30 places · sun position · panel angle
Solar data for Paraguay
Across the 30 places in Paraguay the best fixed tilt for solar panels runs from 19° in Filadelfia to 24° in Encarnación, and flat ground gets 4.8 to 5.0 peak sun hours a day. Every number is computed for each place.
Solar power in Paraguay at a glance
Averages over 30 places with climate data, for a fixed array facing north.
- 4.82–4.86
- 4.86–4.89
- 4.89–4.93
- 4.93–4.97
- 4.97–5.01
Peak sun hours a day on flat ground. Each dot is one place.
The sunniest place in Paraguay is Yby Yaú (Concepción) with 5.01 peak sun hours a day on flat ground; the least sunny is Encarnación with 4.82. A 1 kWp array at its best angle makes from 1,502 kWh a year in Filadelfia to 1,554 kWh in Pedro Juan Caballero — 1,536 kWh on average.
The best year-round tilt runs from 19° in Filadelfia to 24° in Encarnación. Off-grid systems are sized for the darkest month and do better steeper, at 49° on average: at 70° that month brings 1.87 kWh per kWp a day in Filadelfia and 2.21 kWh in Encarnación.
Size an off-grid system or open any place below for its sun path, monthly table and tilt curve.
Sunniest places in Paraguay
Ranked by peak sun hours on flat ground: the yearly average of a day's sunshine energy (NASA POWER climatology). Output: 1 kWp at its best year-round angle.
| Rank | Place | Region | Sun hours/day | kWh per kWp a year | Best tilt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yby Yaú | Concepción | 5.01 | 1,545 | 21° |
| 2 | Pedro Juan Caballero | Amambay Department | 5.00 | 1,554 | 21° |
| 3 | Concepción | Concepción | 4.99 | 1,534 | 21° |
| 4 | Loma Plata | Boquerón Department | 4.98 | 1,510 | 20° |
| 5 | Coronel Oviedo | Caaguazú Department | 4.96 | 1,548 | 23° |
| 5 | Filadelfia | Boquerón Department | 4.96 | 1,502 | 19° |
| 7 | Itá | Central Department | 4.95 | 1,543 | 22° |
| 7 | Caacupé | Cordillera Department | 4.95 | 1,543 | 22° |
| 7 | Itauguá | Central Department | 4.95 | 1,541 | 22° |
| 7 | Villeta | Central Department | 4.95 | 1,541 | 22° |
Least sunny places in Paraguay
| Rank | Place | Region | Sun hours/day | kWh per kWp a year | Best tilt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ciudad del Este | Alto Paraná Department | 4.89 | 1,535 | 23° |
| 26 | Caazapá | Caazapá | 4.89 | 1,534 | 23° |
| 28 | Presidente Franco | Alto Paraná Department | 4.89 | 1,535 | 23° |
| 29 | San Juan Bautista | Misiones Department | 4.87 | 1,528 | 23° |
| 30 | Encarnación | Itapúa | 4.82 | 1,528 | 24° |
Solar by region in Paraguay
Averages of the places in each region, sunniest first. Darkest month: what 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes a day in the worst month of the year.
| Region | Places | Sun hours/day | kWh per kWp a year | Best tilt | Darkest month at 70° | Sunniest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amambay Department | 1 | 5.00 | 1,554 | 21° | 1.91 kWh | Pedro Juan Caballero |
| Concepción | 2 | 5.00 | 1,539 | 21° | 1.95 kWh | Yby Yaú |
| Boquerón Department | 2 | 4.97 | 1,506 | 20° | 1.87 kWh | Loma Plata |
| Cordillera Department | 1 | 4.95 | 1,543 | 22° | 2.12 kWh | Caacupé |
| Central Department | 12 | 4.95 | 1,539 | 22° | 2.12 kWh | Itá |
| Presidente Hayes | 1 | 4.94 | 1,533 | 22° | 2.10 kWh | Villa Hayes |
| Asuncion | 1 | 4.94 | 1,535 | 22° | 2.11 kWh | Asunción |
| Guairá | 1 | 4.93 | 1,544 | 23° | 2.15 kWh | Villarrica |
| Caaguazú Department | 3 | 4.93 | 1,543 | 23° | 2.11 kWh | Coronel Oviedo |
| Ñeembucú Department | 1 | 4.90 | 1,542 | 24° | 2.20 kWh | Pilar |
| Alto Paraná Department | 2 | 4.89 | 1,535 | 23° | 2.11 kWh | Ciudad del Este |
| Caazapá | 1 | 4.89 | 1,534 | 23° | 2.19 kWh | Caazapá |
| Misiones Department | 1 | 4.87 | 1,528 | 23° | 2.20 kWh | San Juan Bautista |
| Itapúa | 1 | 4.82 | 1,528 | 24° | 2.21 kWh | Encarnación |
Largest places in Paraguay at a glance
| Place | Latitude | Best tilt | Off-grid tilt | Sun hours/day (flat) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asunción | 25.3° S | 22° | 50° | 4.94 |
| Ciudad del Este | 25.5° S | 23° | 47° | 4.89 |
| San Lorenzo | 25.3° S | 22° | 50° | 4.95 |
| Capiatá | 25.4° S | 22° | 50° | 4.95 |
| Lambaré | 25.3° S | 22° | 50° | 4.94 |
| Fernando de la Mora | 25.3° S | 22° | 50° | 4.95 |
| Limpio | 25.2° S | 22° | 50° | 4.94 |
| Nemby | 25.4° S | 22° | 51° | 4.95 |
| Pedro Juan Caballero | 22.5° S | 21° | 38° | 5.00 |
| Encarnación | 27.3° S | 24° | 52° | 4.82 |
| Mariano Roque Alonso | 25.2° S | 22° | 50° | 4.94 |
| Itauguá | 25.4° S | 22° | 51° | 4.95 |
| Villa Elisa | 25.4° S | 22° | 50° | 4.94 |
| Villa Hayes | 25.1° S | 22° | 50° | 4.94 |
| Caacupé | 25.4° S | 22° | 50° | 4.95 |
| San Antonio | 25.4° S | 22° | 51° | 4.95 |
| Caaguazú | 25.5° S | 23° | 49° | 4.93 |
| Presidente Franco | 25.6° S | 23° | 47° | 4.89 |
| Coronel Oviedo | 25.4° S | 23° | 50° | 4.96 |
| Concepción | 23.4° S | 21° | 46° | 4.99 |
Daylight and clock time in Paraguay
In Filadelfia (22.3° S), the northernmost place, the longest day of the year lasts 13 h 30 min and the shortest 10 h 46 min; in Encarnación (27.3° S), the southernmost, 13 h 52 min and 10 h 25 min. Paraguay does not use daylight saving time: the clocks stay the same all year.
| Time zone | Places | UTC offset | Clocks change in 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| America/Asuncion | 30 | UTC−3 | no daylight saving time |