Mariy-El Republic · Russia · 56.64° N · 47.89° E
Solar position in Yoshkar-Ola
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Yoshkar-Ola — computed for 56.64° N, 47.89° E, 94 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Yoshkar-Ola today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:32 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:16 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:00 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:39 | 110° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:35 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:32 | 21.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 15:29 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 16:24 | 249° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:03 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 17:47 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:31 | 18° below |
| Day length | 9 h 45 min | |
Sun path diagram for Yoshkar-Ola
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 56.8° at solar noon in Yoshkar-Ola; on the December solstice only 10.0°. Sunrise swings from 42° NE in June to 135° SE in December — a 93° 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 | 08:05 | 11:59 | 15:54 | 7 h 49 min | 13.6° |
| February | 07:01 | 12:02 | 17:03 | 10 h 02 min | 22.9° |
| March | 05:48 | 11:55 | 18:04 | 12 h 16 min | 33.7° |
| April | 04:26 | 11:47 | 19:09 | 14 h 43 min | 45.3° |
| May | 03:21 | 11:45 | 20:09 | 16 h 48 min | 53.6° |
| June | 02:56 | 11:50 | 20:43 | 17 h 47 min | 56.8° |
| July | 03:28 | 11:54 | 20:20 | 16 h 52 min | 53.8° |
| August | 04:28 | 11:51 | 19:13 | 14 h 44 min | 45.4° |
| September | 05:31 | 11:41 | 17:50 | 12 h 20 min | 34.0° |
| October | 06:33 | 11:32 | 16:31 | 9 h 59 min | 22.6° |
| November | 07:40 | 11:34 | 15:27 | 7 h 48 min | 13.5° |
| December | 08:22 | 11:46 | 15:10 | 6 h 48 min | 10.0° |
A year of daylight in Yoshkar-Ola
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 Yoshkar-Ola
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
44°collects the most energy over a year: 1118 kWh per kWp.
81°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° | 869 | 78% | 0.23 | 20.9× |
| 15° | 1008 | 90% | 0.43 | 11.8× |
| 30° | 1093 | 98% | 0.61 | 8.3× |
| 44° year-round best | 1118 | 100% | 0.75 | 6.5× |
| 45° | 1117 | 100% | 0.76 | 6.4× |
| 57° = latitude | 1093 | 98% | 0.85 | 5.3× |
| 60° | 1081 | 97% | 0.87 | 5.1× |
| 70° | 1024 | 92% | 0.91 | 4.4× |
| 81° off-grid best | 934 | 84% | 0.92 | 4.1× |
| 90° | 841 | 75% | 0.91 | 3.9× |
A fixed array in Yoshkar-Ola produces the most over a year at 44°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 81° it makes 0.92 kWh per kWp a day, 23% more than at 44°, and costs 16% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Yoshkar-Ola at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 44° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 44° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 0.53 | 1.54 | 1.44 | 1.21 | -13.5 °C |
| February snow | 1.33 | 2.86 | 2.69 | 2.41 | -12.4 °C |
| March snow | 2.69 | 4.19 | 3.86 | 3.71 | -5.5 °C |
| April | 3.98 | 4.25 | 3.78 | 4.23 | 3.0 °C |
| May | 5.45 | 4.66 | 3.99 | 4.88 | 12.3 °C |
| June | 5.87 | 4.47 | 3.77 | 4.80 | 16.2 °C |
| July | 5.68 | 4.53 | 3.78 | 4.73 | 19.3 °C |
| August | 4.42 | 4.28 | 3.60 | 4.19 | 17.3 °C |
| September | 2.71 | 3.42 | 2.94 | 3.11 | 11.2 °C |
| October | 1.27 | 2.08 | 1.83 | 1.78 | 3.3 °C |
| November snow | 0.51 | 1.20 | 1.07 | 0.93 | -4.1 °C |
| December snow | 0.32 | 0.99 | 0.91 | 0.75 | -11.3 °C |
| Year | 2.91 avg | 3.21 avg | 1024 kWh | 1118 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 1,300 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 1,570 Wp at 44°. The steep array is 17% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Yoshkar-Ola
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.
16.5 mrow pitch at 70°
13.1 mrow pitch at 44°
How Yoshkar-Ola compares in Russia
Against the other 979 places in Russia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
622ndof 980 places in Russia for sunshine, shared: 2.91 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Russia: 1,118 against 1,196 kWh per kWp.
+14 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Moscow: 17 h 47 min against 17 h 34 min.
44°best year-round tilt here; across Russia it runs from 32° in Derbent to 54° in Yakutsk.
Of the 980 places in Russia, Novorossiysk gets the most sun (3.96 peak sun hours a day) and Polyarnyy the least (1.93); Yoshkar-Ola ranks joint 622nd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 0.91 kWh a day here, against 1.31 kWh on average in Russia. The shortest day lasts 6 h 48 min, −12 min compared with Moscow.
Solar forecast for Yoshkar-Ola, 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.