Neuquen · Argentina · 38.93° S · 69.23° W
Solar position in Cutral-Có
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Cutral-Có — computed for 38.93° S, 69.23° W, 613 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Cutral-Có today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:00 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:36 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:09 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:37 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:13 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:21 | 63.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 19:28 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 20:05 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 20:33 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 21:06 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 21:42 | 18° below |
| Day length | 13 h 27 min | |
Sun path diagram for Cutral-Có
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 27.7° at solar noon in Cutral-Có; on the December solstice only 74.5°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 122° ESE in December — a 62° 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 | 06:35 | 13:48 | 21:00 | 14 h 25 min | 70.9° |
| February | 07:11 | 13:50 | 20:28 | 13 h 17 min | 61.5° |
| March | 07:40 | 13:43 | 19:46 | 12 h 06 min | 50.6° |
| April | 08:10 | 13:35 | 19:00 | 10 h 49 min | 39.1° |
| May | 08:38 | 13:33 | 18:28 | 9 h 51 min | 30.8° |
| June | 08:55 | 13:38 | 18:21 | 9 h 26 min | 27.7° |
| July | 08:48 | 13:43 | 18:38 | 9 h 50 min | 30.7° |
| August | 08:15 | 13:40 | 19:05 | 10 h 50 min | 39.1° |
| September | 07:27 | 13:30 | 19:32 | 12 h 05 min | 50.6° |
| October | 06:41 | 13:21 | 20:01 | 13 h 20 min | 61.9° |
| November | 06:09 | 13:22 | 20:36 | 14 h 27 min | 71.1° |
| December | 06:07 | 13:35 | 21:02 | 14 h 54 min | 74.5° |
A year of daylight in Cutral-Có
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 Cutral-Có
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
33°collects the most energy over a year: 1814 kWh per kWp.
64°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 | June kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1549 | 85% | 1.58 | 4.4× |
| 15° | 1733 | 96% | 2.27 | 3.0× |
| 30° | 1811 | 100% | 2.83 | 2.3× |
| 33° year-round best | 1814 | 100% | 2.92 | 2.2× |
| 39° = latitude | 1806 | 100% | 3.07 | 2.0× |
| 45° | 1780 | 98% | 3.20 | 1.8× |
| 60° | 1643 | 91% | 3.36 | 1.6× |
| 64° off-grid best | 1590 | 88% | 3.37 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1497 | 83% | 3.35 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 1101 | 61% | 3.05 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Cutral-Có produces the most over a year at 33°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 64° it makes 3.37 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 33°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Cutral-Có at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 33° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 33° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.50 | 4.62 | 3.84 | 6.38 | 20.6 °C |
| February | 7.29 | 5.32 | 4.45 | 6.21 | 19.8 °C |
| March | 5.68 | 5.79 | 4.91 | 5.72 | 16.6 °C |
| April | 3.85 | 5.41 | 4.68 | 4.67 | 11.5 °C |
| May | 2.39 | 4.10 | 3.61 | 3.30 | 7.3 °C |
| June | 1.95 | 3.77 | 3.35 | 2.92 | 4.2 °C |
| July | 2.20 | 4.05 | 3.61 | 3.21 | 3.4 °C |
| August | 3.14 | 4.70 | 4.17 | 4.03 | 5.2 °C |
| September | 4.68 | 5.33 | 4.67 | 5.13 | 8.1 °C |
| October | 6.13 | 5.05 | 4.36 | 5.67 | 11.5 °C |
| November | 7.74 | 4.67 | 3.97 | 6.18 | 15.5 °C |
| December | 8.58 | 4.34 | 3.64 | 6.31 | 18.6 °C |
| Year | 5.17 avg | 4.76 avg | 1497 kWh | 1814 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 350 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 400 Wp at 33°. The steep array is 13% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Cutral-Có
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.
4.8 mrow pitch at 70°
4.1 mrow pitch at 33°
How Cutral-Có compares in Argentina
Against the other 313 places in Argentina with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
38thof 314 places in Argentina for sunshine: 5.17 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+11%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Argentina: 1,814 against 1,639 kWh per kWp.
+25 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Buenos Aires: 14 h 54 min against 14 h 29 min.
33°best year-round tilt here; across Argentina it runs from 21° in Tartagal to 44° in Río Gallegos.
Of the 314 places in Argentina, Belén gets the most sun (6.11 peak sun hours a day) and Ushuaia the least (2.59); Cutral-Có ranks 38th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.35 kWh a day here, against 2.68 kWh on average in Argentina. The shortest day lasts 9 h 26 min, −24 min compared with Buenos Aires.
Solar forecast for Cutral-Có, 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.