São Paulo · Brazil · 23.83° S · 46.81° W
Solar position in Embu-Guaçu
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Embu-Guaçu — computed for 23.83° S, 46.81° W, 766 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Embu-Guaçu today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:07 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:35 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:03 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:26 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 05:57 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:51 | 78.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:46 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:16 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:40 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:07 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:35 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 50 min | |
Sun path diagram for Embu-Guaçu
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 42.7° at solar noon in Embu-Guaçu; on the December solstice only 89.6°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 52° 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 | 05:37 | 12:18 | 18:59 | 13 h 21 min | 86.0° |
| February | 05:58 | 12:20 | 18:42 | 12 h 45 min | 76.6° |
| March | 06:11 | 12:14 | 18:17 | 12 h 06 min | 65.8° |
| April | 06:23 | 12:05 | 17:47 | 11 h 24 min | 54.2° |
| May | 06:37 | 12:03 | 17:30 | 10 h 53 min | 45.9° |
| June | 06:49 | 12:09 | 17:29 | 10 h 40 min | 42.7° |
| July | 06:47 | 12:13 | 17:39 | 10 h 52 min | 45.8° |
| August | 06:28 | 12:10 | 17:52 | 11 h 24 min | 54.2° |
| September | 05:57 | 12:00 | 18:03 | 12 h 05 min | 65.6° |
| October | 05:28 | 11:51 | 18:15 | 12 h 46 min | 77.0° |
| November | 05:12 | 11:53 | 18:34 | 13 h 22 min | 86.2° |
| December | 05:17 | 12:05 | 18:53 | 13 h 37 min | 89.6° |
A year of daylight in Embu-Guaçu
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 Embu-Guaçu
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
23°collects the most energy over a year: 1434 kWh per kWp.
35°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° | 1336 | 93% | 2.53 | 1.8× |
| 15° | 1421 | 99% | 3.13 | 1.4× |
| 23° year-round best | 1434 | 100% | 3.38 | 1.3× |
| 24° = latitude | 1434 | 100% | 3.41 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1426 | 99% | 3.55 | 1.2× |
| 35° off-grid best | 1410 | 98% | 3.64 | 1.1× |
| 45° | 1351 | 94% | 3.74 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1201 | 84% | 3.71 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1066 | 74% | 3.56 | 1.9× |
| 90° | 751 | 52% | 2.97 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Embu-Guaçu produces the most over a year at 23°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 35° it makes 3.64 kWh per kWp a day, 8% more than at 23°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Embu-Guaçu at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 23° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 23° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.41 | 2.50 | 2.02 | 4.01 | 24.1 °C |
| February | 5.56 | 3.09 | 2.52 | 4.35 | 24.2 °C |
| March | 5.00 | 3.64 | 2.99 | 4.22 | 23.5 °C |
| April | 4.37 | 4.23 | 3.51 | 4.07 | 22.1 °C |
| May | 3.48 | 4.13 | 3.46 | 3.53 | 19.4 °C |
| June | 3.16 | 4.22 | 3.56 | 3.38 | 18.4 °C |
| July | 3.37 | 4.40 | 3.72 | 3.59 | 17.8 °C |
| August | 4.01 | 4.38 | 3.69 | 3.98 | 18.6 °C |
| September | 4.34 | 3.54 | 2.95 | 3.85 | 20.2 °C |
| October | 4.90 | 3.04 | 2.50 | 3.97 | 21.6 °C |
| November | 5.38 | 2.61 | 2.13 | 4.08 | 22.1 °C |
| December | 5.67 | 2.44 | 1.97 | 4.15 | 23.4 °C |
| Year | 4.55 avg | 3.52 avg | 1066 kWh | 1434 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 600 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 350 Wp at 23°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Embu-Guaçu
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.
3.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.8 mrow pitch at 23°
How Embu-Guaçu compares in Brazil
Against the other 2,263 places in Brazil with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
2060thof 2,264 places in Brazil for sunshine, shared: 4.55 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Brazil: 1,434 against 1,581 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with São Paulo: 13 h 37 min against 13 h 35 min.
23°best year-round tilt here; across Brazil it runs from 0° in Macapá to 28° in Santa Vitória do Palmar.
Of the 2,264 places in Brazil, Catolé do Rocha gets the most sun (6.16 peak sun hours a day) and Paranaguá the least (4.01); Embu-Guaçu ranks joint 2060th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.97 kWh a day here, against 1.56 kWh on average in Brazil. The shortest day lasts 10 h 40 min, −1 min compared with São Paulo.
Solar forecast for Embu-Guaçu, 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.