Sunlight in Hispanoamérica, street by street
Chamartín district. We estimated 1,202 buildings and 1,980 façades facing the street.
The sun changes with the floor
In Hispanoamérica, of the 135 sides of the street and streets measured, on a middle floor 34% get little or no direct sun on 21 December, 33% get some and 33% get plenty or lots.
| Floor | Little or no sun | Some sun | Plenty or lots of sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| First floor | 47% | 29% | 24% |
| Middle floor | 34% | 33% | 33% |
| Top floor | 27% | 24% | 49% |
Streets from most to least winter sun
| Street | Buildings | Winter sun by side, middle floor |
|---|---|---|
| Plaza de Maslama Al-Mayriti | 9 |
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| Calle de Romero Girón | 9 |
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| Avenida de Ramón y Cajal | 37 |
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| Calle Décima | 11 |
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| Calle de los Lirios | 18 |
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| Plaza de Torrelodones | 9 |
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| Calle de Panamá | 10 |
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| Calle Transversal | 16 |
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| Calle del Pintor Ribera | 29 |
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| Calle Undécima | 14 |
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| Calle de Santolinas | 17 |
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| Avenida de los Alhelíes | 27 |
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| Calle de Pardo Bazán | 55 |
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| Avenida del Aster | 40 |
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| Calle Novena | 24 |
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| Calle del Aralia | 7 |
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| Calle de las Endrinas | 20 |
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| Calle de los Tilos | 5 |
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| Calle Primera | 26 |
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| Calle de Fernán Núñez | 14 |
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| Calle de las Calas | 21 |
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| Calle de Nicaragua | 16 |
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| Avenida de Concha Espina | 19 |
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| Calle de Serrano | 19 |
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| Calle de Potosí | 8 |
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| Plaza de los Sagrados Corazónes | 2 |
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| Calle del Acebo | 24 |
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| Plaza de la República del Ecuador | 8 |
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| Calle de Colombia | 57 |
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| Calle de Rafael Salgado | 11 |
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| Plaza de Valparaíso | 9 |
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| Calle del Doctor Fleming | 23 |
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| Calle de las Celindas | 40 |
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| Avenida de Alfonso XIII | 75 |
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| Calle del Padre Damián | 16 |
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| Calle de Federico García Sanchíz | 1 |
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| Paseo de los Jacintos | 14 |
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| Calle de Ángel de Diego Roldán | 39 |
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| Calle de Manuel de Falla | 9 |
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| Calle de Uruguay | 23 |
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| Paseo de la Habana | 35 |
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| Calle del Beleño | 4 |
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| Calle de Chile | 24 |
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| Calle de Puerto Rico | 40 |
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| Calle del Príncipe de Vergara | 29 |
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| Calle de los Narcisos | 49 |
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| Calle del Profesor Waksman | 12 |
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| Calle de Herreros de Tejada | 13 |
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| Calle de los Condes del Val | 16 |
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| Calle de Víctor Andrés Belaúnde | 24 |
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| Calle Tercera | 17 |
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| Calle de Castrejón | 3 |
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| Calle del Eucalipto | 5 |
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| Avenida del Levante | 22 |
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| Paseo de la Castellana | 9 |
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| Calle de Juan Ramón Jiménez | 13 |
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| Calle de Móstoles | 20 |
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| Calle de Ramón de Santillán | 13 |
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| Calle Cuarta | 15 |
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| Calle del Jiloca | 6 |
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| Calle de la Lígula | 5 |
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| Calle de Rodríguez Marín | 9 |
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| Paseo de los Cerezos | 19 |
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| Calle Sexta | 2 |
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| Calle del Sauce | 15 |
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| Calle de Trueba y Fernández | 10 |
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| Calle de Bolivia | 22 |
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| Calle de Fuente del Saz | 8 |
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| Calle de Víctor de la Serna | 46 |
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| Calle de Oruro | 11 |
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| Calle de Cochabamba | 18 |
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| Calle de la Infanta María Teresa | 19 |
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| Calle de Talavera | 13 |
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| Plaza de la República Dominicana | 4 |
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| Calle Octava | 1 |
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| Calle de Costa Rica | 19 |
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| Avenida de Alberto Alcocer | 22 |
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| Calle de José Lázaro Galdiano | 6 |
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| Calle de Veracruz | 5 |
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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 · 394 façades Lots of direct sun in winter
- SWsouth-west · 111 façades Lots of direct sun in winter
- SEsouth-east · 104 façades Plenty of direct sun in winter
- Eeast · 408 façades Some direct sun in winter
- Wwest · 408 façades Some direct sun in winter
- Nnorth · 360 façades No direct sun in winter
- NEnorth-east · 101 façades No direct sun in winter
- NWnorth-west · 94 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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