Panorama of Essen, Federal State of North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Germany · 10 kWp reference system

Essen solar forecast

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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

About 35.0 kWh tomorrow

For a standard 10 kWp south-facing system in Essen, GridPassport estimates 35.0 kWh on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, with a likely range of 25.8-42.9 kWh. The strongest production window is expected at 11:00-15:00 local time.

Updated Aug 4, 2026, 08:53 PM GMT+2 · fresh snapshot
Likely range
25.8-42.9 kWh
Strongest window
11:00-15:00
Confidence
medium
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Typical year

Solar production month by month in Essen

A standard 10 kWp system produces about 10,217 kWh in a typical year at this location. Monthly averages show seasonality; they are not a forecast for a specific year.

Values are kWh per month. Source: European Commission JRC PVGIS.

What makes Essen's solar profile different? The typical annual yield is about 1,022 kWh per installed kWp, ranking Essen #8 of 12 modelled locations in Germany. That is 2% below the median of the 12 Germany locations in this dataset. May is typically the strongest month and December the weakest; the stronger month produces about 4.3 times as much.

See the 12-month data
MonthMonthly outputDaily averageYear-to-year variation
MonthJanuary Monthly output340 kWh Daily average10.9 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±93 kWh
MonthFebruary Monthly output525 kWh Daily average18.8 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±137 kWh
MonthMarch Monthly output886 kWh Daily average28.6 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±185 kWh
MonthApril Monthly output1,152 kWh Daily average38.4 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±178 kWh
MonthMay Monthly output1,261 kWh Daily average40.7 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±159 kWh
MonthJune Monthly output1,258 kWh Daily average42.0 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±146 kWh
MonthJuly Monthly output1,245 kWh Daily average40.2 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±137 kWh
MonthAugust Monthly output1,155 kWh Daily average37.3 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±121 kWh
MonthSeptember Monthly output970 kWh Daily average32.3 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±104 kWh
MonthOctober Monthly output705 kWh Daily average22.7 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±115 kWh
MonthNovember Monthly output428 kWh Daily average14.3 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±103 kWh
MonthDecember Monthly output292 kWh Daily average9.4 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±75 kWh

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Method and data

Every city uses a 10 kWp system facing south at 35 degrees with 14% system losses. Tomorrow's figure combines hourly weather with GridPassport's PV production and uncertainty model. The monthly profile uses the European Commission JRC PVGIS multi-year climate series. Roof direction, shade, snow, dirt, inverter clipping and local weather can change real output.