Sunlight in Castilla, street by street
Chamartín district. We estimated 386 buildings and 712 façades facing the street.
The sun changes with the floor
In Castilla, of the 69 sides of the street and streets measured, on a middle floor 16% get little or no direct sun on 21 December, 41% get some and 43% get plenty or lots.
| Floor | Little or no sun | Some sun | Plenty or lots of sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| First floor | 26% | 46% | 28% |
| Middle floor | 16% | 41% | 43% |
| Top floor | 13% | 22% | 65% |
Streets from most to least winter sun
| Street | Buildings | Winter sun by side, middle floor |
|---|---|---|
| Plaza de la Infancia | 7 |
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| Calle de Rafael Herrera | 6 |
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| Calle de Mateo Inurria | 15 |
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| Calle de los Caídos de la División Azul | 4 |
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| Calle del Marqués de Torroja | 2 |
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| Calle de la Yuca | 1 |
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| Calle del Membrillo | 6 |
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| Plaza Circular | 3 |
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| Calle del Níspero | 3 |
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| Calle de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias | 3 |
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| Calle de Esteban Terradas | 8 |
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| Calle de Santa Magdalena Sofía | 3 |
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| Calle de las Viejas | 2 |
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| Calle del Padre Francisco Palau y Quer | 1 |
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| Calle de Carmen Sánchez Carrascosa | 6 |
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| Calle de Manuel Ferrero | 19 |
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| Calle de Pablo Luna | 14 |
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| Calle de Pastora Imperio | 6 |
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| Calle de Agustín de Foxá | 22 |
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| Calle de Rodríguez Jaén | 10 |
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| Calle de la Buganvilla | 7 |
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| Calle de José Bardasano Baos | 5 |
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| Calle del Cardenal Marcelo Spínola | 11 |
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| Calle de Alfambra | 2 |
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| Calle de Enrique Larreta | 10 |
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| Plaza de Castilla | 1 |
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| Calle de Daniel Vázquez Díaz | 2 |
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| Avenida de Pío XII | 15 |
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| Avenida de Burgos | 29 |
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| Avenida del Recuerdo | 12 |
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| Calle de Mauricio Legendre | 23 |
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| Calle del Marqués de Torrelaguna | 3 |
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| Calle de Alberto León Peralta | 31 |
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| Calle de Poniente | 34 |
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| Calle del Levante | 31 |
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| Calle de la Hiedra | 18 |
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| Calle de Padre Fco Palau y Quer | 1 |
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| Calle de Consuegra | 4 |
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| Calle de Manuel Caldeiro | 3 |
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| Calle del Bambú | 5 |
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| Paseo de la Castellana | 33 |
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| Calle de las Platerías | 4 |
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| Calle de Núñez Morgado | 10 |
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| Calle de San Ramón Nonato | 4 |
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| Calle del Conde de Torralba | 17 |
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| Travesía de San Fernando | 3 |
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| Calle de Fernández Silvestre | 2 |
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| Calle de Mauricio Ravel | 3 |
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| Plaza de Andrés Manjón | 2 |
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| Plaza del Duque de Pastrana | 5 |
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| Calle de Dolores Sánchez Carrascosa | 2 |
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| Calle de José Vasconcelos | 7 |
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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-east: no direct sun in winter.
- Ssouth · 130 façades Lots of direct sun in winter
- SWsouth-west · 23 façades Lots of direct sun in winter
- SEsouth-east · 17 façades Lots of direct sun in winter
- Eeast · 188 façades Plenty of direct sun in winter
- Wwest · 210 façades Some direct sun in winter
- NWnorth-west · 23 façades Little direct sun in winter
- Nnorth · 108 façades No direct sun in winter
- NEnorth-east · 13 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.
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