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Solar panels in Banbury, priced before anyone visits.

Twelve panels (6.36 kWp) here make about 6,440 kWh a year for £6,360 installed, designed around your roof on a free 30-minute video call.

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Sunlight in Banbury

How much a Banbury roof makes, month by month

Banbury's best month is July, at 123 kWh per kWp; December manages 35.3. Over the year that comes to 1,013 kWh per kWp, level with our Oxfordshire county estimate.

Map showing Banbury in Oxfordshire A simplified outline map of Oxfordshire with neighbouring counties shown faintly, and a pin marking the location of Banbury.
Banbury in Oxfordshire

Generation per kWp, month by month

Banbury, 1,013 kWh per kWp a year
Banbury, monthly generation per kWp Bar chart, twelve months January to December. Peak July at 123 kWh/kWp. Lowest December at 35.3 kWh/kWp. Full values are in the table below this chart. 141 0 JFMAMJJASOND 123
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Banbury, monthly generation per kWp - monthly figures (kWh/kWp)
MonthkWh/kWp
January38.8
February53.5
March88.7
April113
May122
June122
July123
August111
September95.6
October65.7
November45.8
December35.3

Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.

6,440kWh a year, 12 panels
780kWh in July, the peak
220kWh in December

Against Great Britain as a whole: Banbury makes 1,013 kWh per kWp a year, and the mean of our 85 county PVGIS estimates (our GB average) is 925, so Banbury is 10% above it.

How Banbury compares

Among the places we publish figures for, Banbury is one of 10 Oxfordshire towns we track, and it ranks 8th of 10 for solar yield. It is a medium town in the House of Commons Library classification, with 56,457 residents, and its roofs see 2.78 peak sun hours a day across the year. That drives the standard 12 panel model to 6,443 kWh of generation, of which around 5,506 kWh is exported at 12p for £661 a year, with £247 saved on electricity you would otherwise buy at 26.32p.

Every figure here assumes a clear, south-facing roof at 35 degrees. Yours will differ, which is what the free design call is for; until then, the calculator below tests panels, batteries and export rates on Banbury's own yield.

Any planning application in Banbury sits with Cherwell, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is medium town.

12 panels
530W panels. Most semi-detached roofs take 10 to 16 on one pitch.
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Installed prices. The named packages are the ones running on our current offers; the Duracell prices are for an installation alongside solar.
Electricity use
Export rate scenario
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Estimated benefit, year one
£907
£76 a month · payback 7.0 yrs
System price, installed
£6,360
Simple payback
7.0 yrs
Generates a year
6,443 kWh
Exported
5,506 kWh at 12p
Where the money comes from
Solar you use, Export income, Off-peak shifting,

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Generation is modelled from PVGIS satellite data for Banbury's own coordinates (52.06371, -1.34089), using the same 26.32p/kWh import value and £1,000 per kWp installed pricing as every Clearline estimate; the methodology is on our help page.

Local grid

The network operator for Banbury

National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) owns and runs the local electricity network in Banbury, as part of its West Midlands licence area.

What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: NGED is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.

Larger systems go through G99 instead, applied for before installation. On timing: NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.

Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); NGED, guaranteed standards of performance table, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.

Aerial view of a residential UK street where several homes have black solar panels fitted to rear roof pitches
Several homes on the same street, all now fitted with solar.
Beyond solar

Beyond the panels: heating and car charging in Banbury

A heat pump in Banbury

Heating demand peaks when solar is weakest. In Banbury, a 12-panel system makes about 220 kWh in December and 250 kWh in January, a fraction of its 780 kWh in July, which is why a heat pump here is costed on its tariff first.

In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).

How heat pumps work

Charging an EV in Banbury

Summer is where a car earns its place. In July, 12 panels in Banbury make about 780 kWh, against roughly 70 kWh a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's typical-use settings, so there is surplus a smart charger can put into the car instead of exporting it.

If you rent, or own a flat, and have private off-street parking, the government chargepoint grant covers 75% of the cost, capped at £500 a socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above prices a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.

EV charging explained

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Solar panel servicing and repair in Banbury

The same sourced benchmarks apply in Banbury as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.

FAQs

Solar in Banbury: your questions answered

How much electricity do solar panels make in Banbury?

About 6,440 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Banbury: 1,013 kWh per kWp, or 2.78 peak sun hours a day on average. July is the strongest month, at about 780 kWh.

What does a typical solar system cost in Banbury?

Solar is priced at £1,000 per kWp installed wherever you live, so a 12-panel, 6.36 kWp system costs £6,360 in Banbury, exactly as it would anywhere else, before any battery. Location changes what the system makes, not what it costs: here that is about 6,440 kWh a year. The final figure comes from your roof on the design call.

Which DNO covers Banbury, and what does it need from me?

National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) covers Banbury. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to NGED within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. NGED's guaranteed standards give 45 working days for a low voltage generation quotation, with £80 paid for each working day late.

What happens to the solar I do not use in Banbury?

Around £661 a year at 12p per kWh, for the roughly 5,506 kWh a 12-panel system in Banbury exports with typical use. Rates vary by supplier and some need their own tariff; the export rates table is dated and sourced.

How much solar does Banbury get in December?

December is the low point: about 220 kWh from a 12-panel system in Banbury, on PVGIS data, rising to 780 kWh in July. From November to February the same system makes about 1,100 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.

How Banbury compares with its neighbours

The six closest towns we publish, run through the identical PVGIS query as Banbury.

TownkWh per kWp a yearvs Banbury
Banbury1,013this town
Brackley1,016+3 kWh
Southam1,005−8 kWh
Bicester1,020+7 kWh
Wellesbourne1,003−10 kWh
Daventry1,012−1 kWh
Towcester1,022+9 kWh

Same PVGIS v5.2 query for every town. Small differences are within year-to-year weather; more than about 30 kWh per kWp apart is geography.

Also for Banbury: Solar panels in Banbury from OVO Solar & Battery

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