Ica · Peru · 14.83° S · 74.94° W
Solar position in Nazca
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Nazca — computed for 14.83° S, 74.94° W, 584 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Nazca today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:14 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:40 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:05 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:27 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 05:56 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:43 | 87.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:31 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:00 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:22 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:48 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:14 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 33 min | |
Sun path diagram for Nazca
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 51.7° at solar noon in Nazca; on the December solstice only 81.4°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 115° 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 | 05:45 | 12:11 | 18:36 | 12 h 51 min | 85.0° |
| February | 05:58 | 12:13 | 18:27 | 12 h 29 min | 85.5° |
| March | 06:03 | 12:06 | 18:09 | 12 h 06 min | 74.7° |
| April | 06:07 | 11:58 | 17:48 | 11 h 41 min | 63.1° |
| May | 06:15 | 11:56 | 17:37 | 11 h 22 min | 54.9° |
| June | 06:24 | 12:01 | 17:39 | 11 h 15 min | 51.7° |
| July | 06:25 | 12:06 | 17:47 | 11 h 22 min | 54.8° |
| August | 06:12 | 12:02 | 17:53 | 11 h 41 min | 63.2° |
| September | 05:50 | 11:52 | 17:55 | 12 h 06 min | 74.7° |
| October | 05:29 | 11:44 | 17:59 | 12 h 30 min | 86.0° |
| November | 05:19 | 11:45 | 18:11 | 12 h 52 min | 84.8° |
| December | 05:27 | 11:57 | 18:28 | 13 h 01 min | 81.4° |
A year of daylight in Nazca
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 Nazca
Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
16°collects the most energy over a year: 1949 kWh per kWp.
13°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 | February kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1884 | 97% | 5.03 | 1.5× |
| 13° off-grid best | 1947 | 100% | 4.90 | 1.2× |
| 15° = latitude | 1949 | 100% | 4.86 | 1.2× |
| 16° year-round best | 1949 | 100% | 4.84 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1897 | 97% | 4.42 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1733 | 89% | 3.73 | 1.7× |
| 60° | 1471 | 75% | 2.84 | 2.5× |
| 70° | 1256 | 64% | 2.17 | 3.5× |
| 90° | 838 | 43% | 1.03 | 4.1× |
A fixed array in Nazca produces the most over a year at 16°. The design month for an off-grid system is February: at 13° it makes 4.90 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 Nazca 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 | 6.58 | 1.95 | 1.61 | 5.00 | 16.1 °C |
| February | 6.07 | 2.60 | 2.17 | 4.84 | 16.4 °C |
| March | 6.03 | 3.62 | 3.06 | 5.09 | 16.3 °C |
| April | 6.01 | 5.04 | 4.30 | 5.44 | 15.6 °C |
| May | 5.60 | 6.09 | 5.22 | 5.45 | 14.4 °C |
| June | 5.01 | 6.07 | 5.21 | 5.04 | 13.6 °C |
| July | 5.08 | 5.84 | 5.03 | 5.04 | 13.0 °C |
| August | 5.76 | 5.41 | 4.65 | 5.41 | 13.5 °C |
| September | 6.48 | 4.45 | 3.81 | 5.68 | 14.1 °C |
| October | 7.26 | 3.30 | 2.80 | 5.93 | 14.5 °C |
| November | 7.60 | 2.23 | 1.86 | 5.83 | 15.0 °C |
| December | 7.09 | 1.81 | 1.49 | 5.31 | 15.4 °C |
| Year | 6.22 avg | 4.04 avg | 1256 kWh | 1949 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 790 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 240 Wp at 16°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Nazca
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.
2.3 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 16°
How Nazca compares in Peru
Against the other 135 places in Peru with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
15thof 136 places in Peru for sunshine: 6.22 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+21%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Peru: 1,949 against 1,605 kWh per kWp.
+10 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lima: 13 h 01 min against 12 h 50 min.
16°best year-round tilt here; across Peru it runs from 3° in Tumbes to 19° in Arequipa.
Of the 136 places in Peru, Ciudad Satelite and one other place get the most sun (6.60 peak sun hours a day) and La Peca the least (4.16); Nazca ranks 15th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.50 kWh a day here, against 1.33 kWh on average in Peru. The shortest day lasts 11 h 15 min, −10 min compared with Lima.
Solar forecast for Nazca, 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.