England · United Kingdom · 51.85° N · 1.27° E
Solar position in Walton-on-the-Naze
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Walton-on-the-Naze — computed for 51.85° N, 1.27° E, 5 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Walton-on-the-Naze today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:42 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:21 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:00 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:35 | 108° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:23 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:38 | 26.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:54 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:42 | 252° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:17 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:56 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:35 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 07 min | |
Sun path diagram for Walton-on-the-Naze
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 61.6° at solar noon in Walton-on-the-Naze; on the December solstice only 14.8°. Sunrise swings from 49° NE in June to 129° SE in December — a 80° 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 | 07:49 | 12:06 | 16:23 | 8 h 34 min | 18.4° |
| February | 06:57 | 12:08 | 17:20 | 10 h 23 min | 27.7° |
| March | 05:55 | 12:02 | 18:09 | 12 h 14 min | 38.5° |
| April | 05:45 | 12:53 | 20:02 | 14 h 16 min | 50.1° |
| May | 04:53 | 12:51 | 20:50 | 15 h 57 min | 58.4° |
| June | 04:35 | 12:56 | 21:17 | 16 h 42 min | 61.6° |
| July | 05:01 | 13:01 | 21:00 | 15 h 59 min | 58.6° |
| August | 05:49 | 12:57 | 20:06 | 14 h 17 min | 50.2° |
| September | 06:39 | 12:47 | 18:55 | 12 h 17 min | 38.8° |
| October | 07:29 | 12:39 | 17:48 | 10 h 19 min | 27.4° |
| November | 07:24 | 11:40 | 15:56 | 8 h 32 min | 18.2° |
| December | 07:59 | 11:52 | 15:46 | 7 h 46 min | 14.8° |
A year of daylight in Walton-on-the-Naze
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 Walton-on-the-Naze
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
40°collects the most energy over a year: 1088 kWh per kWp.
74°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° | 874 | 80% | 0.44 | 9.8× |
| 15° | 1002 | 92% | 0.77 | 5.9× |
| 30° | 1074 | 99% | 1.04 | 4.3× |
| 40° year-round best | 1088 | 100% | 1.19 | 3.6× |
| 45° | 1085 | 100% | 1.26 | 3.3× |
| 52° = latitude | 1070 | 98% | 1.33 | 3.0× |
| 60° | 1036 | 95% | 1.39 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 972 | 89% | 1.42 | 2.5× |
| 74° off-grid best | 939 | 86% | 1.43 | 2.4× |
| 90° | 777 | 71% | 1.37 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Walton-on-the-Naze produces the most over a year at 40°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 74° it makes 1.43 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 40°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Walton-on-the-Naze at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 40° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 40° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.78 | 1.83 | 1.60 | 1.38 | 5.7 °C |
| February | 1.47 | 2.51 | 2.21 | 2.08 | 5.3 °C |
| March | 2.62 | 3.34 | 2.94 | 3.06 | 6.5 °C |
| April | 4.15 | 4.07 | 3.54 | 4.11 | 8.8 °C |
| May | 4.92 | 3.89 | 3.33 | 4.26 | 11.8 °C |
| June | 5.30 | 3.81 | 3.22 | 4.29 | 14.8 °C |
| July | 5.10 | 3.81 | 3.20 | 4.19 | 17.1 °C |
| August | 4.26 | 3.77 | 3.16 | 3.83 | 17.5 °C |
| September | 3.24 | 3.73 | 3.17 | 3.44 | 15.7 °C |
| October | 1.84 | 2.80 | 2.40 | 2.35 | 12.9 °C |
| November | 0.95 | 2.02 | 1.75 | 1.55 | 9.4 °C |
| December | 0.62 | 1.64 | 1.42 | 1.19 | 6.7 °C |
| Year | 2.94 avg | 3.10 avg | 972 kWh | 1088 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 830 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 990 Wp at 40°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Walton-on-the-Naze
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.
9.9 mrow pitch at 70°
7.8 mrow pitch at 40°
How Walton-on-the-Naze compares in the United Kingdom
Against the other 801 places in the United Kingdom with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
260thof 802 places in the United Kingdom for sunshine, shared: 2.94 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the United Kingdom: 1,088 against 1,058 kWh per kWp.
+4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with London: 16 h 42 min against 16 h 38 min.
40°best year-round tilt here; across the United Kingdom it runs from 38° in Plymouth to 45° in Elgin.
Of the 802 places in the United Kingdom, Sandown and 2 other places get the most sun (3.23 peak sun hours a day) and Fort William the least (2.32); Walton-on-the-Naze ranks joint 260th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.42 kWh a day here, against 1.32 kWh on average in the United Kingdom. The shortest day lasts 7 h 46 min, −3 min compared with London.
Solar forecast for Walton-on-the-Naze, 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.