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Pinar del Río · Cuba · 22.59° N · 83.25° W

Solar position in Los Palacios

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Los Palacios — computed for 22.59° N, 83.25° W, 34 m above sea level.

Sunrise today07:33102° ESE
Sunset today19:00257° WSW
Best panel angle21°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle24°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation55.5°
At solar noon, 13:17Open on the sun map

Sun in Los Palacios today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn06:18sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn06:4412° below
Civil dawn07:106° below
Sunrise07:33102° ESE
Golden hour ends08:04sun 6° up
Solar noon13:1755.5° high
Golden hour starts18:29sun 6° up
Sunset19:00257° WSW
Civil dusk19:236° below
Nautical dusk19:4912° below
Astronomical dusk20:1518° below
Day length11 h 27 min

Sun path diagram for Los Palacios

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice7891011121314151617181920EquinoxDecember solstice891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 89.2° at solar noon in Los Palacios; on the December solstice only 44.0°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 51° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:1412:4418:1310 h 59 min47.6°
February07:0012:4618:3211 h 32 min57.1°
March07:3513:4019:4412 h 09 min67.9°
April07:0713:3119:5512 h 48 min79.5°
May06:5013:2920:0913 h 19 min87.7°
June06:4913:3420:2013 h 31 min89.2°
July06:5913:3920:1813 h 19 min87.8°
August07:1213:3619:5912 h 48 min79.3°
September07:2113:2519:3012 h 09 min67.9°
October07:3213:1719:0211 h 31 min56.5°
November06:4912:1817:4710 h 58 min47.4°
December07:0812:3117:5310 h 45 min44.0°

A year of daylight in Los Palacios

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Los Palacios

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

21°collects the most energy over a year: 1622 kWh per kWp.

24°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 21°Best worst-month 24°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°152694%3.021.7×
15°161399%3.741.4×
21° year-round best1622100%3.961.3×
23° = latitude1622100%4.031.3×
24° off-grid best1621100%4.061.3×
30°160799%4.221.3×
45°150893%4.451.5×
60°132482%4.401.9×
70°116372%4.212.3×
90°79749%3.513.4×

A fixed array in Los Palacios produces the most over a year at 21°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 24° it makes 4.06 kWh per kWp a day, 2% more than at 21°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Los Palacios at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 21° (year-round best).

0123456January: 4.18 (70°)4.2JanFebruary: 4.15 (70°)4.2FebMarch: 3.81 (70°)3.8MarApril: 2.94 (70°)2.9AprMay: 2.14 (70°)2.1MayJune: 1.83 (70°)1.8JunJuly: 2.00 (70°)2.0JulAugust: 2.41 (70°)2.4AugSeptember: 2.98 (70°)3.0SepOctober: 3.55 (70°)3.6OctNovember: 4.09 (70°)4.1NovDecember: 4.21 (70°)4.2Dec21°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 21°Mean temp.
January4.035.054.184.0823.1 °C
February4.895.044.154.6123.9 °C
March5.874.643.815.0924.7 °C
April6.503.622.945.1326.4 °C
May6.282.672.144.6427.7 °C
June5.722.311.834.1328.6 °C
July6.182.522.004.4829.2 °C
August5.923.022.414.5029.4 °C
September5.323.702.984.3628.7 °C
October4.734.383.554.2327.6 °C
November4.214.994.094.1325.4 °C
December3.845.124.213.9624.2 °C
Year5.29 avg3.92 avg1163 kWh1622 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 650 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 300 Wp at 21°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Los Palacios

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.

2.9 mrow pitch at 70°

2.7 mrow pitch at 21°

Row spacing calculator

How Los Palacios compares in Cuba

Against the other 122 places in Cuba with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

109thof 123 places in Cuba for sunshine, shared: 5.29 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Cuba: 1,622 against 1,639 kWh per kWp.

−2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Havana: 13 h 31 min against 13 h 34 min.

21°best year-round tilt here; across Cuba it runs from 19° in Puerto Padre to 22° in Consolación del Sur.

Of the 123 places in Cuba, Niquero gets the most sun (5.68 peak sun hours a day) and Remedios and one other place the least (5.17); Los Palacios ranks joint 109th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.83 kWh a day here, against 1.85 kWh on average in Cuba. The shortest day lasts 10 h 45 min, +2 min compared with Havana.

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Solar forecast for Los Palacios, 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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Questions about the sun in Los Palacios

What is the best solar panel angle in Los Palacios?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Los Palacios is 21°, worth about 1622 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 24°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Los Palacios today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 07:33 and sets at 19:00 local time (UTC−4), giving 11 h 27 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:17.
How many peak sun hours does Los Palacios get?
On a flat surface 5.3 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.8 in December to 6.5 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.3 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Los Palacios?
At solar noon the sun stands 89.2° above the horizon on the June solstice and 44.0° on the December solstice.
Is Los Palacios a good place for solar panels?
With 5.3 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Los Palacios ranks joint 109th of 123 places in Cuba for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (21°) makes about 1,622 kWh a year here, 1% less than the average place in Cuba.

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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.