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Belarus · 55.19° N · 30.20° E

Solar position in Vitebsk

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Vitebsk — computed for 55.19° N, 30.20° E, 150 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:46110° ESE
Sunset today17:39250° WSW
Best panel angle42°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle80°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation23.0°
At solar noon, 12:43Open on the sun map

Sun in Vitebsk today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:44sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:2612° below
Civil dawn07:096° below
Sunrise07:46110° ESE
Golden hour ends08:39sun 6° up
Solar noon12:4323.0° high
Golden hour starts16:46sun 6° up
Sunset17:39250° WSW
Civil dusk18:166° below
Nautical dusk18:5912° below
Astronomical dusk19:4118° below
Day length9 h 52 min

Sun path diagram for Vitebsk

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 solstice56789101112131415161718192021EquinoxDecember solstice10111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 58.3° at solar noon in Vitebsk; on the December solstice only 11.4°. Sunrise swings from 44° NE in June to 133° SE in December — a 88° 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
January09:0813:1017:128 h 04 min15.0°
February08:0813:1318:1710 h 09 min24.4°
March06:5913:0619:1412 h 15 min35.1°
April05:4112:5820:1514 h 34 min46.8°
May04:4012:5521:1116 h 31 min55.0°
June04:1813:0021:4317 h 25 min58.3°
July04:4813:0521:2216 h 34 min55.2°
August05:4413:0220:1914 h 35 min46.9°
September06:4212:5119:0112 h 19 min35.4°
October07:4012:4317:4510 h 05 min24.1°
November08:4312:4416:468 h 03 min14.9°
December09:2312:5716:307 h 08 min11.4°

A year of daylight in Vitebsk

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 Vitebsk

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: 1086 kWh per kWp.

80°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 42°Best worst-month 80°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°86379%0.2617.9×
15°99191%0.4411.1×
30°106798%0.618.1×
42° year-round best1086100%0.726.5×
45°1085100%0.746.2×
55° = latitude106498%0.805.3×
60°104496%0.834.9×
70°98691%0.864.4×
80° off-grid best90683%0.874.3×
90°80674%0.864.1×

A fixed array in Vitebsk produces the most over a year at 42°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 80° it makes 0.87 kWh per kWp a day, 22% more than at 42°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Vitebsk at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 42° (year-round best).

012345January: 1.36 (70°)1.4JanFebruary: 2.49 (70°)2.5FebMarch: 3.84 (70°)3.8MarApril: 3.67 (70°)3.7AprMay: 3.68 (70°)3.7MayJune: 3.62 (70°)3.6JunJuly: 3.55 (70°)3.5JulAugust: 3.42 (70°)3.4AugSeptember: 3.04 (70°)3.0SepOctober: 1.93 (70°)1.9OctNovember: 0.95 (70°)1.0NovDecember: 0.86 (70°)0.9Dec42°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 42°Mean temp.
January snow0.581.491.361.14-8.5 °C
February snow1.402.702.492.24-7.4 °C
March snow2.774.223.843.69-2.3 °C
April3.994.163.674.155.4 °C
May5.164.303.684.5712.4 °C
June5.724.293.624.6816.0 °C
July5.424.243.554.5018.5 °C
August4.344.063.424.0317.2 °C
September2.883.543.043.2311.9 °C
October1.372.211.931.875.2 °C
November snow0.531.090.950.85-0.2 °C
December snow0.360.970.860.72-5.3 °C
Year2.89 avg3.11 avg986 kWh1086 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 1,370 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,650 Wp at 42°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Vitebsk

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.

13.7 mrow pitch at 70°

10.8 mrow pitch at 42°

Row spacing calculator

How Vitebsk compares in Belarus

Against the other 55 places in Belarus with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

49thof 56 places in Belarus for sunshine, shared: 2.89 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Belarus: 1,086 against 1,109 kWh per kWp.

+18 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Minsk: 17 h 25 min against 17 h 07 min.

42°best year-round tilt here; across Belarus it runs from 39° in Brest to 42° in Vitebsk.

Of the 56 places in Belarus, Dobrush gets the most sun (3.17 peak sun hours a day) and Novopolotsk and one other place the least (2.84); Vitebsk ranks joint 49th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.86 kWh a day here, against 0.96 kWh on average in Belarus. The shortest day lasts 7 h 08 min, −16 min compared with Minsk.

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Solar forecast for Vitebsk, 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 Vitebsk

What is the best solar panel angle in Vitebsk?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Vitebsk is 42°, worth about 1086 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 80°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Vitebsk today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:46 and sets at 17:39 local time (UTC+3), giving 9 h 52 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:43.
How many peak sun hours does Vitebsk get?
On a flat surface 2.9 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.4 in December to 5.7 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.0 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Vitebsk?
At solar noon the sun stands 58.3° above the horizon on the June solstice and 11.4° on the December solstice.
Is Vitebsk a good place for solar panels?
With 2.9 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Vitebsk ranks joint 49th of 56 places in Belarus for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (42°) makes about 1,086 kWh a year here, 2% less than the average place in Belarus.

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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.