Santa Cruz Department · Bolivia · 20.04° S · 63.52° W
Solar position in Camiri
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Camiri — computed for 20.04° S, 63.52° W, 761 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Camiri today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:20 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:47 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:14 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:37 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:06 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:58 | 81.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:49 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:19 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:42 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:08 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:36 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 42 min | |
Sun path diagram for Camiri
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 46.5° at solar noon in Camiri; on the December solstice only 86.6°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 50° 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 | 05:51 | 12:25 | 18:59 | 13 h 08 min | 89.8° |
| February | 06:08 | 12:27 | 18:46 | 12 h 38 min | 80.3° |
| March | 06:18 | 12:21 | 18:23 | 12 h 06 min | 69.5° |
| April | 06:26 | 12:12 | 17:58 | 11 h 32 min | 57.9° |
| May | 06:37 | 12:10 | 17:43 | 11 h 06 min | 49.7° |
| June | 06:48 | 12:15 | 17:43 | 10 h 55 min | 46.5° |
| July | 06:47 | 12:20 | 17:53 | 11 h 05 min | 49.6° |
| August | 06:31 | 12:17 | 18:03 | 11 h 32 min | 58.0° |
| September | 06:04 | 12:07 | 18:09 | 12 h 05 min | 69.4° |
| October | 05:39 | 11:58 | 18:18 | 12 h 39 min | 80.8° |
| November | 05:25 | 12:00 | 18:34 | 13 h 09 min | 90.0° |
| December | 05:31 | 12:12 | 18:52 | 13 h 21 min | 86.6° |
A year of daylight in Camiri
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 Camiri
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
19°collects the most energy over a year: 1523 kWh per kWp.
36°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 | May kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1453 | 95% | 2.85 | 1.8× |
| 15° | 1520 | 100% | 3.31 | 1.4× |
| 19° year-round best | 1523 | 100% | 3.40 | 1.4× |
| 20° = latitude | 1523 | 100% | 3.42 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1500 | 98% | 3.57 | 1.3× |
| 36° off-grid best | 1468 | 96% | 3.62 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1396 | 92% | 3.62 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1215 | 80% | 3.46 | 1.9× |
| 70° | 1059 | 70% | 3.24 | 2.4× |
| 90° | 727 | 48% | 2.55 | 3.1× |
A fixed array in Camiri produces the most over a year at 19°. The design month for an off-grid system is May: at 36° it makes 3.62 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 19°, and costs 4% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Camiri at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 19° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 19° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.12 | 2.39 | 1.92 | 4.54 | 24.7 °C |
| February | 5.63 | 2.90 | 2.37 | 4.40 | 23.7 °C |
| March | 5.06 | 3.43 | 2.82 | 4.21 | 23.3 °C |
| April | 4.29 | 3.82 | 3.17 | 3.84 | 21.8 °C |
| May | 3.54 | 3.86 | 3.24 | 3.40 | 19.1 °C |
| June | 3.38 | 4.16 | 3.51 | 3.40 | 18.3 °C |
| July | 3.90 | 4.73 | 3.99 | 3.92 | 18.1 °C |
| August | 4.85 | 5.00 | 4.18 | 4.61 | 20.4 °C |
| September | 5.25 | 4.02 | 3.32 | 4.53 | 23.0 °C |
| October | 5.56 | 3.11 | 2.53 | 4.42 | 25.2 °C |
| November | 6.03 | 2.46 | 1.98 | 4.50 | 25.5 °C |
| December | 5.91 | 2.19 | 1.76 | 4.32 | 25.1 °C |
| Year | 4.96 avg | 3.51 avg | 1059 kWh | 1523 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 670 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 350 Wp at 19°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Camiri
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.
2.7 mrow pitch at 70°
2.6 mrow pitch at 19°
How Camiri compares in Bolivia
Against the other 38 places in Bolivia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
22ndof 39 places in Bolivia for sunshine, shared: 4.96 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Bolivia: 1,523 against 1,680 kWh per kWp.
+14 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with La Paz: 13 h 21 min against 13 h 07 min.
19°best year-round tilt here; across Bolivia it runs from 14° in Riberalta to 25° in Villazón.
Of the 39 places in Bolivia, Tupiza gets the most sun (6.59 peak sun hours a day) and Villa Yapacaní the least (4.60); Camiri ranks joint 22nd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.76 kWh a day here, against 1.69 kWh on average in Bolivia. The shortest day lasts 10 h 55 min, −14 min compared with La Paz.
Solar forecast for Camiri, 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.