The Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales

United Kingdom · 10 kWp reference system

Cardiff solar forecast

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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

About 36.9 kWh tomorrow

For a standard 10 kWp south-facing system in Cardiff, GridPassport estimates 36.9 kWh on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, with a likely range of 26.7-46.4 kWh. The strongest production window is expected at 14:00-18:00 local time.

Updated Aug 4, 2026, 07:53 PM GMT+1 · fresh snapshot
Likely range
26.7-46.4 kWh
Strongest window
14:00-18:00
Confidence
medium
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Typical year

Solar production month by month in Cardiff

A standard 10 kWp system produces about 10,417 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 Cardiff's solar profile different? The typical annual yield is about 1,042 kWh per installed kWp, ranking Cardiff #1 of 12 modelled locations in United Kingdom. That is 10% above the median of the 12 United Kingdom locations in this dataset. May is typically the strongest month and December the weakest; the stronger month produces about 4.1 times as much.

See the 12-month data
MonthMonthly outputDaily averageYear-to-year variation
MonthJanuary Monthly output365 kWh Daily average11.8 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±43 kWh
MonthFebruary Monthly output538 kWh Daily average19.2 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±96 kWh
MonthMarch Monthly output892 kWh Daily average28.8 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±146 kWh
MonthApril Monthly output1,199 kWh Daily average40.0 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±167 kWh
MonthMay Monthly output1,325 kWh Daily average42.7 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±137 kWh
MonthJune Monthly output1,310 kWh Daily average43.7 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±156 kWh
MonthJuly Monthly output1,293 kWh Daily average41.7 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±136 kWh
MonthAugust Monthly output1,131 kWh Daily average36.5 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±117 kWh
MonthSeptember Monthly output960 kWh Daily average32.0 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±77 kWh
MonthOctober Monthly output653 kWh Daily average21.1 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±71 kWh
MonthNovember Monthly output427 kWh Daily average14.2 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±53 kWh
MonthDecember Monthly output323 kWh Daily average10.4 kWh/day Year-to-year variation±71 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.