León Department · Nicaragua · 12.34° N · 86.68° W
Solar position in La Paz Centro
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for La Paz Centro — computed for 12.34° N, 86.68° W, 73 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in La Paz Centro today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:26 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:51 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:16 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:37 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:06 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:30 | 65.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:54 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:23 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:45 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:10 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:35 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 46 min | |
Sun path diagram for La Paz Centro
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 78.9° at solar noon in La Paz Centro; on the December solstice only 54.2°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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 | 06:12 | 11:58 | 17:43 | 11 h 31 min | 57.9° |
| February | 06:06 | 12:00 | 17:54 | 11 h 49 min | 67.3° |
| March | 05:50 | 11:53 | 17:57 | 12 h 07 min | 78.1° |
| April | 05:31 | 11:45 | 17:59 | 12 h 28 min | 89.7° |
| May | 05:21 | 11:43 | 18:05 | 12 h 44 min | 82.0° |
| June | 05:23 | 11:48 | 18:14 | 12 h 51 min | 78.9° |
| July | 05:30 | 11:53 | 18:15 | 12 h 45 min | 82.0° |
| August | 05:35 | 11:49 | 18:03 | 12 h 28 min | 89.6° |
| September | 05:35 | 11:39 | 17:43 | 12 h 07 min | 78.2° |
| October | 05:37 | 11:31 | 17:25 | 11 h 48 min | 66.8° |
| November | 05:47 | 11:32 | 17:17 | 11 h 31 min | 57.6° |
| December | 06:02 | 11:44 | 17:26 | 11 h 24 min | 54.2° |
A year of daylight in La Paz Centro
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 Paz Centro
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
15°collects the most energy over a year: 1682 kWh per kWp.
6°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° | 1636 | 97% | 4.27 | 1.3× |
| 6° off-grid best | 1666 | 99% | 4.16 | 1.3× |
| 12° = latitude | 1681 | 100% | 4.01 | 1.4× |
| 15° year-round best | 1682 | 100% | 3.92 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1631 | 97% | 3.36 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1487 | 88% | 2.63 | 2.1× |
| 60° | 1261 | 75% | 1.82 | 2.9× |
| 70° | 1077 | 64% | 1.32 | 3.7× |
| 90° | 725 | 43% | 1.05 | 3.9× |
A fixed array in La Paz Centro produces the most over a year at 15°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 6° it makes 4.16 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 15°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in La Paz Centro at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 15° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 15° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.51 | 5.91 | 4.82 | 5.04 | 26.8 °C |
| February | 6.14 | 5.28 | 4.29 | 5.32 | 27.6 °C |
| March | 6.69 | 4.20 | 3.39 | 5.44 | 28.5 °C |
| April | 6.45 | 2.73 | 2.17 | 4.91 | 29.4 °C |
| May | 5.52 | 1.92 | 1.51 | 4.07 | 28.4 °C |
| June | 5.39 | 1.68 | 1.32 | 3.92 | 27.2 °C |
| July | 5.57 | 1.81 | 1.42 | 4.08 | 27.4 °C |
| August | 5.72 | 2.29 | 1.82 | 4.33 | 27.6 °C |
| September | 5.55 | 3.13 | 2.53 | 4.42 | 27.0 °C |
| October | 5.09 | 3.85 | 3.13 | 4.28 | 26.4 °C |
| November | 5.25 | 5.16 | 4.22 | 4.70 | 26.1 °C |
| December | 5.23 | 5.94 | 4.85 | 4.86 | 26.3 °C |
| Year | 5.67 avg | 3.65 avg | 1077 kWh | 1682 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 890 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 300 Wp at 15°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in La Paz Centro
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.
2.2 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 15°
How La Paz Centro compares in Nicaragua
Against the other 36 places in Nicaragua with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
7thof 37 places in Nicaragua for sunshine: 5.67 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Nicaragua: 1,682 against 1,576 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Managua: 12 h 51 min against 12 h 50 min.
15°best year-round tilt here; across Nicaragua it runs from 13° in Nueva Guinea to 15° in León.
Of the 37 places in Nicaragua, Corinto gets the most sun (5.84 peak sun hours a day) and Nueva Guinea the least (4.44); La Paz Centro ranks 7th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.32 kWh a day here, against 1.32 kWh on average in Nicaragua. The shortest day lasts 11 h 24 min, −1 min compared with Managua.
Solar forecast for La Paz Centro, 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.