Pernambuco · Brazil · 7.91° S · 34.90° W
Solar position in Abreu e Lima
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Abreu e Lima — computed for 7.91° S, 34.90° W, 30 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Abreu e Lima today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 03:42 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:07 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 04:32 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 04:53 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 05:21 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:03 | 86.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:45 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:13 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:35 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:00 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:25 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 20 min | |
Sun path diagram for Abreu e Lima
Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.
- June solstice
- Equinox
- December solstice
- Today
On the June solstice the sun reaches 58.7° at solar noon in Abreu e Lima; on the December solstice only 74.5°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° arc along the horizon.
Sunrise, sunset and sun height by month
Values for the 21st of each month, local clock time including daylight saving time.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:15 | 11:30 | 17:46 | 12 h 30 min | 78.1° |
| February | 05:23 | 11:33 | 17:42 | 12 h 18 min | 87.5° |
| March | 05:23 | 11:26 | 17:29 | 12 h 06 min | 81.7° |
| April | 05:21 | 11:18 | 17:14 | 11 h 53 min | 70.1° |
| May | 05:24 | 11:16 | 17:08 | 11 h 44 min | 61.8° |
| June | 05:31 | 11:21 | 17:11 | 11 h 40 min | 58.7° |
| July | 05:34 | 11:26 | 17:17 | 11 h 44 min | 61.7° |
| August | 05:26 | 11:22 | 17:19 | 11 h 53 min | 70.1° |
| September | 05:09 | 11:12 | 17:15 | 12 h 06 min | 81.5° |
| October | 04:54 | 11:04 | 17:13 | 12 h 19 min | 87.1° |
| November | 04:50 | 11:05 | 17:20 | 12 h 30 min | 77.9° |
| December | 05:00 | 11:17 | 17:35 | 12 h 35 min | 74.5° |
A year of daylight in Abreu e Lima
Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.
Best solar panel angle in Abreu e Lima
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
7°collects the most energy over a year: 1668 kWh per kWp.
23°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.
- Yearly energy
- Worst-month energy
| Tilt | kWh/kWp per year | Share of best year | June kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1660 | 99% | 3.52 | 1.5× |
| 7° year-round best | 1668 | 100% | 3.75 | 1.4× |
| 8° = latitude | 1668 | 100% | 3.77 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1653 | 99% | 3.95 | 1.2× |
| 23° off-grid best | 1611 | 97% | 4.08 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1553 | 93% | 4.14 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1366 | 82% | 4.10 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1110 | 67% | 3.82 | 2.3× |
| 70° | 919 | 55% | 3.51 | 3.2× |
| 90° | 611 | 37% | 2.63 | 2.6× |
A fixed array in Abreu e Lima produces the most over a year at 7°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 23° it makes 4.08 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 7°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Abreu e Lima at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 7° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 7° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.22 | 1.60 | 1.25 | 4.75 | 27.0 °C |
| February | 6.17 | 2.21 | 1.76 | 4.80 | 27.2 °C |
| March | 6.06 | 3.12 | 2.52 | 4.82 | 27.4 °C |
| April | 5.51 | 3.94 | 3.20 | 4.49 | 27.2 °C |
| May | 4.87 | 4.30 | 3.50 | 4.06 | 26.7 °C |
| June | 4.45 | 4.29 | 3.51 | 3.75 | 25.8 °C |
| July | 4.67 | 4.36 | 3.57 | 3.94 | 25.1 °C |
| August | 5.32 | 4.21 | 3.45 | 4.42 | 24.8 °C |
| September | 5.99 | 3.55 | 2.90 | 4.86 | 25.2 °C |
| October | 6.37 | 2.54 | 2.04 | 5.02 | 25.9 °C |
| November | 6.65 | 1.68 | 1.32 | 5.10 | 26.5 °C |
| December | 6.44 | 1.45 | 1.13 | 4.88 | 26.9 °C |
| Year | 5.72 avg | 3.11 avg | 919 kWh | 1668 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 1,040 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 310 Wp at 7°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Abreu e Lima
Distance between rows of 2 m long panels (slope length) so that no row shades the next between 10:00 and 14:00 solar time on the winter solstice.
2.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 7°
How Abreu e Lima compares in Brazil
Against the other 2,263 places in Brazil with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
367thof 2,264 places in Brazil for sunshine, shared: 5.72 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Brazil: 1,668 against 1,581 kWh per kWp.
−1 h 00 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with São Paulo: 12 h 35 min against 13 h 35 min.
7°best year-round tilt here; across Brazil it runs from 0° in Macapá to 28° in Santa Vitória do Palmar.
Of the 2,264 places in Brazil, Catolé do Rocha gets the most sun (6.16 peak sun hours a day) and Paranaguá the least (4.01); Abreu e Lima ranks joint 367th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.13 kWh a day here, against 1.56 kWh on average in Brazil. The shortest day lasts 11 h 40 min, +59 min compared with São Paulo.
Solar forecast for Abreu e Lima, next 48 hours
Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.
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Sun positions: NREL Solar Position Algorithm. Climate: NASA POWER monthly climatology (NASA Langley Research Center). Forecast: Deutscher Wetterdienst, ICON-EU (CC BY 4.0), processed. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones: IANA. Sources and licences.