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Magdalena Department · Colombia · 9.80° N · 74.39° W

Solar position in Nueva Granada

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Nueva Granada — computed for 9.80° N, 74.39° W, 113 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:46102° ESE
Sunset today17:36258° WSW
Best panel angle11°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle6°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation68.3°
At solar noon, 11:41Open on the sun map

Sun in Nueva Granada today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:35sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0012° below
Civil dawn05:256° below
Sunrise05:46102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:15sun 6° up
Solar noon11:4168.3° high
Golden hour starts17:08sun 6° up
Sunset17:36258° WSW
Civil dusk17:586° below
Nautical dusk18:2212° below
Astronomical dusk18:4718° below
Day length11 h 50 min

Sun path diagram for Nueva Granada

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 solstice6789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice7891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 76.4° at solar noon in Nueva Granada; on the December solstice only 56.8°. 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:1912:0817:5811 h 39 min60.4°
February06:1512:1118:0711 h 52 min69.8°
March06:0112:0418:0812 h 07 min80.6°
April05:4411:5618:0812 h 24 min87.8°
May05:3511:5418:1212 h 37 min79.5°
June05:3811:5918:2012 h 42 min76.4°
July05:4512:0418:2212 h 37 min79.4°
August05:4812:0018:1212 h 24 min87.9°
September05:4611:5017:5412 h 07 min80.7°
October05:4611:4217:3711 h 52 min69.3°
November05:5411:4317:3211 h 38 min60.2°
December06:0911:5517:4211 h 33 min56.8°

A year of daylight in Nueva Granada

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 Nueva Granada

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

11°collects the most energy over a year: 1578 kWh per kWp.

6°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 11°Best worst-month 6°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearMay kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°155599%4.061.2×
6° off-grid best1573100%3.971.2×
10° = latitude1577100%3.891.2×
11° year-round best1578100%3.871.3×
15°1574100%3.781.3×
30°150695%3.301.6×
45°135586%2.662.0×
60°113472%1.912.8×
70°96161%1.423.6×
90°65742%1.063.2×

A fixed array in Nueva Granada produces the most over a year at 11°. The design month for an off-grid system is May: at 6° it makes 3.97 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 11°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Nueva Granada at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 11° (year-round best).

0123456January: 4.47 (70°)4.5JanFebruary: 3.78 (70°)3.8FebMarch: 2.77 (70°)2.8MarApril: 1.93 (70°)1.9AprMay: 1.42 (70°)1.4MayJune: 1.23 (70°)1.2JunJuly: 1.30 (70°)1.3JulAugust: 1.69 (70°)1.7AugSeptember: 2.38 (70°)2.4SepOctober: 2.88 (70°)2.9OctNovember: 3.48 (70°)3.5NovDecember: 4.33 (70°)4.3Dec11°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 11°Mean temp.
January5.575.554.474.8129.3 °C
February5.904.723.784.8830.6 °C
March5.713.482.774.5331.0 °C
April5.512.451.934.2230.2 °C
May5.161.811.423.8728.8 °C
June5.551.591.234.0929.0 °C
July5.711.671.304.2229.4 °C
August5.672.151.694.3229.0 °C
September5.452.962.384.3227.9 °C
October4.953.552.884.0726.9 °C
November4.794.273.484.0726.9 °C
December5.175.344.334.5028.1 °C
Year5.43 avg3.29 avg961 kWh1578 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 960 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 300 Wp at 11°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Nueva Granada

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.

2.1 mrow pitch at 70°

2.2 mrow pitch at 11°

Row spacing calculator

How Nueva Granada compares in Colombia

Against the other 316 places in Colombia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

18thof 317 places in Colombia for sunshine, shared: 5.43 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+12%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Colombia: 1,578 against 1,407 kWh per kWp.

+18 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bogotá: 12 h 42 min against 12 h 23 min.

11°best year-round tilt here; across Colombia it runs from 0° in Puerto Leguízamo to 13° in San Andrés.

Of the 317 places in Colombia, Santa Marta and 3 other places get the most sun (5.54 peak sun hours a day) and Ipiales the least (3.81); Nueva Granada ranks joint 18th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.23 kWh a day here, against 1.18 kWh on average in Colombia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 33 min, −18 min compared with Bogotá.

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Solar forecast for Nueva Granada, 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 Nueva Granada

What is the best solar panel angle in Nueva Granada?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Nueva Granada is 11°, worth about 1578 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through May does better at about 6°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Nueva Granada today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:46 and sets at 17:36 local time (UTC−5), giving 11 h 50 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:41.
How many peak sun hours does Nueva Granada get?
On a flat surface 5.4 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.8 in November to 5.9 in February. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.6 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Nueva Granada?
At solar noon the sun stands 76.4° above the horizon on the June solstice and 56.8° on the December solstice.
Is Nueva Granada a good place for solar panels?
With 5.4 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Nueva Granada ranks joint 18th of 317 places in Colombia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (11°) makes about 1,578 kWh a year here, 12% more than the average place in Colombia.

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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.