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Cesar Department · Colombia · 10.04° N · 73.24° W

Solar position in Agustín Codazzi

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Agustín Codazzi — computed for 10.04° N, 73.24° W, 136 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:42102° ESE
Sunset today17:31258° WSW
Best panel angle11°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle9°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation68.0°
At solar noon, 11:37Open on the sun map

Sun in Agustín Codazzi today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:31sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:5512° below
Civil dawn05:206° below
Sunrise05:42102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:10sun 6° up
Solar noon11:3768.0° high
Golden hour starts17:03sun 6° up
Sunset17:31258° WSW
Civil dusk17:536° below
Nautical dusk18:1812° below
Astronomical dusk18:4218° below
Day length11 h 50 min

Sun path diagram for Agustín Codazzi

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 solstice6789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice7891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 76.6° at solar noon in Agustín Codazzi; on the December solstice only 56.5°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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
January06:1512:0417:5311 h 38 min60.2°
February06:1012:0618:0211 h 52 min69.6°
March05:5612:0018:0312 h 07 min80.4°
April05:3911:5118:0312 h 24 min88.0°
May05:3011:4918:0812 h 37 min79.8°
June05:3311:5418:1612 h 43 min76.6°
July05:4011:5918:1812 h 37 min79.7°
August05:4411:5618:0712 h 24 min88.1°
September05:4211:4517:4912 h 07 min80.5°
October05:4111:3717:3311 h 51 min69.1°
November05:4911:3817:2711 h 38 min60.0°
December06:0411:5117:3711 h 32 min56.5°

A year of daylight in Agustín Codazzi

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 Agustín Codazzi

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

11°collects the most energy over a year: 1551 kWh per kWp.

9°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 11°Best worst-month 9°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearMay kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°152799%4.061.2×
9° off-grid best1550100%3.921.2×
10° = latitude1550100%3.901.2×
11° year-round best1551100%3.881.2×
15°1548100%3.791.3×
30°148296%3.321.5×
45°133586%2.692.0×
60°112072%1.952.7×
70°95161%1.453.4×
90°65142%1.093.1×

A fixed array in Agustín Codazzi produces the most over a year at 11°. The design month for an off-grid system is May: at 9° it makes 3.92 kWh per kWp a day, 1% more than at 11°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Agustín Codazzi at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 11° (year-round best).

0123456January: 4.35 (70°)4.4JanFebruary: 3.73 (70°)3.7FebMarch: 2.70 (70°)2.7MarApril: 1.89 (70°)1.9AprMay: 1.45 (70°)1.5MayJune: 1.26 (70°)1.3JunJuly: 1.31 (70°)1.3JulAugust: 1.71 (70°)1.7AugSeptember: 2.39 (70°)2.4SepOctober: 2.89 (70°)2.9OctNovember: 3.41 (70°)3.4NovDecember: 4.22 (70°)4.2Dec11°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 11°Mean temp.
January5.365.324.354.6925.9 °C
February5.714.583.734.8026.9 °C
March5.443.342.704.3827.5 °C
April5.162.371.894.0127.3 °C
May5.121.841.453.8826.8 °C
June5.421.611.264.0427.1 °C
July5.591.681.314.1827.4 °C
August5.592.151.714.2827.4 °C
September5.412.962.394.3126.6 °C
October4.923.542.894.0725.4 °C
November4.654.163.413.9925.0 °C
December4.985.144.224.3925.4 °C
Year5.28 avg3.22 avg951 kWh1551 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 930 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 300 Wp at 11°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Agustín Codazzi

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.

2.1 mrow pitch at 70°

2.2 mrow pitch at 11°

Row spacing calculator

How Agustín Codazzi compares in Colombia

Against the other 316 places in Colombia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

53rdof 317 places in Colombia for sunshine, shared: 5.28 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+10%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Colombia: 1,551 against 1,407 kWh per kWp.

+19 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bogotá: 12 h 43 min against 12 h 23 min.

11°best year-round tilt here; across Colombia it runs from 0° in Puerto Leguízamo to 13° in San Andrés.

Of the 317 places in Colombia, Santa Marta and 3 other places get the most sun (5.54 peak sun hours a day) and Ipiales the least (3.81); Agustín Codazzi ranks joint 53rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.26 kWh a day here, against 1.18 kWh on average in Colombia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 32 min, −19 min compared with Bogotá.

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Solar forecast for Agustín Codazzi, 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 Agustín Codazzi

What is the best solar panel angle in Agustín Codazzi?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Agustín Codazzi is 11°, worth about 1551 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through May does better at about 9°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Agustín Codazzi today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:42 and sets at 17:31 local time (UTC−5), giving 11 h 50 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:37.
How many peak sun hours does Agustín Codazzi get?
On a flat surface 5.3 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.7 in November to 5.7 in February. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.6 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Agustín Codazzi?
At solar noon the sun stands 76.6° above the horizon on the June solstice and 56.5° on the December solstice.
Is Agustín Codazzi a good place for solar panels?
With 5.3 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Agustín Codazzi ranks joint 53rd of 317 places in Colombia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (11°) makes about 1,551 kWh a year here, 10% more than the average place in Colombia.

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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.