Baden-Wurttemberg · Germany · 47.62° N · 8.22° E
Solar position in Waldshut-Tiengen
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Waldshut-Tiengen — computed for 47.62° N, 8.22° E, 341 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Waldshut-Tiengen today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:15 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:51 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:27 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:58 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:42 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:11 | 30.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:39 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:22 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:54 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:30 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:06 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 24 min | |
Sun path diagram for Waldshut-Tiengen
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 65.8° at solar noon in Waldshut-Tiengen; on the December solstice only 19.0°. Sunrise swings from 53° NE in June to 125° SE in December — a 72° 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 | 08:06 | 12:38 | 17:11 | 9 h 05 min | 22.6° |
| February | 07:22 | 12:40 | 17:59 | 10 h 37 min | 31.9° |
| March | 06:28 | 12:34 | 18:41 | 12 h 13 min | 42.7° |
| April | 06:27 | 13:26 | 20:25 | 13 h 58 min | 54.3° |
| May | 05:42 | 13:23 | 21:05 | 15 h 22 min | 62.6° |
| June | 05:29 | 13:28 | 21:28 | 15 h 59 min | 65.8° |
| July | 05:51 | 13:33 | 21:15 | 15 h 24 min | 62.8° |
| August | 06:30 | 13:30 | 20:28 | 13 h 58 min | 54.4° |
| September | 07:12 | 13:19 | 19:27 | 12 h 15 min | 43.0° |
| October | 07:54 | 13:11 | 18:28 | 10 h 34 min | 31.6° |
| November | 07:40 | 12:12 | 16:44 | 9 h 04 min | 22.4° |
| December | 08:12 | 12:25 | 16:37 | 8 h 25 min | 19.0° |
A year of daylight in Waldshut-Tiengen
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 Waldshut-Tiengen
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
38°collects the most energy over a year: 1230 kWh per kWp.
72°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° | 1016 | 83% | 0.71 | 6.8× |
| 15° | 1151 | 94% | 1.09 | 4.5× |
| 30° | 1221 | 99% | 1.41 | 3.4× |
| 38° year-round best | 1230 | 100% | 1.55 | 3.0× |
| 45° | 1223 | 99% | 1.65 | 2.7× |
| 48° = latitude | 1215 | 99% | 1.68 | 2.6× |
| 60° | 1156 | 94% | 1.79 | 2.2× |
| 70° | 1076 | 87% | 1.82 | 2.0× |
| 72° off-grid best | 1057 | 86% | 1.82 | 1.9× |
| 90° | 845 | 69% | 1.74 | 1.6× |
A fixed array in Waldshut-Tiengen produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 72° it makes 1.82 kWh per kWp a day, 18% more than at 38°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Waldshut-Tiengen at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 38° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 38° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.14 | 2.30 | 2.07 | 1.80 | -0.6 °C |
| February snow | 1.95 | 3.12 | 2.81 | 2.64 | 0.2 °C |
| March | 3.19 | 3.88 | 3.45 | 3.66 | 4.3 °C |
| April | 4.45 | 4.09 | 3.56 | 4.28 | 8.9 °C |
| May | 5.13 | 3.80 | 3.24 | 4.32 | 13.0 °C |
| June | 5.86 | 3.89 | 3.26 | 4.61 | 17.1 °C |
| July | 5.75 | 3.97 | 3.31 | 4.60 | 18.7 °C |
| August | 4.92 | 4.10 | 3.44 | 4.35 | 18.2 °C |
| September | 3.72 | 4.09 | 3.50 | 3.89 | 14.0 °C |
| October | 2.32 | 3.32 | 2.89 | 2.87 | 9.7 °C |
| November | 1.27 | 2.31 | 2.04 | 1.87 | 4.2 °C |
| December snow | 0.91 | 2.03 | 1.82 | 1.55 | 0.4 °C |
| Year | 3.39 avg | 3.41 avg | 1076 kWh | 1230 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 650 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 760 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 15% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Waldshut-Tiengen
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.
7.3 mrow pitch at 70°
5.9 mrow pitch at 38°
How Waldshut-Tiengen compares in Germany
Against the other 959 places in Germany with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
6thof 960 places in Germany for sunshine: 3.39 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+12%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Germany: 1,230 against 1,097 kWh per kWp.
−51 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Berlin: 15 h 59 min against 16 h 50 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across Germany it runs from 38° in Munich to 41° in Flensburg.
Of the 960 places in Germany, Weil am Rhein and one other place get the most sun (3.42 peak sun hours a day) and Berlin and 3 other places the least (2.83); Waldshut-Tiengen ranks 6th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.82 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Germany. The shortest day lasts 8 h 25 min, +46 min compared with Berlin.
Solar forecast for Waldshut-Tiengen, 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.