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Cienfuegos Province · Cuba · 22.39° N · 80.85° W

Solar position in Aguada de Pasajeros

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Aguada de Pasajeros — computed for 22.39° N, 80.85° W, 28 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:23102° ESE
Sunset today18:51257° WSW
Best panel angle21°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle25°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation55.7°
At solar noon, 13:07Open on the sun map

Sun in Aguada de Pasajeros today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn06:08sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:3412° below
Civil dawn07:006° below
Sunrise07:23102° ESE
Golden hour ends07:54sun 6° up
Solar noon13:0755.7° high
Golden hour starts18:20sun 6° up
Sunset18:51257° WSW
Civil dusk19:136° below
Nautical dusk19:4012° below
Astronomical dusk20:0618° below
Day length11 h 27 min

Sun path diagram for Aguada de Pasajeros

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice7891011121314151617181920EquinoxDecember solstice891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
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On the June solstice the sun reaches 88.9° at solar noon in Aguada de Pasajeros; on the December solstice only 44.2°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 51° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:0412:3418:0411 h 00 min47.8°
February06:5012:3718:2311 h 33 min57.3°
March07:2613:3019:3412 h 08 min68.1°
April06:5813:2219:4512 h 48 min79.7°
May06:4113:2019:5913 h 18 min87.9°
June06:4013:2520:1013 h 30 min88.9°
July06:5013:2920:0813 h 18 min88.0°
August07:0213:2619:4912 h 47 min79.5°
September07:1113:1619:2012 h 09 min68.1°
October07:2213:0718:5311 h 31 min56.7°
November06:3912:0917:3810 h 59 min47.6°
December06:5812:2117:4410 h 46 min44.2°

A year of daylight in Aguada de Pasajeros

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Aguada de Pasajeros

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

21°collects the most energy over a year: 1637 kWh per kWp.

25°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 21°Best worst-month 25°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°154394%3.041.7×
15°1629100%3.751.4×
21° year-round best1637100%3.971.3×
22° = latitude1637100%4.011.3×
25° off-grid best1634100%4.101.2×
30°162099%4.231.3×
45°151893%4.461.5×
60°133081%4.411.9×
70°116571%4.222.3×
90°79649%3.513.5×

A fixed array in Aguada de Pasajeros produces the most over a year at 21°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 25° it makes 4.10 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 21°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Aguada de Pasajeros at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 21° (year-round best).

0123456January: 4.25 (70°)4.2JanFebruary: 4.23 (70°)4.2FebMarch: 3.81 (70°)3.8MarApril: 2.91 (70°)2.9AprMay: 2.09 (70°)2.1MayJune: 1.85 (70°)1.9JunJuly: 2.00 (70°)2.0JulAugust: 2.46 (70°)2.5AugSeptember: 3.02 (70°)3.0SepOctober: 3.50 (70°)3.5OctNovember: 4.06 (70°)4.1NovDecember: 4.22 (70°)4.2Dec21°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 21°Mean temp.
January4.105.144.254.1423.4 °C
February4.985.144.234.6924.3 °C
March5.904.643.815.1025.1 °C
April6.503.592.915.1226.8 °C
May6.202.622.094.5727.9 °C
June5.932.341.854.2628.8 °C
July6.352.522.004.5829.4 °C
August6.113.082.464.6429.5 °C
September5.423.753.024.4329.0 °C
October4.714.323.504.1927.8 °C
November4.204.964.064.1125.7 °C
December3.865.134.223.9724.5 °C
Year5.36 avg3.93 avg1165 kWh1637 kWh

Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 640 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 300 Wp at 21°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Aguada de Pasajeros

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.

2.8 mrow pitch at 70°

2.7 mrow pitch at 21°

Row spacing calculator

How Aguada de Pasajeros compares in Cuba

Against the other 122 places in Cuba with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

57thof 123 places in Cuba for sunshine, shared: 5.36 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Cuba: 1,637 against 1,639 kWh per kWp.

−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Havana: 13 h 30 min against 13 h 34 min.

21°best year-round tilt here; across Cuba it runs from 19° in Puerto Padre to 22° in Consolación del Sur.

Of the 123 places in Cuba, Niquero gets the most sun (5.68 peak sun hours a day) and Remedios and one other place the least (5.17); Aguada de Pasajeros ranks joint 57th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.85 kWh a day here, against 1.85 kWh on average in Cuba. The shortest day lasts 10 h 46 min, +3 min compared with Havana.

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Solar forecast for Aguada de Pasajeros, 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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Questions about the sun in Aguada de Pasajeros

What is the best solar panel angle in Aguada de Pasajeros?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Aguada de Pasajeros is 21°, worth about 1637 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 25°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Aguada de Pasajeros today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:23 and sets at 18:51 local time (UTC−4), giving 11 h 27 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:07.
How many peak sun hours does Aguada de Pasajeros get?
On a flat surface 5.4 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.9 in December to 6.5 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.3 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Aguada de Pasajeros?
At solar noon the sun stands 88.9° above the horizon on the June solstice and 44.2° on the December solstice.
Is Aguada de Pasajeros a good place for solar panels?
With 5.4 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Aguada de Pasajeros ranks joint 57th of 123 places in Cuba for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (21°) makes about 1,637 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in Cuba.

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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.