Alta Verapaz · Guatemala · 15.47° N · 90.37° W
Solar position in Cobán
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Cobán — computed for 15.47° N, 90.37° W, 1326 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Cobán today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:43 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:08 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:33 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:55 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:24 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:45 | 62.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:06 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:35 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:57 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:22 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:47 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 40 min | |
Sun path diagram for Cobán
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 82.0° at solar noon in Cobán; on the December solstice only 51.1°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 49° 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 | 06:32 | 12:12 | 17:53 | 11 h 22 min | 54.8° |
| February | 06:23 | 12:15 | 18:07 | 11 h 44 min | 64.2° |
| March | 06:04 | 12:08 | 18:12 | 12 h 08 min | 75.0° |
| April | 05:43 | 12:00 | 18:17 | 12 h 34 min | 86.6° |
| May | 05:30 | 11:58 | 18:25 | 12 h 54 min | 85.2° |
| June | 05:31 | 12:03 | 18:34 | 13 h 03 min | 82.0° |
| July | 05:40 | 12:07 | 18:35 | 12 h 55 min | 85.1° |
| August | 05:47 | 12:04 | 18:21 | 12 h 34 min | 86.5° |
| September | 05:50 | 11:54 | 17:58 | 12 h 08 min | 75.0° |
| October | 05:54 | 11:45 | 17:37 | 11 h 43 min | 63.6° |
| November | 06:06 | 11:47 | 17:27 | 11 h 21 min | 54.5° |
| December | 06:23 | 11:59 | 17:36 | 11 h 13 min | 51.1° |
A year of daylight in Cobán
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 Cobán
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
14°collects the most energy over a year: 1462 kWh per kWp.
21°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 | November kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1424 | 97% | 3.11 | 1.5× |
| 14° year-round best | 1462 | 100% | 3.50 | 1.3× |
| 15° = latitude | 1462 | 100% | 3.52 | 1.3× |
| 21° off-grid best | 1454 | 99% | 3.63 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1418 | 97% | 3.72 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1296 | 89% | 3.71 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1105 | 76% | 3.48 | 2.0× |
| 70° | 950 | 65% | 3.22 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 644 | 44% | 2.45 | 2.8× |
A fixed array in Cobán produces the most over a year at 14°. The design month for an off-grid system is November: at 21° it makes 3.63 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 14°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Cobán at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 14° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 14° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.86 | 4.16 | 3.52 | 3.61 | 17.5 °C |
| February | 4.63 | 4.12 | 3.46 | 4.13 | 19.2 °C |
| March | 5.38 | 3.66 | 3.04 | 4.55 | 20.9 °C |
| April | 5.74 | 2.74 | 2.24 | 4.55 | 23.1 °C |
| May | 5.26 | 2.06 | 1.66 | 4.02 | 23.0 °C |
| June | 5.10 | 1.80 | 1.45 | 3.85 | 21.7 °C |
| July | 5.24 | 1.95 | 1.58 | 4.00 | 21.1 °C |
| August | 5.41 | 2.41 | 1.97 | 4.26 | 21.1 °C |
| September | 5.12 | 3.10 | 2.57 | 4.21 | 21.0 °C |
| October | 4.34 | 3.44 | 2.87 | 3.74 | 20.2 °C |
| November | 3.83 | 3.83 | 3.22 | 3.50 | 18.4 °C |
| December | 3.85 | 4.39 | 3.71 | 3.65 | 17.8 °C |
| Year | 4.81 avg | 3.13 avg | 950 kWh | 1462 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 810 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 340 Wp at 14°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Cobán
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.
2.4 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 14°
How Cobán compares in Guatemala
Against the other 101 places in Guatemala with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
101stof 102 places in Guatemala for sunshine, shared: 4.81 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Guatemala: 1,462 against 1,603 kWh per kWp.
+3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Guatemala City: 13 h 03 min against 13 h 00 min.
14°best year-round tilt here; across Guatemala it runs from 14° in Cobán to 17° in Guatemala City.
Of the 102 places in Guatemala, Puerto San José gets the most sun (5.65 peak sun hours a day) and San Pedro Carchá and one other place the least (4.81); Cobán ranks joint 101st. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.45 kWh a day here, against 1.41 kWh on average in Guatemala. The shortest day lasts 11 h 13 min, −3 min compared with Guatemala City.
Solar forecast for Cobán, 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.