Sunlight in los Jerónimos, street by street
Retiro district. We estimated 234 buildings and 429 façades facing the street.
The sun changes with the floor
In los Jerónimos, of the 49 sides of the street and streets measured, on a middle floor 47% get little or no direct sun on 21 December, 22% get some and 31% get plenty or lots.
| Floor | Little or no sun | Some sun | Plenty or lots of sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| First floor | 61% | 18% | 21% |
| Middle floor | 47% | 22% | 31% |
| Top floor | 37% | 14% | 49% |
Streets from most to least winter sun
| Street | Buildings | Winter sun by side, middle floor |
|---|---|---|
| Calle de Juan Valera | 25 |
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| Paseo de la Reina Cristina | 8 |
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| Calle de Felipe IV | 13 |
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| Paseo de la Infanta Isabel | 15 |
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| Calle de Méndez Núñez | 13 |
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| Calle de Antonio Maura | 19 |
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| Calle de Espalter | 14 |
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| Plaza de Mariano de Cavia | 1 |
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| Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo | 1 |
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| Calle de Montalbán | 14 |
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| Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo | 1 |
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| Calle de Alfonso XII | 37 |
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| Calle de Moreto | 17 |
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| Paseo del Prado | 3 |
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| Calle de Ruiz de Alarcón | 22 |
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| Calle de Julián Gayarre | 10 |
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| Calle de Alfonso XI | 18 |
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| Calle de Alberto Bosch | 18 |
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| Calle de José Anselmo Clave | 2 |
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| Calle de Juan de Mena | 20 |
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| Calle de Andrés Torrejón | 5 |
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| Calle del Doctor Velasco | 8 |
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| Calle de Valenzuela | 10 |
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| Calle de Gutenberg | 2 |
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| Calle de Claudio Moyano | 1 |
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| Calle de Casado del Alisal | 14 |
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| Calle de Agustín Querol | 11 |
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| Calle de la Academia | 11 |
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| Calle de Alcalá | 5 |
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| Calle del Poeta Esteban de Villegas | 1 |
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| Calle de Luis Camoens | 8 |
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| Calle de Juan Bautista Sacchetti | 3 |
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| Plaza de la Lealtad | 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-west 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.
- SWsouth-west · 21 façades Lots of direct sun in winter
- Ssouth · 115 façades Lots of direct sun in winter
- SEsouth-east · 17 façades Plenty of direct sun in winter
- Wwest · 57 façades Some direct sun in winter
- Eeast · 75 façades Some direct sun in winter
- NWnorth-west · 23 façades Little direct sun in winter
- Nnorth · 104 façades No direct sun in winter
- NEnorth-east · 17 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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