Sunlight in Acacias, street by street
Arganzuela district. We estimated 439 buildings and 806 façades facing the street.
The sun changes with the floor
In Acacias, of the 62 sides of the street and streets measured, on a middle floor 42% get little or no direct sun on 21 December, 29% get some and 29% get plenty or lots.
| Floor | Little or no sun | Some sun | Plenty or lots of sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| First floor | 58% | 32% | 10% |
| Middle floor | 42% | 29% | 29% |
| Top floor | 27% | 26% | 47% |
Streets from most to least winter sun
| Street | Buildings | Winter sun by side, middle floor |
|---|---|---|
| Paseo de las Yeserías | 26 |
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| Glorieta de las Pirámides | 1 |
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| Paseo de las Acacias | 34 |
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| Calle del Concejal Benito Martín Lozano | 5 |
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| Paseo de Juan Antonio Vallejo-Nájera Botas | 17 |
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| Calle de San Anastasio | 2 |
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| Calle de Moratines | 20 |
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| Paseo de la Esperanza | 38 |
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| Calle de la Arquitectura | 25 |
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| Calle de la Caoba | 2 |
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| Calle de los Carvajales | 16 |
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| Calle de San Isidoro de Sevilla | 10 |
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| Calle de Arganda | 24 |
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| Calle del Labrador | 19 |
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| Calle de Santocildes | 3 |
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| Travesía de San Isidoro de Sevilla | 7 |
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| Calle del Gasómetro | 12 |
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| Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza | 12 |
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| Calle de Ercilla | 41 |
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| Paseo de los Olmos | 16 |
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| Calle de los Nogales | 2 |
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| Calle de Martín de Vargas | 35 |
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| Calle de Soria | 6 |
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| Calle de Carmen Cobeña | 6 |
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| Calle de Toledo | 15 |
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| Calle del Laurel | 21 |
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| Calle de las Peñuelas | 49 |
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| Calle de las Naves | 21 |
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| Calle de la Ribera de Curtidores | 7 |
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| Calle de Pozuelo de Zarzón | 2 |
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| Calle de las Cigarreras | 5 |
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| Calle de Embajadores | 21 |
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| Calle de Valdelasierra | 8 |
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| Calle de la Ceiba | 4 |
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| Calle de Melilla | 5 |
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| Plaza de las Peñuelas | 8 |
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| Glorieta de la Puerta de Toledo | 1 |
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| Calle de Gargantilla | 2 |
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| Calle de Baños de Montemayor | 5 |
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| Ronda de Toledo | 17 |
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| Glorieta de Embajadores | 3 |
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| Calle del Majuelo | 4 |
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| Calle de la Villa de Arbancón | 6 |
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| Calle del Palo de Rosa | 3 |
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A side counts if it has 5 or more measured buildings; if neither does, the whole street is shown. Streets with 25 or more buildings have their own page, with the three floors of each side.
Which orientation wins
Façades facing south get the most sun on 21 December on a middle floor: lots of direct sun in winter. Those facing north-west: no direct sun in winter.
- Ssouth · 81 façades Lots of direct sun in winter
- SEsouth-east · 83 façades Plenty of direct sun in winter
- SWsouth-west · 163 façades Plenty of direct sun in winter
- Eeast · 60 façades Some direct sun in winter
- Wwest · 67 façades Some direct sun in winter
- NEnorth-east · 170 façades Little direct sun in winter
- Nnorth · 100 façades No direct sun in winter
- NWnorth-west · 82 façades No direct sun in winter
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
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.
Calculate my flat