How much sun each Madrid neighbourhood gets

Which streets and sides of the street get winter sun, by neighbourhood, street and floor. It is an estimate from Cadastre buildings, without LiDAR.

Neighbourhoods

Each neighbourhood's figure is the share of its sides of the street with plenty or lots of direct sun on 21 December, middle floor (estimate).

Centro 6 neighbourhoods

Arganzuela 6 neighbourhoods

Retiro 6 neighbourhoods

Salamanca 6 neighbourhoods

Chamartín 6 neighbourhoods

Tetuán 6 neighbourhoods

Chamberí 6 neighbourhoods

Fuencarral - El Pardo 8 neighbourhoods

Moncloa - Aravaca 7 neighbourhoods

Latina 6 neighbourhoods

Carabanchel 7 neighbourhoods

Usera 7 neighbourhoods

Puente de Vallecas 6 neighbourhoods

Moratalaz 4 neighbourhoods

Ciudad Lineal 9 neighbourhoods

Hortaleza 6 neighbourhoods

Villaverde 5 neighbourhoods

Villaverde Alto - Casco Histórico de Villaverde27%
San Cristóbal5%
Butarque31%
Los Rosales15%
Ángeles26%

Villa de Vallecas 3 neighbourhoods

Vicálvaro 3 neighbourhoods

San Blas - Canillejas 8 neighbourhoods

Barajas 5 neighbourhoods

What we measure and how far to trust it

The report's winter scale, from “No winter sun” to “Lots of winter sun”, based on direct sun on the window on 21 December, 1 m from the façade at window-centre height. Here it comes from each building's footprint and number of floors in the Cadastre (3 m per floor) on the IGN's terrain model, and from the sun's position minute by minute. There is no LiDAR.

The figure is the scale for each side of the street and each floor, the median of its buildings, not of one flat. The sun at a specific window, with its floor and whether it faces the street or a courtyard, is the report.

It leaves out trees, balconies, eaves and cornices, and buildings put up or pulled down after the Cadastre's date. In six Barcelona neighbourhoods, compared with LiDAR, this method gave more sun than there really was on average, especially on low floors: treat it as a guide, not a measurement.

Sun Seeker, ShadeMap, SunCalc and Asoleo: what each one measures

A street's sunlight, free by email

On each street page, pick a side and we'll email you its winter sunlight on every floor and the street noise. It works on the streets with their own page in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Cornellà de Llobregat, Girona, Reus, and Terrassa.

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For a flat anywhere else in Spain, there's the report.

Your flat, with its window and its floor

This page is an estimate for the street. Your window may face a courtyard, a chamfered corner or a building that does not weigh in here. The €12 report calculates your flat, with its window and its floor, and adds noise, heat, air, surroundings and local prices.

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