Valparaiso · Chile · 32.83° S · 71.23° W
Solar position in La Cruz
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for La Cruz — computed for 32.83° S, 71.23° W, 156 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in La Cruz today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:26 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:57 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:28 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:53 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:27 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:29 | 69.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 19:31 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 20:04 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 20:30 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 21:00 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 21:32 | 18° below |
| Day length | 13 h 11 min | |
Sun path diagram for La Cruz
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 33.8° at solar noon in La Cruz; on the December solstice only 80.6°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 57° 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 | 06:57 | 13:56 | 20:54 | 13 h 56 min | 77.0° |
| February | 07:27 | 13:58 | 20:29 | 13 h 02 min | 67.6° |
| March | 07:48 | 13:51 | 19:54 | 12 h 06 min | 56.8° |
| April | 07:10 | 12:43 | 18:15 | 11 h 05 min | 45.2° |
| May | 07:32 | 12:41 | 17:50 | 10 h 18 min | 36.9° |
| June | 07:47 | 12:46 | 17:46 | 9 h 59 min | 33.8° |
| July | 07:42 | 12:51 | 18:00 | 10 h 18 min | 36.8° |
| August | 07:15 | 12:48 | 18:20 | 11 h 05 min | 45.2° |
| September | 07:35 | 13:38 | 19:40 | 12 h 05 min | 56.7° |
| October | 06:57 | 13:29 | 20:02 | 13 h 05 min | 68.0° |
| November | 06:32 | 13:30 | 20:29 | 13 h 58 min | 77.2° |
| December | 06:33 | 13:43 | 20:52 | 14 h 19 min | 80.6° |
A year of daylight in La Cruz
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 La Cruz
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
27°collects the most energy over a year: 1713 kWh per kWp.
57°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° | 1554 | 91% | 1.90 | 3.5× |
| 15° | 1682 | 98% | 2.49 | 2.6× |
| 27° year-round best | 1713 | 100% | 2.85 | 2.1× |
| 30° | 1711 | 100% | 2.93 | 2.0× |
| 33° = latitude | 1705 | 99% | 3.00 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1640 | 96% | 3.19 | 1.7× |
| 57° off-grid best | 1515 | 88% | 3.25 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1475 | 86% | 3.25 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1318 | 77% | 3.18 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 927 | 54% | 2.79 | 2.4× |
A fixed array in La Cruz produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 57° it makes 3.25 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 27°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in La Cruz at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 27° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.86 | 3.83 | 3.20 | 5.99 | 18.8 °C |
| February | 7.02 | 4.53 | 3.80 | 5.85 | 18.6 °C |
| March | 5.78 | 5.09 | 4.30 | 5.38 | 17.6 °C |
| April | 4.22 | 5.00 | 4.27 | 4.47 | 15.1 °C |
| May | 2.85 | 3.98 | 3.43 | 3.26 | 12.8 °C |
| June | 2.35 | 3.66 | 3.18 | 2.85 | 10.7 °C |
| July | 2.63 | 3.95 | 3.44 | 3.15 | 9.9 °C |
| August | 3.41 | 4.28 | 3.72 | 3.75 | 10.5 °C |
| September | 4.66 | 4.53 | 3.92 | 4.58 | 11.6 °C |
| October | 6.03 | 4.40 | 3.78 | 5.31 | 13.3 °C |
| November | 7.35 | 3.93 | 3.33 | 5.84 | 15.5 °C |
| December | 7.99 | 3.59 | 3.01 | 5.98 | 17.4 °C |
| Year | 5.17 avg | 4.23 avg | 1318 kWh | 1713 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 390 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 410 Wp at 27°. The steep array is 5% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in La Cruz
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.
3.9 mrow pitch at 70°
3.3 mrow pitch at 27°
How La Cruz compares in Chile
Against the other 138 places in Chile with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
54thof 139 places in Chile for sunshine, shared: 5.17 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Chile: 1,713 against 1,668 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Santiago: 14 h 19 min against 14 h 23 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Chile it runs from 16° in Arica to 43° in Punta Arenas.
Of the 139 places in Chile, Calama gets the most sun (7.19 peak sun hours a day) and Puerto Natales the least (2.73); La Cruz ranks joint 54th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.01 kWh a day here, against 2.61 kWh on average in Chile. The shortest day lasts 9 h 59 min, +3 min compared with Santiago.
Solar forecast for La Cruz, 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.