Solar radiation data

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Figure A2.1 Solar radiation in Europe. Average values of global solar radiation (expressed over 24 h in December) for orientation due south and a tilt of 60° from the horizontal (in kWh/т2/day)

Country

Place

Lat.

Long.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Norway

Bergen

60.2° N

5.2° E

Gh

196

721

1708

3272

4134

4853

4145

3493

1857

938

302

118

G 60°

S

300

2380

2380

3660

3840

4190

3650

3580

2270

1470

510

170

Germany

Hamburg

53.5° N

10.0° E

Gh

521

2231

2231

3553

4688

5437

4820

4340

2786

1489

671

401

G 60°

S

900

2830

2830

3680

4200

4580

4170

4340

3290

2180

1160

800

Dresden

51.7° N

13.3° E

Gh

721

2377

2377

3435

4416

5015

5047

4368

3075

1718

831

500

G 60°

S

1350

2910

2910

3430

3840

4080

4290

4220

3580

2420

1390

910

Belgium

Ostend

51.2° N

2.9° E

Gh

622

2624

2624

3968

4991

5795

5122

4370

3268

1887

849

534

G 60°

S

1000

3210

3210

3970

4310

4690

4270

4190

3830

2660

1390

960

Spain

Madrid

40.4° N

3.7° W

Gh

1728

4154

4154

5450

6169

6692

7224

6485

4801

3161

1985

1768

G 60°

S

3040

5260

5260

4970

4600

4690

5310

5870

5230

4370

3320

3800

France

Carpentras

44.1° N

5.1° E

Gh

1591

3750

3750

5295

6291

7047

7515

6229

4592

3210

1884

1461

G 60°

S

3130

4620

4620

5220

5180

5320

6000

5850

5310

4880

3450

3170

Nice

43.7° N

7.2° E

Gh

1723

3931

3913

5356

6095

6789

7130

5916

4593

3270

1989

1645

G 60°

S

3540

4790

4790

5250

4980

5110

5680

5490

5260

4910

3760

3760

Limoges

45.5° N

1.1° E

Gh

1190

3070

3070

4388

5192

5902

5959

4864

3858

2603

1390

1000

G 60°

S

2090

3590

3590

4190

4250

4520

4770

4430

4310

3690

2330

1940

Nantes

47.1° N

1.4° W

Gh

983

3036

3036

4338

5157

5917

6132

4896

3611

2345

1260

868

G 60°

S

1956

3879

3879

4250

4181

4426

4752

4401

4174

3642

2433

1843

Trappes

48.4° N

2.0° E

Gh

823

2699

2699

4012

4824

5567

5575

4563

3475

2113

1049

663

(Paris)

G 60°

S

1350

3230

3230

3950

4090

4430

4600

4290

3980

2980

1730

1120

(‘Continues)

Country

Place

Lat.

Long.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Great

Eskdalmuir

55.2° N

3.1° W

Gh

381

1117

2012

3240

3898

4669

4056

3421

2310

1292

651

338

Britain

G 60° S

630

1890

2540

3330

3430

3880

3440

3260

2610

1880

1270

730

Jersey

49.1° N

2.1° W

Gh

506

1598

2882

4296

5335

5991

5606

4549

3376

2133

990

646

G 60° S

1350

2430

3590

4330

4600

4810

4660

4290

3880

3090

1640

1230

London

51.3° N

£

©

о

Gh

555

1099

2074

3036

4122

4993

4383

3618

2709

1553

807

470

G 60° S

880

1630

2550

3080

3660

4130

3730

3500

3170

2230

1380

880

Greece

Athens

37.6° N

23.4° E

Gh

1754

2620

3820

5149

6407

6838

6883

6179

4856

3383

2329

1694

G 60° S

2760

3580

4260

4730

5000

4830

5120

5470

5320

4630

3870

3040

Italy

Milan

45.4° N

9.3° E

Gh

921

1705

3004

4490

5137

5828

6072

5258

3818

2452

1140

859

G 60° S

1370

2300

3510

4320

4250

4500

4920

4820

4170

3340

1730

1340

Messina

38.1° N

15.3° E

Gh

2068

2856

3872

5203

6089

6686

6955

6375

5051

3531

2535

1794

G 60° S

3380

3780

4190

4650

4700

4740

5120

5480

5340

4710

4130

3070

Rome

31.8° N

12.6° E

Gh

1695

2539

3780

4993

6025

6585

6861

6159

4693

3287

2020

1512

G 60° S

2930

3580

4330

4670

4820

4860

5350

5580

5220

4610

3420

2830

Portugal

Faro

37.1° N

7.5° W

Gh

2224

3122

4355

5714

7219

7597

7688

6802

5508

3980

2710

2310

G 60° S

3920

4360

4870

5310

5460

5220

5540

5860

5850

5380

4530

4740

Switzerland

Zurich

47.3° N

8.3° E

Gh

832

1614

2724

3933

5025

5454

5797

4558

3575

2009

1000

657

G 60° S Gh

G 60° S

1090

2210

3100

3750

4130

4180

4660

4120

3950

2640

1410

880

Davos

46.5° N

9.5° E

1551

2454

3987

5233

5656

5479

5558

4736

4089

2876

1671

1351

3030

3850

4880

4650

4540

4100

4330

4220

4630

4330

3220

3080

Gh, global horizontal plane (in Wh/m2/day); G 60° S, global 60° tilt due south (in Wh/m2/day).

Capital

Place

Lat.

Long.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

AFRICA

Morocco

Casablanca

33.4° N

7.7° W

Gh

2903

4064

5225

5806

6386

5806

6386

5806

5225

4644

3483

2903

G 40°

S

4647

5707

6099

5650

5484

4750

5330

5337

5647

6154

5443

4897

Cap Juby

27.9° N

12.9° W

Gh

3599

4296

5109

5806

6038

5689

5457

5573

5109

4528

3599

3135

G 40°

S

5348

5561

5589

5392

4983

4474

4419

4913

5224

5514

5055

4708

Egypt

Guizeh

30.0° N

31.2° E

Gh

3367

4412

5840

6769

7211

7594

7443

6967

6142

4865

3588

3089

G 40°

s

5155

5934

6637

6425

5996

5920

5991

6230

6501

6167

5243

4848

Senegal

Dakar

14.7° N

17.4° W

Gh

4586

5353

6258

6584

6456

6258

5295

4435

4819

4842

4656

4226

G 20°

s

5416

5974

6480

6283

5798

5456

4738

4167

4814

5220

5383

5027

Ivory Coast

Abidjan

5.0° N

4.0° W

Gh

4651

4883

5232

5813

5582

4767

4069

4185

4651

5348

4767

4651

G 10°

s

4963

5075

5263

5633

5253

4438

3847

4035

4615

5504

5045

4994

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh

24.0° N

50.0° E

Gh

4064

4644

5806

6386

7547

6967

5806

6967

5806

5806

4644

3483

G 30°

s

5517

5674

6298

6106

6534

5790

4993

6385

5983

6924

6181

4742

ASIA

China

Hong Kong

22.3° N

114.2° E

Gh

3716

3646

3588

3808

4528

4819

5527

4656

4343

5388

4621

3808

G 20°

s

4853

4251

3721

3603

3988

4079

4722

4262

4373

6261

6005

5133

India

Bombay

18.9° N

72.8° E

Gh

5341

6038

6734

7083

7315

5341

4528

4296

5341

5922

5806

5225

G 30°

s

7059

7243

7094

6545

6126

4389

3857

3877

5305

6738

7512

7097

Japan

Tokyo

35.7° N

139.8° E

Gh

2160

2624

3112

3553

3901

3449

3820

3843

2891

2299

2102

1927

G 40°

s

3397

3510

3479

3442

3447

2959

3315

3568

3004

2750

3047

3095

Philippines

Quezon

14.4° N

121° E

Gh

3576

3507

5062

6015

5341

5028

4087

4226

4122

4226

4099

4029

City

G 10°

s

3887

3688

5188

5942

5137

4776

3933

4139

4156

4418

4436

4443

AMERICAS

Canada

Montreal

45° N

72° W

Gh

1471

2438

3472

4401

5295

5620

5817

4784

3727

2229

1277

1091

G 60°

s

3130

4163

4365

4193

4198

4122

4414

4186

4168

3183

2210

2266

Chile

Santiago

33.4° S

70.7° W

Gh

5573

5922

5922

6270

6270

6038

5573

5225

5806

6038

5806

5341

G 45°

N

6201

6865

6326

5653

3770

3123

3337

3855

4266

5688

5516

6191

Brazil

Manaus

3.13° S

60° W

Gh

4296

4180

4180

4064

4296

4644

4993

5457

5457

5341

4877

4528

Gh, global horizontal plane (in Wh/m2/day); G 60° S, global 60° tilt due south (in Wh/m2/day).

Updated: August 25, 2015 — 12:31 pm