Solarposition.org

South Caribbean Coast · Nicaragua · 11.69° N · 84.46° W

Solar position in Nueva Guinea

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Nueva Guinea — computed for 11.69° N, 84.46° W, 212 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:28102° ESE
Sunset today17:15258° WSW
Best panel angle13°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle0°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation66.4°
At solar noon, 11:21Open on the sun map

Sun in Nueva Guinea today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:17sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:4212° below
Civil dawn05:066° below
Sunrise05:28102° ESE
Golden hour ends05:57sun 6° up
Solar noon11:2166.4° high
Golden hour starts16:46sun 6° up
Sunset17:15258° WSW
Civil dusk17:366° below
Nautical dusk18:0112° below
Astronomical dusk18:2618° below
Day length11 h 47 min

Sun path diagram for Nueva Guinea

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 solstice67891011121314151617EquinoxDecember solstice67891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 78.3° at solar noon in Nueva Guinea; on the December solstice only 54.9°. 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
January06:0211:4917:3511 h 33 min58.5°
February05:5611:5117:4611 h 49 min68.0°
March05:4111:4417:4812 h 07 min78.8°
April05:2311:3617:5012 h 27 min89.6°
May05:1311:3417:5512 h 42 min81.4°
June05:1511:3918:0412 h 49 min78.3°
July05:2211:4418:0512 h 43 min81.3°
August05:2711:4017:5412 h 27 min89.8°
September05:2711:3017:3412 h 07 min78.8°
October05:2811:2217:1611 h 49 min67.4°
November05:3711:2317:1011 h 33 min58.3°
December05:5211:3617:1911 h 26 min54.9°

A year of daylight in Nueva Guinea

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 Guinea

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

13°collects the most energy over a year: 1311 kWh per kWp.

0°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 13°Best worst-month 0°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJuly kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0° off-grid best128698%3.051.4×
12° = latitude1311100%2.911.5×
13° year-round best1311100%2.901.5×
15°1310100%2.861.5×
30°126396%2.541.7×
45°114988%2.101.9×
60°97674%1.582.3×
70°83764%1.232.7×
90°57244%0.952.7×

A fixed array in Nueva Guinea produces the most over a year at 13°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.05 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 13°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Nueva Guinea at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 13° (year-round best).

012345January: 3.37 (70°)3.4JanFebruary: 3.19 (70°)3.2FebMarch: 2.73 (70°)2.7MarApril: 1.95 (70°)1.9AprMay: 1.41 (70°)1.4MayJune: 1.26 (70°)1.3JunJuly: 1.23 (70°)1.2JulAugust: 1.55 (70°)1.6AugSeptember: 2.12 (70°)2.1SepOctober: 2.59 (70°)2.6OctNovember: 2.92 (70°)2.9NovDecember: 3.25 (70°)3.3Dec13°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 13°Mean temp.
January4.194.093.373.7024.3 °C
February4.773.903.194.0725.2 °C
March5.353.362.734.3726.3 °C
April5.392.441.954.1727.4 °C
May4.641.791.413.4927.1 °C
June4.221.601.263.1526.0 °C
July3.861.571.232.9025.7 °C
August4.241.951.553.2625.7 °C
September4.522.622.123.6125.5 °C
October4.303.182.593.5725.1 °C
November3.933.562.923.4024.6 °C
December3.893.963.253.4624.4 °C
Year4.44 avg2.83 avg837 kWh1311 kWh

Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 960 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 410 Wp at 13°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Nueva Guinea

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.

2.2 mrow pitch at 70°

2.3 mrow pitch at 13°

Row spacing calculator

How Nueva Guinea compares in Nicaragua

Against the other 36 places in Nicaragua with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

37thof 37 places in Nicaragua for sunshine: 4.44 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−17%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Nicaragua: 1,311 against 1,576 kWh per kWp.

−2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Managua: 12 h 49 min against 12 h 50 min.

13°best year-round tilt here; across Nicaragua it runs from 13° in Nueva Guinea to 15° in León.

Nueva Guinea gets the least sun of the 37 places in Nicaragua (4.44 peak sun hours a day); the sunniest is Corinto with 5.84. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.23 kWh a day here, against 1.32 kWh on average in Nicaragua. The shortest day lasts 11 h 27 min, +2 min compared with Managua.

The sunniest places in Nicaragua

Solar forecast for Nueva Guinea, next 48 hours

Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.

Loading the latest forecast…

Questions about the sun in Nueva Guinea

What is the best solar panel angle in Nueva Guinea?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Nueva Guinea is 13°, worth about 1311 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through July does better at about 0°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Nueva Guinea today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:28 and sets at 17:15 local time (UTC−6), giving 11 h 47 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:21.
How many peak sun hours does Nueva Guinea get?
On a flat surface 4.4 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.9 in July to 5.4 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.6 sun hours a day in July.
How high does the sun get in Nueva Guinea?
At solar noon the sun stands 78.3° above the horizon on the June solstice and 54.9° on the December solstice.
Is Nueva Guinea a good place for solar panels?
With 4.4 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Nueva Guinea ranks 37th of 37 places in Nicaragua for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (13°) makes about 1,311 kWh a year here, 17% less than the average place in Nicaragua.

Places near Nueva Guinea

All places in Nicaragua

Put this on your site

A free, live card for Nueva Guinea: where the sun is right now on today's path, a countdown to sunset or sunrise, the daylight change, the moon phase at night and the best panel angle.

Theme

Paste it into any page, blog or CMS that accepts HTML. Auto follows the visitor's light or dark system setting. Free to use with its link.

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.