Canary Islands · Spain · 28.39° N · 16.52° W
Solar position in La Orotava
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for La Orotava — computed for 28.39° N, 16.52° W, 355 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in La Orotava today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:53 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 07:20 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:48 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 08:12 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:44 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:50 | 49.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:55 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 19:27 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:51 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 20:19 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:46 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 16 min | |
Sun path diagram for La Orotava
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 85.0° at solar noon in La Orotava; on the December solstice only 38.2°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 54° 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 | 07:58 | 13:17 | 18:36 | 10 h 38 min | 41.8° |
| February | 07:38 | 13:19 | 19:00 | 11 h 22 min | 51.2° |
| March | 07:08 | 13:13 | 19:17 | 12 h 09 min | 62.0° |
| April | 07:34 | 14:04 | 20:35 | 13 h 00 min | 73.6° |
| May | 07:12 | 14:02 | 20:52 | 13 h 40 min | 81.9° |
| June | 07:09 | 14:07 | 21:06 | 13 h 57 min | 85.0° |
| July | 07:21 | 14:12 | 21:02 | 13 h 41 min | 82.0° |
| August | 07:38 | 14:09 | 20:39 | 13 h 00 min | 73.6° |
| September | 07:54 | 13:59 | 20:03 | 12 h 10 min | 62.2° |
| October | 08:10 | 13:50 | 19:30 | 11 h 20 min | 50.8° |
| November | 07:33 | 12:51 | 18:10 | 10 h 38 min | 41.6° |
| December | 07:54 | 13:04 | 18:14 | 10 h 20 min | 38.2° |
A year of daylight in La Orotava
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 Orotava
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: 1688 kWh per kWp.
48°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° | 1559 | 92% | 2.49 | 2.3× |
| 15° | 1668 | 99% | 3.17 | 1.7× |
| 24° year-round best | 1688 | 100% | 3.48 | 1.5× |
| 28° = latitude | 1685 | 100% | 3.60 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1681 | 100% | 3.65 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1598 | 95% | 3.90 | 1.2× |
| 48° off-grid best | 1570 | 93% | 3.93 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1425 | 84% | 3.92 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1267 | 75% | 3.80 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 884 | 52% | 3.26 | 2.9× |
A fixed array in La Orotava produces the most over a year at 24°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 48° it makes 3.93 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 24°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in La Orotava 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 | 4.85 | 4.09 | 3.84 | 18.2 °C |
| February | 4.30 | 4.84 | 4.09 | 4.33 | 17.8 °C |
| March | 5.40 | 4.74 | 4.00 | 4.96 | 18.0 °C |
| April | 6.27 | 4.05 | 3.39 | 5.23 | 18.6 °C |
| May | 6.77 | 3.34 | 2.77 | 5.24 | 19.6 °C |
| June | 7.00 | 2.97 | 2.44 | 5.19 | 21.1 °C |
| July | 6.65 | 3.15 | 2.58 | 5.02 | 22.1 °C |
| August | 6.36 | 3.70 | 3.04 | 5.06 | 23.0 °C |
| September | 5.77 | 4.49 | 3.71 | 5.00 | 23.3 °C |
| October | 4.62 | 4.76 | 3.94 | 4.41 | 22.8 °C |
| November | 3.58 | 4.59 | 3.83 | 3.74 | 21.1 °C |
| December | 3.14 | 4.53 | 3.80 | 3.48 | 19.5 °C |
| Year | 5.28 avg | 4.16 avg | 1267 kWh | 1688 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 480 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 La Orotava
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.
3.4 mrow pitch at 70°
3.0 mrow pitch at 24°
How La Orotava compares in Spain
Against the other 543 places in Spain with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
28thof 544 places in Spain for sunshine: 5.28 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Spain: 1,688 against 1,601 kWh per kWp.
−1 h 07 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Madrid: 13 h 57 min against 15 h 04 min.
24°best year-round tilt here; across Spain it runs from 24° in Arona to 36° in Girona.
Of the 544 places in Spain, Playa del Ingles and one other place get the most sun (5.53 peak sun hours a day) and Santander the least (3.65); La Orotava ranks 28th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.45 kWh a day here, against 3.03 kWh on average in Spain. The shortest day lasts 10 h 20 min, +1 h 03 min compared with Madrid.
Solar forecast for La Orotava, 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.