Guadeloupe · Guadeloupe · 16.27° N · 61.51° W
Solar position in Les Abymes
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Les Abymes — computed for 16.27° N, 61.51° W, 20 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Les Abymes today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:48 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:13 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:38 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:00 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:29 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:50 | 61.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:10 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:39 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:01 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:26 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:52 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 39 min | |
Sun path diagram for Les Abymes
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 82.8° at solar noon in Les Abymes; on the December solstice only 50.3°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 49° 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 | 06:37 | 12:17 | 17:57 | 11 h 19 min | 53.9° |
| February | 06:28 | 12:19 | 18:10 | 11 h 42 min | 63.3° |
| March | 06:09 | 12:13 | 18:17 | 12 h 08 min | 74.2° |
| April | 05:47 | 12:04 | 18:22 | 12 h 35 min | 85.7° |
| May | 05:34 | 12:02 | 18:31 | 12 h 57 min | 86.0° |
| June | 05:34 | 12:07 | 18:40 | 13 h 06 min | 82.8° |
| July | 05:43 | 12:12 | 18:41 | 12 h 57 min | 85.9° |
| August | 05:51 | 12:09 | 18:26 | 12 h 35 min | 85.7° |
| September | 05:54 | 11:58 | 18:02 | 12 h 08 min | 74.3° |
| October | 05:59 | 11:50 | 17:41 | 11 h 41 min | 62.9° |
| November | 06:12 | 11:51 | 17:31 | 11 h 19 min | 53.7° |
| December | 06:29 | 12:04 | 17:39 | 11 h 10 min | 50.3° |
A year of daylight in Les Abymes
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 Les Abymes
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
16°collects the most energy over a year: 1684 kWh per kWp.
18°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 | November kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1627 | 97% | 3.71 | 1.4× |
| 15° | 1684 | 100% | 4.27 | 1.2× |
| 16° year-round best = latitude | 1684 | 100% | 4.30 | 1.2× |
| 18° off-grid best | 1684 | 100% | 4.35 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1644 | 98% | 4.57 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1509 | 90% | 4.59 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1292 | 77% | 4.34 | 2.2× |
| 70° | 1111 | 66% | 4.03 | 2.8× |
| 90° | 749 | 44% | 3.09 | 3.4× |
A fixed array in Les Abymes produces the most over a year at 16°. The design month for an off-grid system is November: at 18° it makes 4.35 kWh per kWp a day, 1% more than at 16°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Les Abymes at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 16° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 16° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.87 | 5.50 | 4.49 | 4.55 | 26.0 °C |
| February | 5.55 | 5.08 | 4.16 | 4.92 | 25.7 °C |
| March | 6.16 | 4.26 | 3.48 | 5.14 | 25.8 °C |
| April | 6.33 | 3.06 | 2.47 | 4.94 | 26.5 °C |
| May | 6.15 | 2.29 | 1.82 | 4.58 | 27.2 °C |
| June | 6.04 | 2.04 | 1.61 | 4.41 | 27.7 °C |
| July | 6.10 | 2.11 | 1.67 | 4.48 | 28.0 °C |
| August | 6.16 | 2.67 | 2.14 | 4.68 | 28.3 °C |
| September | 5.80 | 3.54 | 2.85 | 4.65 | 28.4 °C |
| October | 5.20 | 4.25 | 3.44 | 4.43 | 28.1 °C |
| November | 4.73 | 4.96 | 4.03 | 4.30 | 27.5 °C |
| December | 4.57 | 5.43 | 4.43 | 4.31 | 26.7 °C |
| Year | 5.64 avg | 3.76 avg | 1111 kWh | 1684 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 730 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 270 Wp at 16°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Les Abymes
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.
2.4 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 16°
How Les Abymes compares in Guadeloupe
Against the other 9 places in Guadeloupe with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
9thof 10 places in Guadeloupe for sunshine, shared: 5.64 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Guadeloupe: 1,684 against 1,694 kWh per kWp.
±0 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with the average place in Guadeloupe: 13 h 06 min against 13 h 06 min.
16°best year-round tilt here, the same everywhere in Guadeloupe.
Of the 10 places in Guadeloupe, Basse-Terre gets the most sun (5.74 peak sun hours a day) and Les Abymes and one other place the least (5.64); Les Abymes ranks joint 9th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.61 kWh a day here, against 1.61 kWh on average in Guadeloupe. The shortest day lasts 11 h 10 min, ±0 min compared with the average.
Solar forecast for Les Abymes, 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.