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Solar position in Vel’sk

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Vel’sk — computed for 61.07° N, 42.10° E, 90 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:16113° ESE
Sunset today16:33246° WSW
Best panel angle44°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle83°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation17.2°
At solar noon, 11:55Open on the sun map

Sun in Vel’sk today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:51sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:4112° below
Civil dawn06:316° below
Sunrise07:16113° ESE
Golden hour ends08:22sun 6° up
Solar noon11:5517.2° high
Golden hour starts15:28sun 6° up
Sunset16:33246° WSW
Civil dusk17:186° below
Nautical dusk18:0912° below
Astronomical dusk18:5818° below
Day length9 h 17 min

Sun path diagram for Vel’sk

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 solstice3456789101112131415161718192021EquinoxDecember solstice1011121314Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 52.4° at solar noon in Vel’sk; on the December solstice only 5.6°. Sunrise swings from 32° NNE in June to 143° SE in December — a 111° 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
January08:5612:2315:496 h 53 min9.2°
February07:3612:2517:149 h 38 min18.5°
March06:1012:1918:2812 h 18 min29.3°
April04:3312:1019:4815 h 15 min40.9°
May03:1112:0821:0617 h 54 min49.2°
June02:3412:1321:5219 h 18 min52.4°
July03:1712:1721:1617 h 59 min49.4°
August04:3512:1419:5215 h 17 min41.0°
September05:5212:0418:1512 h 23 min29.6°
October07:0811:5516:429 h 34 min18.2°
November08:3111:5715:226 h 51 min9.1°
December09:2412:0914:545 h 30 min5.6°

A year of daylight in Vel’sk

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 Vel’sk

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

44°collects the most energy over a year: 941 kWh per kWp.

83°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 44°Best worst-month 83°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°73678%0.0947.8×
15°85090%0.1629.7×
30°91998%0.2221.7×
44° year-round best941100%0.2617.3×
45°940100%0.2717.0×
60°91397%0.3013.9×
61° = latitude90997%0.3113.7×
70°86892%0.3212.1×
83° off-grid best78183%0.3210.5×
90°72277%0.329.9×

A fixed array in Vel’sk produces the most over a year at 44°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 83° it makes 0.32 kWh per kWp a day, 23% more than at 44°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Vel’sk at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 44° (year-round best).

012345January: 0.82 (70°)0.8JanFebruary: 1.88 (70°)1.9FebMarch: 3.20 (70°)3.2MarApril: 3.74 (70°)3.7AprMay: 3.86 (70°)3.9MayJune: 3.67 (70°)3.7JunJuly: 3.68 (70°)3.7JulAugust: 3.23 (70°)3.2AugSeptember: 2.39 (70°)2.4SepOctober: 1.17 (70°)1.2OctNovember: 0.55 (70°)0.5NovDecember: 0.32 (70°)0.3Dec44°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 44°Mean temp.
January snow0.280.890.820.68-13.8 °C
February snow0.892.021.881.65-12.4 °C
March snow2.103.483.203.02-6.6 °C
April snow3.554.163.743.950.2 °C
May4.924.463.864.579.5 °C
June5.334.333.674.5213.8 °C
July5.184.393.684.4517.5 °C
August3.773.813.233.6614.6 °C
September2.162.772.392.499.3 °C
October0.871.351.171.141.8 °C
November snow0.280.630.550.47-5.0 °C
December snow0.130.360.320.26-10.7 °C
Year2.46 avg2.72 avg868 kWh941 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 3,710 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 4,460 Wp at 44°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Vel’sk

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.

—The winter sun stays too low for rows to be shade-free; use a single row.

Row spacing calculator

How Vel’sk compares in Russia

Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

935thof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 2.46 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−21%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 941 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.

+1 h 45 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 19 h 18 min against 17 h 34 min.

44°best year-round tilt here; across Russia it runs from 32° in Derbent to 54° in Yakutsk.

Of the 980 places in Russia, Novorossiysk gets the most sun (3.96 peak sun hours a day) and Polyarnyy the least (1.93); Vel’sk ranks joint 935th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.32 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 5 h 30 min, −1 h 30 min compared with Moscow.

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Solar forecast for Vel’sk, 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 Vel’sk

What is the best solar panel angle in Vel’sk?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Vel’sk is 44°, worth about 941 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 83°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Vel’sk today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:16 and sets at 16:33 local time (UTC+3), giving 9 h 17 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:55.
How many peak sun hours does Vel’sk get?
On a flat surface 2.5 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.1 in December to 5.3 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 0.4 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Vel’sk?
At solar noon the sun stands 52.4° above the horizon on the June solstice and 5.6° on the December solstice.
Is Vel’sk a good place for solar panels?
With 2.5 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Vel’sk ranks joint 935th of 980 places in Russia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (44°) makes about 941 kWh a year here, 21% less than the average place in Russia.

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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.