Itapúa · Paraguay · 27.33° S · 55.87° W
Solar position in Encarnación
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Encarnación — computed for 27.33° S, 55.87° W, 99 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Encarnación today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:37 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:06 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:34 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:59 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:30 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:27 | 74.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:25 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:56 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:20 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:49 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:18 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 58 min | |
Sun path diagram for Encarnación
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 39.2° at solar noon in Encarnación; on the December solstice only 86.1°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 53° 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 | 06:07 | 12:54 | 19:41 | 13 h 34 min | 82.5° |
| February | 06:31 | 12:56 | 19:22 | 12 h 51 min | 73.1° |
| March | 06:47 | 12:50 | 18:53 | 12 h 06 min | 62.3° |
| April | 07:03 | 12:41 | 18:20 | 11 h 17 min | 50.7° |
| May | 07:19 | 12:39 | 18:00 | 10 h 40 min | 42.4° |
| June | 07:32 | 12:45 | 17:57 | 10 h 25 min | 39.2° |
| July | 07:30 | 12:50 | 18:09 | 10 h 40 min | 42.3° |
| August | 07:08 | 12:46 | 18:25 | 11 h 17 min | 50.7° |
| September | 06:34 | 12:36 | 18:39 | 12 h 05 min | 62.1° |
| October | 06:01 | 12:28 | 18:54 | 12 h 53 min | 73.5° |
| November | 05:41 | 12:29 | 19:17 | 13 h 35 min | 82.7° |
| December | 05:45 | 12:41 | 19:37 | 13 h 52 min | 86.1° |
A year of daylight in Encarnación
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 Encarnación
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
24°collects the most energy over a year: 1528 kWh per kWp.
52°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° | 1412 | 92% | 2.17 | 2.5× |
| 15° | 1511 | 99% | 2.74 | 1.9× |
| 24° year-round best | 1528 | 100% | 3.01 | 1.6× |
| 27° = latitude | 1526 | 100% | 3.08 | 1.6× |
| 30° | 1521 | 100% | 3.15 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1442 | 94% | 3.36 | 1.3× |
| 52° off-grid best | 1377 | 90% | 3.39 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1281 | 84% | 3.37 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1134 | 74% | 3.26 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 783 | 51% | 2.77 | 2.9× |
A fixed array in Encarnación produces the most over a year at 24°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 52° it makes 3.39 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 24°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Encarnación at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 24° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 24° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.62 | 2.94 | 2.36 | 4.86 | 26.7 °C |
| February | 6.15 | 3.56 | 2.89 | 4.85 | 26.3 °C |
| March | 5.33 | 4.18 | 3.42 | 4.62 | 24.8 °C |
| April | 4.28 | 4.55 | 3.79 | 4.17 | 21.6 °C |
| May | 3.17 | 4.12 | 3.49 | 3.40 | 17.3 °C |
| June | 2.70 | 3.83 | 3.26 | 3.01 | 15.6 °C |
| July | 3.03 | 4.21 | 3.60 | 3.37 | 14.7 °C |
| August | 3.73 | 4.34 | 3.68 | 3.84 | 16.5 °C |
| September | 4.39 | 3.87 | 3.25 | 4.04 | 18.7 °C |
| October | 5.30 | 3.46 | 2.86 | 4.38 | 21.8 °C |
| November | 6.41 | 3.01 | 2.46 | 4.85 | 23.3 °C |
| December | 6.77 | 2.75 | 2.21 | 4.89 | 25.7 °C |
| Year | 4.82 avg | 3.73 avg | 1134 kWh | 1528 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 530 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 24°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Encarnación
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.
3.3 mrow pitch at 70°
2.9 mrow pitch at 24°
How Encarnación compares in Paraguay
Against the other 29 places in Paraguay with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
30thof 30 places in Paraguay for sunshine: 4.82 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Paraguay: 1,528 against 1,536 kWh per kWp.
+9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Asunción: 13 h 52 min against 13 h 43 min.
24°best year-round tilt here; across Paraguay it runs from 19° in Filadelfia to 24° in Encarnación.
Encarnación gets the least sun of the 30 places in Paraguay (4.82 peak sun hours a day); the sunniest is Yby Yaú with 5.01. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.21 kWh a day here, against 2.09 kWh on average in Paraguay. The shortest day lasts 10 h 25 min, −9 min compared with Asunción.
Solar forecast for Encarnación, 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.