Sunlight in Media Legua, street by street
Moratalaz district. We estimated 317 buildings and 949 façades facing the street.
The sun changes with the floor
In Media Legua, of the 37 sides of the street and streets measured, on a middle floor 24% get little or no direct sun on 21 December, 62% get some and 14% get plenty or lots.
| Floor | Little or no sun | Some sun | Plenty or lots of sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| First floor | 54% | 35% | 11% |
| Middle floor | 24% | 62% | 14% |
| Top floor | 16% | 46% | 38% |
Streets from most to least winter sun
| Street | Buildings | Winter sun by side, middle floor |
|---|---|---|
| Plaza del Encuentro | 1 |
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| Calle de Ramón Areces | 2 |
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| Calle del Corregidor Diego de Valderrábano | 39 |
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| Avenida del Doctor García Tapia | 7 |
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| Calle del Camino de los Vinateros | 13 |
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| Plaza de Cgdor Sancho de Cordoba | 1 |
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| Calle del Arroyo de la Media Legua | 37 |
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| Calle Entre Arroyos | 76 |
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| Calle del Corregidor Mendo de Zúñiga | 13 |
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| Calle de Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente | 12 |
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| Calle de Cgdor Diego Cabeza Vaca | 1 |
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| Calle del Corregidor Rodrigo Rodríguez | 18 |
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| Calle de Carmen Amaya | 5 |
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| Calle del Alcalde Garrido Juaristi | 5 |
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| Avenida de Moratalaz | 47 |
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| Calle de Alfredo Brañas | 4 |
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| Calle de José del Prado y Palacio | 3 |
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| Plaza del Corregidor Alonso de Aguilar | 2 |
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| Plaza del Corregidor Sancho de Córdoba | 4 |
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| Calle del Arroyo Belincoso | 4 |
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| Calle de Eugenio d'Ors | 2 |
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| Acceso al Parque de la Elipa | 1 |
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| Calle del General Juan Van-Halen | 2 |
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| Calle del Arroyo de las Pilillas | 25 |
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| Calle de la Primavera de Praga | 9 |
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| Calle de Cgdor Rodrigo Rodriguez | 1 |
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| Calle de Manuel Machado | 21 |
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| Calle del Corregidor Diego Cabeza de Vaca | 15 |
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| Calle de Lituania | 5 |
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| Calle del Alcalde Luis Marichalar | 2 |
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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 · 136 façades Lots of direct sun in winter
- SEsouth-east · 77 façades Plenty of direct sun in winter
- SWsouth-west · 131 façades Plenty of direct sun in winter
- Eeast · 130 façades Some direct sun in winter
- Wwest · 136 façades Some direct sun in winter
- Nnorth · 138 façades No direct sun in winter
- NEnorth-east · 126 façades No direct sun in winter
- NWnorth-west · 75 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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