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Santander Department · Colombia · 6.70° N · 73.51° W

Solar position in El Carmen de Chucurí

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for El Carmen de Chucurí — computed for 6.70° N, 73.51° W, 775 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:40102° ESE
Sunset today17:35258° WSW
Best panel angle7°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle2°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation71.4°
At solar noon, 11:38Open on the sun map

Sun in El Carmen de Chucurí today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:30sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:5412° below
Civil dawn05:196° below
Sunrise05:40102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:08sun 6° up
Solar noon11:3871.4° high
Golden hour starts17:07sun 6° up
Sunset17:35258° WSW
Civil dusk17:576° below
Nautical dusk18:2112° below
Astronomical dusk18:4618° below
Day length11 h 55 min

Sun path diagram for El Carmen de Chucurí

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 73.3° at solar noon in El Carmen de Chucurí; on the December solstice only 59.9°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° 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
January06:1112:0517:5911 h 48 min63.5°
February06:0912:0718:0611 h 57 min72.9°
March05:5712:0118:0412 h 07 min83.7°
April05:4311:5218:0112 h 18 min84.7°
May05:3711:5018:0412 h 27 min76.4°
June05:4011:5518:1112 h 31 min73.3°
July05:4612:0018:1412 h 27 min76.3°
August05:4811:5718:0612 h 18 min84.8°
September05:4311:4717:5012 h 07 min83.8°
October05:4011:3817:3611 h 56 min72.4°
November05:4611:3917:3311 h 48 min63.3°
December06:0011:5217:4411 h 44 min59.9°

A year of daylight in El Carmen de Chucurí

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 El Carmen de Chucurí

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

7°collects the most energy over a year: 1511 kWh per kWp.

2°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 7°Best worst-month 2°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearApril kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°150099%3.931.1×
2° off-grid best1505100%3.921.1×
7° year-round best = latitude1511100%3.881.2×
15°150099%3.771.3×
30°141994%3.411.6×
45°126284%2.882.0×
60°104569%2.222.7×
70°88258%1.733.3×
90°60740%1.092.7×

A fixed array in El Carmen de Chucurí produces the most over a year at 7°. The design month for an off-grid system is April: at 2° it makes 3.92 kWh per kWp a day, 1% more than at 7°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in El Carmen de Chucurí at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 7° (year-round best).

012345January: 3.97 (70°)4.0JanFebruary: 3.30 (70°)3.3FebMarch: 2.40 (70°)2.4MarApril: 1.73 (70°)1.7AprMay: 1.36 (70°)1.4MayJune: 1.22 (70°)1.2JunJuly: 1.23 (70°)1.2JulAugust: 1.54 (70°)1.5AugSeptember: 2.24 (70°)2.2SepOctober: 2.82 (70°)2.8OctNovember: 3.34 (70°)3.3NovDecember: 3.88 (70°)3.9Dec7°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 7°Mean temp.
January5.214.773.974.4521.2 °C
February5.353.983.304.4722.0 °C
March5.012.922.404.0821.9 °C
April4.852.121.733.8821.3 °C
May4.981.691.363.9221.0 °C
June5.051.531.223.9320.9 °C
July5.181.541.234.0521.0 °C
August5.301.901.544.2121.3 °C
September5.312.722.244.3121.1 °C
October4.993.402.824.1420.4 °C
November4.764.003.344.0420.2 °C
December4.904.653.884.2120.6 °C
Year5.07 avg2.93 avg882 kWh1511 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 970 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 300 Wp at 7°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in El Carmen de Chucurí

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.

1.9 mrow pitch at 70°

2.1 mrow pitch at 7°

Row spacing calculator

How El Carmen de Chucurí compares in Colombia

Against the other 316 places in Colombia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

88thof 317 places in Colombia for sunshine, shared: 5.07 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Colombia: 1,511 against 1,407 kWh per kWp.

+7 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bogotá: 12 h 31 min against 12 h 23 min.

7°best year-round tilt here; across Colombia it runs from 0° in Puerto Leguízamo to 13° in San Andrés.

Of the 317 places in Colombia, Santa Marta and 3 other places get the most sun (5.54 peak sun hours a day) and Ipiales the least (3.81); El Carmen de Chucurí ranks joint 88th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.22 kWh a day here, against 1.18 kWh on average in Colombia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 44 min, −7 min compared with Bogotá.

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Solar forecast for El Carmen de Chucurí, 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 El Carmen de Chucurí

What is the best solar panel angle in El Carmen de Chucurí?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in El Carmen de Chucurí is 7°, worth about 1511 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through April does better at about 2°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in El Carmen de Chucurí today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:40 and sets at 17:35 local time (UTC−5), giving 11 h 55 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:38.
How many peak sun hours does El Carmen de Chucurí get?
On a flat surface 5.1 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.8 in November to 5.3 in February. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.5 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in El Carmen de Chucurí?
At solar noon the sun stands 73.3° above the horizon on the June solstice and 59.9° on the December solstice.
Is El Carmen de Chucurí a good place for solar panels?
With 5.1 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, El Carmen de Chucurí ranks joint 88th of 317 places in Colombia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (7°) makes about 1,511 kWh a year here, 7% more than the average place in Colombia.

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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.