |
| 45° year-round best | 1055 | 100% | 0.47 | 10.2× |
| 60° = latitude | 1026 | 97% | 0.54 | 8.0× |
| 70° | 975 | 92% | 0.57 | 6.9× |
| 82° off-grid best | 882 | 84% | 0.59 | 6.1× |
| 90° | 804 | 76% | 0.58 | 5.5× |
A fixed array in Uppsala produces the most over a year at 45°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 82° it makes 0.59 kWh per kWp a day, 24% more than at 45°, and costs 16% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Uppsala at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 45° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 45° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.29 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.69 | -3.5 °C |
| February snow | 0.91 | 2.08 | 1.88 | 1.66 | -3.1 °C |
| March snow | 2.32 | 3.91 | 3.52 | 3.41 | -0.1 °C |
| April | 3.91 | 4.49 | 3.97 | 4.34 | 5.0 °C |
| May | 5.13 | 4.58 | 3.96 | 4.71 | 10.3 °C |
| June | 5.76 | 4.60 | 3.89 | 4.82 | 14.9 °C |
| July | 5.30 | 4.43 | 3.70 | 4.51 | 18.1 °C |
| August | 4.15 | 4.20 | 3.53 | 4.02 | 17.1 °C |
| September | 2.65 | 3.61 | 3.09 | 3.20 | 12.7 °C |
| October | 1.21 | 2.35 | 2.06 | 1.93 | 6.6 °C |
| November | 0.40 | 1.15 | 1.01 | 0.87 | 2.2 °C |
| December snow | 0.18 | 0.66 | 0.57 | 0.47 | -1.6 °C |
| Year | 2.69 avg | 3.09 avg | 975 kWh | 1055 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 2,060 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 2,490 Wp at 45°. The steep array is 18% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Uppsala
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.
31.0 mrow pitch at 70°
24.2 mrow pitch at 45°
How Uppsala compares in Sweden
Against the other 98 places in Sweden with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
77thof 99 places in Sweden for sunshine: 2.69 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sweden: 1,055 against 1,059 kWh per kWp.
+12 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Stockholm: 18 h 49 min against 18 h 37 min.
45°best year-round tilt here; across Sweden it runs from 41° in Malmö to 50° in Kiruna.
Of the 99 places in Sweden, Kalmar gets the most sun (2.96 peak sun hours a day) and Kiruna the least (2.22); Uppsala ranks 77th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.57 kWh a day here, against 0.59 kWh on average in Sweden. The shortest day lasts 5 h 55 min, −10 min compared with Stockholm.
Solar forecast for Uppsala, 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.