Bahamas · 26.53° N · 78.70° W
Solar position in Freeport
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Freeport — computed for 26.53° N, 78.70° W, 6 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Freeport today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:01 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:28 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:55 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:19 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:50 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:58 | 51.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:06 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:38 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:01 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:29 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:56 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 19 min | |
Sun path diagram for Freeport
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 86.9° at solar noon in Freeport; on the December solstice only 40.0°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° 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 | 07:03 | 12:26 | 17:48 | 10 h 45 min | 43.7° |
| February | 06:45 | 12:28 | 18:11 | 11 h 26 min | 53.1° |
| March | 07:17 | 13:21 | 19:26 | 12 h 09 min | 63.9° |
| April | 06:45 | 13:13 | 19:41 | 12 h 56 min | 75.5° |
| May | 06:24 | 13:11 | 19:58 | 13 h 33 min | 83.8° |
| June | 06:22 | 13:16 | 20:10 | 13 h 48 min | 86.9° |
| July | 06:34 | 13:21 | 20:07 | 13 h 34 min | 83.8° |
| August | 06:49 | 13:17 | 19:45 | 12 h 56 min | 75.4° |
| September | 07:02 | 13:07 | 19:12 | 12 h 09 min | 64.0° |
| October | 07:17 | 12:59 | 18:40 | 11 h 23 min | 52.6° |
| November | 06:38 | 12:00 | 17:22 | 10 h 44 min | 43.5° |
| December | 06:58 | 12:12 | 17:27 | 10 h 28 min | 40.0° |
A year of daylight in Freeport
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 Freeport
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
24°collects the most energy over a year: 1574 kWh per kWp.
39°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 | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1461 | 93% | 2.56 | 2.0× |
| 15° | 1558 | 99% | 3.21 | 1.6× |
| 24° year-round best | 1574 | 100% | 3.51 | 1.4× |
| 27° = latitude | 1572 | 100% | 3.59 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1566 | 100% | 3.67 | 1.3× |
| 39° off-grid best | 1528 | 97% | 3.83 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1485 | 94% | 3.90 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1321 | 84% | 3.89 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1171 | 74% | 3.76 | 1.8× |
| 90° | 816 | 52% | 3.19 | 2.8× |
A fixed array in Freeport produces the most over a year at 24°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 39° it makes 3.83 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 24°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Freeport 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 | 3.51 | 4.62 | 3.84 | 3.70 | 21.8 °C |
| February | 4.32 | 4.71 | 3.91 | 4.23 | 22.2 °C |
| March | 5.42 | 4.61 | 3.81 | 4.84 | 22.7 °C |
| April | 6.23 | 3.85 | 3.15 | 5.03 | 24.2 °C |
| May | 6.41 | 3.04 | 2.45 | 4.79 | 25.8 °C |
| June | 6.09 | 2.68 | 2.14 | 4.40 | 27.7 °C |
| July | 6.15 | 2.86 | 2.28 | 4.49 | 28.6 °C |
| August | 5.88 | 3.32 | 2.66 | 4.52 | 29.0 °C |
| September | 5.09 | 3.82 | 3.08 | 4.25 | 28.3 °C |
| October | 4.48 | 4.44 | 3.61 | 4.14 | 26.9 °C |
| November | 3.74 | 4.71 | 3.87 | 3.84 | 24.6 °C |
| December | 3.27 | 4.54 | 3.76 | 3.51 | 23.1 °C |
| Year | 5.05 avg | 3.93 avg | 1171 kWh | 1574 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 550 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 340 Wp at 24°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Freeport
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.
3.2 mrow pitch at 70°
2.9 mrow pitch at 24°
How Freeport compares in the Bahamas
Against the other 3 places in the Bahamas with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
3rdof 4 places in the Bahamas for sunshine, shared: 5.05 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Bahamas: 1,574 against 1,599 kWh per kWp.
+7 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Nassau: 13 h 48 min against 13 h 42 min.
24°best year-round tilt here; across the Bahamas it runs from 23° in Nassau to 24° in Lucaya.
Of the 4 places in the Bahamas, Nassau gets the most sun (5.24 peak sun hours a day) and Lucaya and one other place the least (5.05); Freeport ranks joint 3rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.14 kWh a day here, against 2.10 kWh on average in the Bahamas. The shortest day lasts 10 h 28 min, −6 min compared with Nassau.
Solar forecast for Freeport, 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.