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Solar units per kW, by city

Updated 8 Nov 2026

A 3 kW system in Hyderabad makes about 4,514 units a year.

Per kW, each year
1,505 units
Best month
March
Lowest month
July

All cities compared

CityUnits a yearBest monthLowest month
Ahmedabad1,566MarchJuly
Bengaluru1,515MarchJuly
Chennai1,489MarchJuly
Coimbatore1,457JanuaryJune
Delhi1,590AprilJuly
Erode1,462MarchJuly
Guntur1,439MarchJuly
Hubballi1,493JanuaryJuly
Hyderabad1,505MarchJuly
Jaipur1,614MarchAugust
Jodhpur1,653MarchAugust
Karimnagar1,492MarchJuly
Khammam1,454MarchJuly
Kochi1,332JanuaryJune
Kolkata1,407MarchJuly
Kozhikode1,326JanuaryJune
Lucknow1,557MarchJuly
Madurai1,418MarchNovember
Mangaluru1,393JanuaryJuly
Mumbai1,521MarchJuly
Mysuru1,480JanuaryJuly
Nagpur1,495MarchJuly
Nashik1,530MarchJuly
Nizamabad1,503MarchJuly
Pune1,509MarchJuly
Rajkot1,584MarchJuly
Salem1,470MarchJuly
Surat1,566MarchJuly
Thiruvananthapuram1,487JanuaryJune
Tiruchirappalli1,444MarchNovember
Tirupati1,448MarchJuly
Tiruppur1,482MarchJuly
Udaipur1,595MarchAugust
Vadodara1,543MarchJuly
Vijayawada1,429MarchJuly
Visakhapatnam1,477MarchJuly
Warangal1,465MarchJuly

The figures are for 1 kW. Multiply each figure by your system size.

Method

Estimates use PVGIS 5.3, the European Commission’s free solar tool, retrieved 8 Nov 2026. They assume 14% losses, a 20° tilt and a south-facing array. The weather comes from ERA5 for 2005–2023.

Solar output is from PVGIS © European Union, scaled to your system size. PVGIS data are used under CC BY 4.0.