Volyn · Ukraine · 50.85° N · 24.32° E
Solar position in Volodymyr-Volynskyi
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Volodymyr-Volynskyi — computed for 50.85° N, 24.32° E, 191 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Volodymyr-Volynskyi today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:10 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:48 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:26 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:00 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:47 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:06 | 27.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:25 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:12 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:46 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:24 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:02 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 12 min | |
Sun path diagram for Volodymyr-Volynskyi
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 62.6° at solar noon in Volodymyr-Volynskyi; on the December solstice only 15.8°. Sunrise swings from 50° NE in June to 128° SE in December — a 78° 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 | 08:13 | 12:34 | 16:55 | 8 h 42 min | 19.3° |
| February | 07:23 | 12:36 | 17:49 | 10 h 26 min | 28.7° |
| March | 06:23 | 12:30 | 18:37 | 12 h 14 min | 39.5° |
| April | 06:16 | 13:21 | 20:27 | 14 h 11 min | 51.1° |
| May | 05:25 | 13:19 | 21:13 | 15 h 48 min | 59.4° |
| June | 05:08 | 13:24 | 21:40 | 16 h 31 min | 62.6° |
| July | 05:33 | 13:29 | 21:23 | 15 h 50 min | 59.6° |
| August | 06:19 | 13:25 | 20:31 | 14 h 12 min | 51.2° |
| September | 07:07 | 13:15 | 19:23 | 12 h 16 min | 39.8° |
| October | 07:55 | 13:07 | 18:18 | 10 h 23 min | 28.4° |
| November | 07:48 | 12:08 | 16:28 | 8 h 41 min | 19.2° |
| December | 08:22 | 12:20 | 16:18 | 7 h 56 min | 15.8° |
A year of daylight in Volodymyr-Volynskyi
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 Volodymyr-Volynskyi
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
39°collects the most energy over a year: 1138 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° | 935 | 82% | 0.45 | 10.5× |
| 15° | 1060 | 93% | 0.69 | 7.1× |
| 30° | 1128 | 99% | 0.90 | 5.3× |
| 39° year-round best | 1138 | 100% | 1.00 | 4.6× |
| 45° | 1133 | 100% | 1.06 | 4.2× |
| 51° = latitude | 1117 | 98% | 1.11 | 3.8× |
| 60° | 1076 | 95% | 1.17 | 3.4× |
| 70° | 1006 | 88% | 1.20 | 3.0× |
| 77° off-grid best | 942 | 83% | 1.21 | 2.8× |
| 90° | 798 | 70% | 1.19 | 2.3× |
A fixed array in Volodymyr-Volynskyi produces the most over a year at 39°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 77° it makes 1.21 kWh per kWp a day, 21% more than at 39°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Volodymyr-Volynskyi at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 39° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 39° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.80 | 1.68 | 1.52 | 1.30 | -4.8 °C |
| February snow | 1.59 | 2.68 | 2.43 | 2.21 | -3.1 °C |
| March | 2.83 | 3.57 | 3.19 | 3.33 | 1.9 °C |
| April | 4.25 | 4.13 | 3.60 | 4.21 | 8.6 °C |
| May | 5.23 | 4.07 | 3.46 | 4.48 | 14.4 °C |
| June | 5.73 | 4.02 | 3.36 | 4.58 | 18.1 °C |
| July | 5.49 | 4.03 | 3.34 | 4.45 | 20.4 °C |
| August | 4.87 | 4.29 | 3.58 | 4.38 | 19.9 °C |
| September | 3.34 | 3.88 | 3.31 | 3.59 | 14.6 °C |
| October | 1.95 | 2.99 | 2.61 | 2.54 | 8.2 °C |
| November | 0.88 | 1.64 | 1.44 | 1.30 | 3.0 °C |
| December snow | 0.59 | 1.35 | 1.20 | 1.00 | -2.3 °C |
| Year | 3.14 avg | 3.20 avg | 1006 kWh | 1138 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 980 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,180 Wp at 39°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Volodymyr-Volynskyi
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.
9.1 mrow pitch at 70°
7.2 mrow pitch at 39°
How Volodymyr-Volynskyi compares in Ukraine
Against the other 271 places in Ukraine with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
260thof 272 places in Ukraine for sunshine, shared: 3.14 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ukraine: 1,138 against 1,242 kWh per kWp.
+4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kyiv: 16 h 31 min against 16 h 27 min.
39°best year-round tilt here; across Ukraine it runs from 33° in Sevastopol to 40° in Novhorod-Siverskyi.
Of the 272 places in Ukraine, Balaklava and one other place get the most sun (4.05 peak sun hours a day) and Mostyska and 2 other places the least (3.11); Volodymyr-Volynskyi ranks joint 260th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.21 kWh a day here, against 1.38 kWh on average in Ukraine. The shortest day lasts 7 h 56 min, −4 min compared with Kyiv.
Solar forecast for Volodymyr-Volynskyi, 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.