Sunlight in Casc Antic, street by street

Neighbourhood of Reus. We measured 504 buildings and 792 façades facing the street.

The sun changes with the floor

In Casc Antic, 15% of façades get direct sun on 21 December on the first floor, 35% on the middle floor and 57% on the top floor.

15%First floorof façades get sun on 21 December

35%Middle floorof façades get sun on 21 December

57%Top floorof façades get sun on 21 December

Streets from most to least winter sun

Streets ordered by the winter sun of their sunniest side on a middle floor (median of its buildings)
Street	Buildings	Winter sun by side, middle floor	Daytime noise
Plaça Peixateries	9	SW side Lots of direct sun in winter SW side Plenty of direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Plaça de la Farinera	2	Whole street Lots of direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
de Raval del Pallol	8	SW side Plenty of direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
de Raval de Robuster	7	SE side Plenty of direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
Carrer del Rosselló	5	SW side Plenty of direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Raval de Robuster	2	Whole street Some direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
de Raval de Martí Folguera	1	Whole street Some direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
Carrer de Barreres	29	SW side Some direct sun in winter SW side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Carrer del Fossar Vell	3	Whole street Some direct sun in winter	57.5 dB
Passeig del Camp	1	Whole street Some direct sun in winter	65 dB
de Raval de Sant Pere	8	SE side Some direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
Raval de Jesus	3	W side Some direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
de Raval de Jesús	14	W side Some direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
Raval de Sant Pere	2	Whole street Some direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
Carrer de Racona	7	NE side Little direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Plaça de Sant Miquel	6	SE side Little direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de la Font	13	SW side Little direct sun in winter E side No direct sun in winter	57.5 dB
Carrer de Sunyer	3	Whole street Little direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de la Presó	16	SW side Little direct sun in winter NE side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Plaça de Sant Pere	1	Whole street Little direct sun in winter	57.5 dB
Carrer de Monterols	30	SW side Little direct sun in winter NE side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Carrer Major	17	SW side Little direct sun in winter NE side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Carrer de Sant Pere Apòstol	8	SW side Little direct sun in winter NE side No direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
Carrer de Santa Anna	23	SW side Little direct sun in winter NE side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de la Perla	2	Whole street Little direct sun in winter	60 dB
Carrer de Casals	21	SE side Little direct sun in winter NW side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carreró dels Jueus	2	Whole street Little direct sun in winter	65 dB
Carrer de Vallroquetes	20	SE side Little direct sun in winter N side No direct sun in winter	57.5 dB
Carrer del Pubill Oriol	26	SW side Little direct sun in winter NE side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Carrer de les Carnisseries Velles	8	SE side No direct sun in winter NW side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Plaça del Mercadal	10	NE side No direct sun in winter N side No direct sun in winter	57.5 dB
Raval del Pallol	1	Whole street No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Plaça de Baluard	5	W side No direct sun in winter	57.5 dB
Carreró de les Basses	9	NW side No direct sun in winter NW side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Plaça Puríssima Sang	1	Whole street No direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
Plaça de Martí Napolità	2	Whole street No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Plaça Catalunya	2	Whole street No direct sun in winter	65 dB
Plaça del Castell	13	NE side No direct sun in winter NE side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Plaça de Prim	1	Whole street No direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
Carrer de Puríssima Sang	4	NE side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Carrer de Pujol	1	Whole street No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer d'Hortensi Güell	4	E side No direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
Carrer del Galió	19	W side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer del Vidre	18	SW side No direct sun in winter NE side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Plaça d'Evarist Fàbregas i Pàmies	1	Whole street No direct sun in winter	57.5 dB
Carrer de la Puríssima Concepció	16	SE side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Carrer de la Galera	22	SE side No direct sun in winter NW side No direct sun in winter	57.5 dB
Carrer d'Aleus	13	SE side No direct sun in winter NE side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de Martí Napolità	9	SE side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de Vilar	13	SW side No direct sun in winter NE side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de Donotea	7	SW side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de l'Hospital	30	SE side No direct sun in winter NW side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de Rosich	9	SE side No direct sun in winter NW side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer del Castell	6	SW side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de Montserrat	3	NE side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Carrer de l'Abadia	11	SE side No direct sun in winter NW side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Carrer Baix de Sant Joan	5	N side No direct sun in winter NW side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
de Raval de Santa Anna	25	N side No direct sun in winter	67.5 dB
Carrer de Bages	5	NE side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de les Galanes	40	NW side No direct sun in winter SE side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Carrer de la Mar	17	SW side No direct sun in winter	52.5 dB
Carrer de Jesus	27	NW side No direct sun in winter	62.5 dB
Carrer de Sant Pere	2	Whole street No direct sun in winter	60 dB
Carrer del Metge Fortuny	6	N side No direct sun in winter	57.5 dB

A side counts if it has 5 or more measured buildings; if neither does, the whole street is shown. Streets with 15 or more buildings have their own page, with the three floors of each side.

Which orientation and which side win

Façades facing south get the most sun on 21 December: a median of 1 h 15 min on a middle floor. Those facing north: no sun.

Which way the façades in Casc Antic face: the more façades facing a side, the longer its petal; the more sun they get on 21 December, the deeper its ochre.

Ssouth · 11 façades1 h 15 min
Wwest · 36 façades50 min
SWsouth-west · 183 façades32 min
SEsouth-east · 166 façades21 min
Eeast · 25 façades11 min
NEnorth-east · 178 façadesNo sun
NWnorth-west · 159 façadesNo sun
Nnorth · 34 façadesNo sun

Streets with sun and less noise

At least some winter sun on their sunniest side and less daytime noise than the neighbourhood median.

Plaça PeixateriesLots of direct sun in winter on the sunniest side · 57.5 dB by day
Plaça de la FarineraLots of direct sun in winter on the sunniest side · 52.5 dB by day
Carrer del RossellóPlenty of direct sun in winter on the sunniest side · 52.5 dB by day
Carrer del Fossar VellSome direct sun in winter on the sunniest side · 57.5 dB by day

What we measure

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. It comes from the ICGC's 1 m LiDAR (2021–2023 flight) and the sun's position, minute by minute.

Here the figure is the scale for each side of the street and each floor, the median of its buildings, not of one flat. The exact minute count for a specific flat, with its window, its floor and whether it faces the street or the courtyard, is the report.

With 1 m LiDAR, narrow streets and eaves come out less sharply than with Barcelona's 25 cm data: the average error is around 15 minutes a day. Tree canopies let part of the sun through, and buildings put up after the 2021–2023 flight are not included.

Sun Seeker, ShadeMap, SunCalc and Asoleo: what each one measures

Your flat, with its window and its floor

This page is about the street. Your window may face a courtyard, a chamfered corner or a building that does not weigh in here. The €19 report measures yours, minute by minute, all year.

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