Ica · Peru · 13.41° S · 76.13° W
Solar position in Chincha Alta
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Chincha Alta — computed for 13.41° S, 76.13° W, 111 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Chincha Alta today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:20 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:46 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:11 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:33 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:02 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:48 | 88.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:35 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:03 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:25 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:51 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:16 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 30 min | |
Sun path diagram for Chincha Alta
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 53.2° at solar noon in Chincha Alta; on the December solstice only 80.0°. 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.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:52 | 12:15 | 18:39 | 12 h 47 min | 83.6° |
| February | 06:04 | 12:18 | 18:31 | 12 h 27 min | 87.0° |
| March | 06:08 | 12:11 | 18:14 | 12 h 06 min | 76.2° |
| April | 06:11 | 12:03 | 17:54 | 11 h 44 min | 64.6° |
| May | 06:17 | 12:01 | 17:44 | 11 h 27 min | 56.3° |
| June | 06:26 | 12:06 | 17:46 | 11 h 20 min | 53.2° |
| July | 06:27 | 12:11 | 17:54 | 11 h 27 min | 56.2° |
| August | 06:15 | 12:07 | 17:59 | 11 h 44 min | 64.7° |
| September | 05:54 | 11:57 | 18:00 | 12 h 06 min | 76.1° |
| October | 05:35 | 11:49 | 18:03 | 12 h 28 min | 87.5° |
| November | 05:26 | 11:50 | 18:14 | 12 h 47 min | 83.4° |
| December | 05:35 | 12:02 | 18:30 | 12 h 55 min | 80.0° |
A year of daylight in Chincha Alta
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 Chincha Alta
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
13°collects the most energy over a year: 1746 kWh per kWp.
26°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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1708 | 98% | 3.54 | 1.6× |
| 13° year-round best = latitude | 1746 | 100% | 4.02 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1745 | 100% | 4.08 | 1.3× |
| 26° off-grid best | 1707 | 98% | 4.31 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1681 | 96% | 4.37 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1520 | 87% | 4.40 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1278 | 73% | 4.16 | 2.3× |
| 70° | 1084 | 62% | 3.86 | 3.0× |
| 90° | 724 | 41% | 2.97 | 3.1× |
A fixed array in Chincha Alta produces the most over a year at 13°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 26° it makes 4.31 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 13°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Chincha Alta at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 13° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 13° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.33 | 1.94 | 1.59 | 4.89 | 17.3 °C |
| February | 6.06 | 2.59 | 2.15 | 4.85 | 17.8 °C |
| March | 5.92 | 3.49 | 2.93 | 4.94 | 17.7 °C |
| April | 5.86 | 4.71 | 4.00 | 5.17 | 16.8 °C |
| May | 5.14 | 5.21 | 4.44 | 4.77 | 15.7 °C |
| June | 4.28 | 4.74 | 4.05 | 4.06 | 14.7 °C |
| July | 4.28 | 4.51 | 3.86 | 4.02 | 14.1 °C |
| August | 4.81 | 4.23 | 3.62 | 4.36 | 14.2 °C |
| September | 5.62 | 3.75 | 3.20 | 4.85 | 14.6 °C |
| October | 6.41 | 2.98 | 2.52 | 5.27 | 15.1 °C |
| November | 6.78 | 2.12 | 1.76 | 5.31 | 15.7 °C |
| December | 6.41 | 1.80 | 1.48 | 4.93 | 16.4 °C |
| Year | 5.65 avg | 3.51 avg | 1084 kWh | 1746 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 800 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 290 Wp at 13°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Chincha Alta
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.
2.3 mrow pitch at 70°
2.3 mrow pitch at 13°
How Chincha Alta compares in Peru
Against the other 135 places in Peru with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
23rdof 136 places in Peru for sunshine, shared: 5.66 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Peru: 1,746 against 1,605 kWh per kWp.
+5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lima: 12 h 55 min against 12 h 50 min.
13°best year-round tilt here; across Peru it runs from 3° in Tumbes to 19° in Arequipa.
Of the 136 places in Peru, Ciudad Satelite and one other place get the most sun (6.60 peak sun hours a day) and La Peca the least (4.16); Chincha Alta ranks joint 23rd. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.48 kWh a day here, against 1.33 kWh on average in Peru. The shortest day lasts 11 h 20 min, −5 min compared with Lima.
Solar forecast for Chincha Alta, 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.