Cerro Largo · Uruguay · 32.37° S · 54.16° W
Solar position in Melo
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Melo — computed for 32.37° S, 54.16° W, 102 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Melo today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:19 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:50 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:20 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:46 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:19 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:20 | 69.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:22 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:55 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:21 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:51 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:23 | 18° below |
| Day length | 13 h 09 min | |
Sun path diagram for Melo
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 34.2° at solar noon in Melo; on the December solstice only 81.1°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 56° 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 | 05:50 | 12:47 | 19:44 | 13 h 54 min | 77.4° |
| February | 06:19 | 12:50 | 19:20 | 13 h 01 min | 68.0° |
| March | 06:40 | 12:43 | 18:46 | 12 h 06 min | 57.2° |
| April | 07:02 | 12:35 | 18:08 | 11 h 06 min | 45.6° |
| May | 07:22 | 12:33 | 17:43 | 10 h 20 min | 37.4° |
| June | 07:37 | 12:38 | 17:39 | 10 h 01 min | 34.2° |
| July | 07:33 | 12:43 | 17:53 | 10 h 20 min | 37.3° |
| August | 07:06 | 12:39 | 18:13 | 11 h 06 min | 45.7° |
| September | 06:27 | 12:29 | 18:32 | 12 h 05 min | 57.1° |
| October | 05:49 | 12:21 | 18:53 | 13 h 04 min | 68.5° |
| November | 05:24 | 12:22 | 19:20 | 13 h 56 min | 77.6° |
| December | 05:26 | 12:34 | 19:43 | 14 h 17 min | 81.1° |
A year of daylight in Melo
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 Melo
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
28°collects the most energy over a year: 1551 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° | 1399 | 90% | 1.90 | 3.1× |
| 15° | 1519 | 98% | 2.50 | 2.3× |
| 28° year-round best | 1551 | 100% | 2.90 | 1.8× |
| 30° | 1550 | 100% | 2.95 | 1.8× |
| 32° = latitude | 1547 | 100% | 3.00 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1491 | 96% | 3.22 | 1.4× |
| 57° off-grid best | 1381 | 89% | 3.29 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1346 | 87% | 3.28 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1207 | 78% | 3.21 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 859 | 55% | 2.81 | 2.3× |
A fixed array in Melo produces the most over a year at 28°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 57° it makes 3.29 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 28°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Melo at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 28° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 28° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.99 | 3.50 | 2.86 | 5.22 | 23.2 °C |
| February | 6.12 | 3.98 | 3.28 | 4.98 | 22.8 °C |
| March | 5.16 | 4.46 | 3.71 | 4.69 | 20.9 °C |
| April | 3.93 | 4.60 | 3.89 | 4.12 | 17.6 °C |
| May | 2.82 | 3.97 | 3.41 | 3.25 | 13.9 °C |
| June | 2.35 | 3.71 | 3.21 | 2.90 | 11.5 °C |
| July | 2.58 | 3.89 | 3.38 | 3.12 | 10.6 °C |
| August | 3.25 | 4.07 | 3.51 | 3.57 | 12.3 °C |
| September | 4.19 | 4.03 | 3.45 | 4.07 | 13.8 °C |
| October | 5.37 | 3.88 | 3.28 | 4.64 | 16.6 °C |
| November | 6.71 | 3.60 | 3.00 | 5.22 | 19.1 °C |
| December | 7.16 | 3.30 | 2.72 | 5.26 | 21.4 °C |
| Year | 4.71 avg | 3.91 avg | 1207 kWh | 1551 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 430 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 410 Wp at 28°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Melo
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.
3.8 mrow pitch at 70°
3.3 mrow pitch at 28°
How Melo compares in Uruguay
Against the other 30 places in Uruguay with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
28thof 31 places in Uruguay for sunshine: 4.71 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Uruguay: 1,551 against 1,584 kWh per kWp.
−14 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Montevideo: 14 h 17 min against 14 h 30 min.
28°best year-round tilt here; across Uruguay it runs from 26° in Artigas to 29° in Montevideo.
Of the 31 places in Uruguay, Artigas gets the most sun (4.86 peak sun hours a day) and Rocha the least (4.64); Melo ranks 28th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.72 kWh a day here, against 2.85 kWh on average in Uruguay. The shortest day lasts 10 h 01 min, +13 min compared with Montevideo.
Solar forecast for Melo, 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.