Central Jutland · Denmark · 56.45° N · 9.40° E
Solar position in Viborg
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Viborg — computed for 56.45° N, 9.40° E, 50 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Viborg today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:06 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:50 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:34 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:13 | 110° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 09:08 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:06 | 21.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:03 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:58 | 249° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:37 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:21 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:05 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 45 min | |
Sun path diagram for Viborg
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 57.0° at solar noon in Viborg; on the December solstice only 10.2°. Sunrise swings from 42° NE in June to 134° SE in December — a 92° 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 | 08:38 | 12:33 | 16:29 | 7 h 51 min | 13.8° |
| February | 07:34 | 12:36 | 17:38 | 10 h 03 min | 23.1° |
| March | 06:22 | 12:29 | 18:38 | 12 h 16 min | 33.9° |
| April | 06:00 | 13:21 | 20:42 | 14 h 42 min | 45.5° |
| May | 04:56 | 13:19 | 21:42 | 16 h 46 min | 53.8° |
| June | 04:31 | 13:24 | 22:16 | 17 h 44 min | 57.0° |
| July | 05:03 | 13:28 | 21:52 | 16 h 49 min | 54.0° |
| August | 06:03 | 13:25 | 20:46 | 14 h 43 min | 45.6° |
| September | 07:05 | 13:15 | 19:24 | 12 h 19 min | 34.2° |
| October | 08:07 | 13:06 | 18:06 | 9 h 59 min | 22.8° |
| November | 08:13 | 12:07 | 16:02 | 7 h 49 min | 13.6° |
| December | 08:55 | 12:20 | 15:45 | 6 h 51 min | 10.2° |
A year of daylight in Viborg
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 Viborg
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
42°collects the most energy over a year: 1073 kWh per kWp.
77°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° | 836 | 78% | 0.22 | 21.7× |
| 15° | 972 | 91% | 0.41 | 11.9× |
| 30° | 1052 | 98% | 0.59 | 8.3× |
| 42° year-round best | 1073 | 100% | 0.71 | 6.8× |
| 45° | 1072 | 100% | 0.73 | 6.5× |
| 56° = latitude | 1048 | 98% | 0.81 | 5.5× |
| 60° | 1032 | 96% | 0.82 | 5.2× |
| 70° | 972 | 91% | 0.86 | 4.6× |
| 77° off-grid best | 916 | 85% | 0.86 | 4.2× |
| 90° | 785 | 73% | 0.84 | 3.7× |
A fixed array in Viborg produces the most over a year at 42°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 77° it makes 0.86 kWh per kWp a day, 22% more than at 42°, and costs 15% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Viborg at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 42° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 42° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.45 | 1.23 | 1.08 | 0.92 | 1.1 °C |
| February | 1.05 | 2.02 | 1.80 | 1.66 | 0.9 °C |
| March | 2.46 | 3.65 | 3.25 | 3.26 | 2.8 °C |
| April | 4.09 | 4.44 | 3.90 | 4.36 | 6.8 °C |
| May | 5.30 | 4.51 | 3.89 | 4.78 | 11.0 °C |
| June | 5.67 | 4.31 | 3.66 | 4.71 | 14.4 °C |
| July | 5.20 | 4.14 | 3.48 | 4.38 | 16.6 °C |
| August | 4.18 | 3.97 | 3.34 | 3.91 | 16.6 °C |
| September | 2.87 | 3.64 | 3.11 | 3.27 | 13.6 °C |
| October | 1.48 | 2.63 | 2.28 | 2.16 | 9.4 °C |
| November | 0.58 | 1.46 | 1.27 | 1.10 | 5.5 °C |
| December | 0.32 | 0.98 | 0.86 | 0.71 | 2.6 °C |
| Year | 2.81 avg | 3.09 avg | 972 kWh | 1073 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 1,670 Wp at 42°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Viborg
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.
16.1 mrow pitch at 70°
12.5 mrow pitch at 42°
How Viborg compares in Denmark
Against the other 59 places in Denmark with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
60thof 60 places in Denmark for sunshine: 2.81 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Denmark: 1,073 against 1,077 kWh per kWp.
+12 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Copenhagen: 17 h 44 min against 17 h 32 min.
42°best year-round tilt here; across Denmark it runs from 40° in Nykøbing Falster to 42° in Århus.
Viborg gets the least sun of the 60 places in Denmark (2.81 peak sun hours a day); the sunniest are Køge and one other place with 2.90. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.86 kWh a day here, against 0.77 kWh on average in Denmark. The shortest day lasts 6 h 51 min, −11 min compared with Copenhagen.
Solar forecast for Viborg, 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.