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Solar position in Bacolod City

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bacolod City — computed for 10.67° N, 122.95° E, 14 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:38102° ESE
Sunset today17:26258° WSW
Best panel angle10°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle9°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation67.3°
At solar noon, 11:32Open on the sun map

Sun in Bacolod City today

Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+8

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:26sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:5112° below
Civil dawn05:166° below
Sunrise05:38102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:06sun 6° up
Solar noon11:3267.3° high
Golden hour starts16:57sun 6° up
Sunset17:26258° WSW
Civil dusk17:476° below
Nautical dusk18:1212° below
Astronomical dusk18:3718° below
Day length11 h 48 min

Sun path diagram for Bacolod City

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 77.2° at solar noon in Bacolod City; on the December solstice only 55.9°. 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
January06:1111:5917:4711 h 36 min59.4°
February06:0612:0117:5711 h 51 min68.8°
March05:5211:5517:5812 h 07 min79.6°
April05:3411:4617:5912 h 25 min88.8°
May05:2511:4418:0412 h 39 min80.5°
June05:2711:4918:1212 h 45 min77.2°
July05:3411:5418:1412 h 40 min80.2°
August05:3811:5118:0412 h 25 min88.5°
September05:3711:4117:4512 h 08 min80.1°
October05:3711:3217:2811 h 51 min68.7°
November05:4511:3317:2111 h 36 min59.4°
December06:0111:4617:3111 h 30 min55.9°

A year of daylight in Bacolod City

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 Bacolod City

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

10°collects the most energy over a year: 1485 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 10°Best worst-month 9°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJuly kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°146799%3.791.5×
9° off-grid best1485100%3.651.4×
10° year-round best1485100%3.631.4×
11° = latitude1485100%3.611.4×
15°1481100%3.521.4×
30°141395%3.061.5×
45°126885%2.461.7×
60°105771%1.762.2×
70°89360%1.322.8×
90°60341%1.052.8×

A fixed array in Bacolod City produces the most over a year at 10°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 9° it makes 3.65 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Bacolod City at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 10° (year-round best).

0123456January: 3.38 (70°)3.4JanFebruary: 3.36 (70°)3.4FebMarch: 2.95 (70°)2.9MarApril: 2.05 (70°)2.0AprMay: 1.39 (70°)1.4MayJune: 1.26 (70°)1.3JunJuly: 1.32 (70°)1.3JulAugust: 1.67 (70°)1.7AugSeptember: 2.22 (70°)2.2SepOctober: 2.87 (70°)2.9OctNovember: 3.50 (70°)3.5NovDecember: 3.46 (70°)3.5Dec10°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 10°Mean temp.
January4.354.133.383.7325.6 °C
February5.114.113.364.2825.8 °C
March5.903.642.954.7926.9 °C
April6.342.572.054.9228.3 °C
May5.731.781.394.3228.6 °C
June5.141.621.263.8627.6 °C
July4.791.691.323.6326.9 °C
August4.882.091.673.7726.8 °C
September4.892.762.223.8926.8 °C
October4.873.532.874.0026.8 °C
November4.724.303.504.0126.7 °C
December4.254.243.463.6626.3 °C
Year5.08 avg3.03 avg893 kWh1485 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 320 Wp at 10°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Bacolod City

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 10°

Row spacing calculator

How Bacolod City compares in the Philippines

Against the other 519 places in the Philippines with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

113thof 520 places in the Philippines for sunshine, shared: 5.08 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Philippines: 1,485 against 1,467 kWh per kWp.

−15 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Quezon City: 12 h 45 min against 13 h 00 min.

10°best year-round tilt here; across the Philippines it runs from 4° in Bongao to 18° in Vigan.

Of the 520 places in the Philippines, Jolo gets the most sun (5.36 peak sun hours a day) and Pangil the least (4.68); Bacolod City ranks joint 113th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.26 kWh a day here, against 1.34 kWh on average in the Philippines. The shortest day lasts 11 h 30 min, +14 min compared with Quezon City.

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Solar forecast for Bacolod City, 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 Bacolod City

What is the best solar panel angle in Bacolod City?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Bacolod City is 10°, worth about 1485 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through July does better at about 9°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Bacolod City today?
On 25 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:38 and sets at 17:26 local time (UTC+8), giving 11 h 48 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:32.
How many peak sun hours does Bacolod City get?
On a flat surface 5.1 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.3 in December to 6.3 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.6 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Bacolod City?
At solar noon the sun stands 77.2° above the horizon on the June solstice and 55.9° on the December solstice.
Is Bacolod City a good place for solar panels?
With 5.1 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Bacolod City ranks joint 113th of 520 places in the Philippines for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (10°) makes about 1,485 kWh a year here, 1% more than the average place in the Philippines.

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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.