Sunlight in Botànic, street by street
Extramurs district. We estimated 406 buildings and 561 façades facing the street.
The sun changes with the floor
In Botànic, of the 46 sides of the street and streets measured, on a middle floor 54% get little or no direct sun on 21 December, 35% get some and 11% get plenty or lots.
| Floor | Little or no sun | Some sun | Plenty or lots of sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| First floor | 83% | 15% | 2% |
| Middle floor | 54% | 35% | 11% |
| Top floor | 41% | 22% | 37% |
Streets from most to least winter sun
| Street | Buildings | Winter sun by side, middle floor |
|---|---|---|
| Gran Via de Ferran el Catòlic | 34 |
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| Carrer del Mestre Palau | 13 |
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| Plaça de Sant Sebastià | 1 |
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| Carrer de Quart | 24 |
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| Carrer de Simón Ortiz | 7 |
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| Carrer de Pere Bonfill | 9 |
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| Plaça de Rojas Clemente | 14 |
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| Plaça de Maria Beneyto | 3 |
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| Carrer d'Andreu Julià | 6 |
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| Carrer de Conca | 5 |
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| Carrer de Guillem de Castro | 50 |
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| Carrer del Beat Gaspar Bono | 1 |
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| Carrer del Túria | 70 |
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| Carrer de Juan de Mena | 26 |
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| Carrer del Doctor Peset Cervera | 18 |
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| Carrer del Botànic | 24 |
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| Carrer Doctor Monserrat | 29 |
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| Carrer de Lepant | 37 |
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| Carrer del Doctor Sanchis Bergón | 27 |
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| Carrer de Borrull | 45 |
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| Carrer d'Espinosa | 11 |
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| Carrer de Sant Pere Pasqual | 11 |
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| Carrer d'Àngel Guimerà | 10 |
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| Passeig de la Petxina | 14 |
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| Carrer de Xilxes | 1 |
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| Carrer del Pare Manjón | 5 |
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| Gran Vía Fernando 'el Católico' | 1 |
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| Carrer de Chilches | 2 |
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| Carrer de Lepanto | 1 |
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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: plenty of direct sun in winter. Those facing north-east: no direct sun in winter.
- SWsouth-west · 40 façades Plenty of direct sun in winter
- SEsouth-east · 29 façades Some direct sun in winter
- Eeast · 133 façades Some direct sun in winter
- Wwest · 90 façades Some direct sun in winter
- Ssouth · 114 façades Little direct sun in winter
- Nnorth · 117 façades No direct sun in winter
- NWnorth-west · 32 façades No direct sun in winter
- NEnorth-east · 6 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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