Germany: solar plant site data
Solar power plant in Munich, Germany: yield, tilt angle and row spacing
Munich: 1,141 kWh per kWp a year at the optimal tilt of 39°, facing south (PVGIS). 9.2% above the median of the main cities of Germany (1,045). #5 of 193 main cities of Germany by yield. For comparison, Kyiv: 1,114 kWh/kWp — 2.4% more here.
Munich is in Bavaria. Population 1,505,005 (GeoNames). 524 m above sea level. 505 km away: Berlin, the nearest bigger city, 1,053 kWh/kWp — 8.3% more here. 11.03 m between rows, pitch 14.75 m, GCR 0.32 (latitude 48.1°).
- Yield of 1 kWp
- 1,141kWh/year
- Tilt
- 39°facing south
- 10 kW
- 11,407kWh/year
- Row pitch
- 14.75m · GCR 0.32
- Rank in the country
- 5of 193 cities
Ground frame designer
A ground frame for a solar plant: Munich
Latitude 48.1°: the tilt and the row pitch follow it. Enter the snow and wind for Germany in the designer, by the national annex to the Eurocode.
- No sign-up
- Snow and wind check
- Drawings and estimate
Yield by month
July: 128 kWh/kWp, December: 49 — 2.6 times less.
December: 49 against the median of 30 for the main cities of Germany, 63.3% more.
| kWp | A year | July | December |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5,704 | 640 | 245 |
| 10 | 11,407 | 1,280 | 490 |
| 15 | 17,111 | 1,920 | 735 |
Fixed tilt facing south
What a table yields at another tilt than the optimal 39° — for roofs and frames with a standard slope.
| Tilt | A year | Against the optimum |
|---|---|---|
| 39° (optimum) | 1,141 | — |
| 15° | 1,066 | −6.5% |
| 30° | 1,130 | −0.9% |
| 45° | 1,137 | −0.4% |
| 90° | 812 | −28.8% |
Snow and wind loads
Snow and wind loads for a site in Germany follow DIN EN 1991-1-3/NA (snow load zone, Schneelastzone) and DIN EN 1991-1-4/NA (wind zone, Windzone). Solispec computes loads by the Ukrainian DBN V.1.2-2 only, so this page shows no snow or wind values for Germany: enter the characteristic values from these documents in the designer’s «Own snow S0» and «Own wind W0» fields.
The frame calculation for such a site is preliminary: before installation it must be checked by an engineer who works to the country’s standards.
Nearby cities
Sources
- PVGIS © European Union, 2001–2026 — yield, tilt and azimuth, data as of 2026-10-10
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — coordinates, elevation, population and divisions (changed)
- Where to take snow and wind loads from: DIN EN 1991-1-3/NA, DIN EN 1991-1-4/NA
- How these numbers are computed
Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.