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El Paraíso Department · Honduras · 13.87° N · 86.55° W

Solar position in El Paraíso

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for El Paraíso — computed for 13.87° N, 86.55° W, 804 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:38102° ESE
Sunset today17:21258° WSW
Best panel angle14°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle10°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation64.2°
At solar noon, 11:30Open on the sun map

Sun in El Paraíso today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:26sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:5112° below
Civil dawn05:176° below
Sunrise05:38102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:07sun 6° up
Solar noon11:3064.2° high
Golden hour starts16:52sun 6° up
Sunset17:21258° WSW
Civil dusk17:436° below
Nautical dusk18:0812° below
Astronomical dusk18:3318° below
Day length11 h 43 min

Sun path diagram for El Paraíso

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 80.4° at solar noon in El Paraíso; on the December solstice only 52.7°. 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:1411:5717:4011 h 27 min56.4°
February06:0611:5917:5211 h 46 min65.8°
March05:4911:5317:5712 h 08 min76.6°
April05:2911:4418:0012 h 31 min88.2°
May05:1811:4218:0712 h 49 min83.6°
June05:1911:4818:1612 h 57 min80.4°
July05:2711:5218:1712 h 49 min83.5°
August05:3311:4918:0412 h 31 min88.1°
September05:3511:3917:4212 h 08 min76.6°
October05:3811:3017:2311 h 45 min65.3°
November05:4811:3217:1511 h 26 min56.1°
December06:0511:4417:2311 h 19 min52.7°

A year of daylight in El Paraíso

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 Paraíso

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: 1533 kWh per kWp.

10°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 14°Best worst-month 10°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°149397%4.071.4×
10° off-grid best1529100%3.901.3×
14° year-round best = latitude1533100%3.801.3×
15°1533100%3.771.3×
30°148697%3.271.5×
45°135789%2.621.8×
60°115675%1.882.3×
70°99265%1.412.8×
90°67244%1.083.0×

A fixed array in El Paraíso produces the most over a year at 14°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 10° it makes 3.90 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 14°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in El Paraíso at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 14° (year-round best).

0123456January: 3.95 (70°)4.0JanFebruary: 3.77 (70°)3.8FebMarch: 3.19 (70°)3.2MarApril: 2.20 (70°)2.2AprMay: 1.59 (70°)1.6MayJune: 1.41 (70°)1.4JunJuly: 1.48 (70°)1.5JulAugust: 1.86 (70°)1.9AugSeptember: 2.55 (70°)2.5SepOctober: 3.03 (70°)3.0OctNovember: 3.65 (70°)3.7NovDecember: 3.99 (70°)4.0Dec14°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 14°Mean temp.
January4.534.763.954.1422.2 °C
February5.274.563.774.6123.5 °C
March5.953.903.194.9225.1 °C
April5.912.732.204.6026.6 °C
May5.212.001.593.9325.6 °C
June5.081.761.413.8023.9 °C
July5.141.861.483.8723.8 °C
August5.382.311.864.1724.2 °C
September5.303.112.554.3023.7 °C
October4.743.673.034.0422.8 °C
November4.484.403.654.0321.9 °C
December4.324.793.994.0121.8 °C
Year5.11 avg3.31 avg992 kWh1533 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 840 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 310 Wp at 14°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in El Paraíso

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°

2.4 mrow pitch at 14°

Row spacing calculator

How El Paraíso compares in Honduras

Against the other 64 places in Honduras with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

25thof 65 places in Honduras for sunshine, shared: 5.11 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Honduras: 1,533 against 1,530 kWh per kWp.

−1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tegucigalpa: 12 h 57 min against 12 h 58 min.

14°best year-round tilt here; across Honduras it runs from 14° in San Pedro Sula to 16° in San Lorenzo.

Of the 65 places in Honduras, San Lorenzo gets the most sun (5.80 peak sun hours a day) and Dulce Nombre de Culmí the least (4.85); El Paraíso ranks joint 25th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.41 kWh a day here, against 1.44 kWh on average in Honduras. The shortest day lasts 11 h 19 min, +1 min compared with Tegucigalpa.

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Solar forecast for El Paraíso, 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 Paraíso

What is the best solar panel angle in El Paraíso?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in El Paraíso is 14°, worth about 1533 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 10°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in El Paraíso today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:38 and sets at 17:21 local time (UTC−6), giving 11 h 43 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:30.
How many peak sun hours does El Paraíso get?
On a flat surface 5.1 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.3 in December to 5.9 in March. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.8 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in El Paraíso?
At solar noon the sun stands 80.4° above the horizon on the June solstice and 52.7° on the December solstice.
Is El Paraíso a good place for solar panels?
With 5.1 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, El Paraíso ranks joint 25th of 65 places in Honduras for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (14°) makes about 1,533 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in Honduras.

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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.