Valencia · Spain · 39.94° N · 0.10° W
Solar position in Vila-real
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Vila-real — computed for 39.94° N, 0.10° W, 42 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Vila-real today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:49 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:21 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:52 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:20 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:57 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:44 | 38.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:30 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 19:08 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:35 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 20:07 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:38 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 48 min | |
Sun path diagram for Vila-real
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 73.5° at solar noon in Vila-real; on the December solstice only 26.7°. Sunrise swings from 58° ENE in June to 120° ESE in December — a 63° 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 | 08:17 | 13:11 | 18:06 | 9 h 49 min | 30.3° |
| February | 07:45 | 13:14 | 18:43 | 10 h 58 min | 39.6° |
| March | 07:02 | 13:07 | 19:13 | 12 h 11 min | 50.4° |
| April | 07:14 | 13:59 | 20:44 | 13 h 31 min | 62.0° |
| May | 06:40 | 13:57 | 21:14 | 14 h 34 min | 70.3° |
| June | 06:31 | 14:02 | 21:32 | 15 h 01 min | 73.5° |
| July | 06:49 | 14:06 | 21:24 | 14 h 35 min | 70.5° |
| August | 07:17 | 14:03 | 20:48 | 13 h 31 min | 62.1° |
| September | 07:46 | 13:53 | 19:59 | 12 h 12 min | 50.7° |
| October | 08:17 | 13:44 | 19:12 | 10 h 55 min | 39.3° |
| November | 07:52 | 12:46 | 17:40 | 9 h 48 min | 30.1° |
| December | 08:18 | 12:58 | 17:38 | 9 h 20 min | 26.7° |
A year of daylight in Vila-real
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 Vila-real
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
34°collects the most energy over a year: 1615 kWh per kWp.
65°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° | 1368 | 85% | 1.59 | 3.7× |
| 15° | 1536 | 95% | 2.33 | 2.5× |
| 30° | 1611 | 100% | 2.93 | 1.9× |
| 34° year-round best | 1615 | 100% | 3.05 | 1.8× |
| 40° = latitude | 1609 | 100% | 3.22 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1592 | 99% | 3.33 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1479 | 92% | 3.52 | 1.3× |
| 65° off-grid best | 1423 | 88% | 3.53 | 1.2× |
| 70° | 1357 | 84% | 3.52 | 1.3× |
| 90° | 1020 | 63% | 3.22 | 1.9× |
A fixed array in Vila-real produces the most over a year at 34°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 65° it makes 3.53 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 34°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Vila-real at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 34° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 34° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.29 | 4.30 | 3.76 | 3.35 | 8.5 °C |
| February | 3.16 | 4.64 | 4.06 | 3.97 | 8.7 °C |
| March | 4.34 | 4.78 | 4.14 | 4.60 | 11.2 °C |
| April | 5.48 | 4.45 | 3.80 | 4.94 | 13.7 °C |
| May | 6.48 | 4.11 | 3.46 | 5.19 | 17.3 °C |
| June | 7.31 | 4.00 | 3.30 | 5.40 | 22.1 °C |
| July | 7.27 | 4.17 | 3.41 | 5.43 | 25.0 °C |
| August | 6.26 | 4.53 | 3.71 | 5.16 | 24.9 °C |
| September | 4.84 | 4.72 | 3.93 | 4.63 | 21.4 °C |
| October | 3.54 | 4.64 | 3.92 | 4.02 | 17.6 °C |
| November | 2.44 | 4.21 | 3.64 | 3.33 | 12.2 °C |
| December | 2.00 | 4.03 | 3.52 | 3.05 | 9.2 °C |
| Year | 4.63 avg | 4.38 avg | 1357 kWh | 1615 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 360 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 34°. The steep array is 7% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Vila-real
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.
5.0 mrow pitch at 70°
4.2 mrow pitch at 34°
How Vila-real compares in Spain
Against the other 543 places in Spain with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
330thof 544 places in Spain for sunshine, shared: 4.63 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Spain: 1,615 against 1,601 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Madrid: 15 h 01 min against 15 h 04 min.
34°best year-round tilt here; across Spain it runs from 24° in Arona to 36° in Girona.
Of the 544 places in Spain, Playa del Ingles and one other place get the most sun (5.53 peak sun hours a day) and Santander the least (3.65); Vila-real ranks joint 330th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.30 kWh a day here, against 3.03 kWh on average in Spain. The shortest day lasts 9 h 20 min, +3 min compared with Madrid.
Solar forecast for Vila-real, 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.