Florida · United States · 25.90° N · 80.25° W
Solar position in Opa-locka
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Opa-locka — computed for 25.90° N, 80.25° W, 2 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Opa-locka today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:07 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:34 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:01 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:24 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:56 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:05 | 52.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:13 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:45 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 19:08 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:35 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:02 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 20 min | |
Sun path diagram for Opa-locka
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 87.5° at solar noon in Opa-locka; on the December solstice only 40.7°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 52° 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 | 07:08 | 12:32 | 17:56 | 10 h 48 min | 44.3° |
| February | 06:51 | 12:34 | 18:18 | 11 h 27 min | 53.7° |
| March | 07:23 | 13:28 | 19:32 | 12 h 09 min | 64.5° |
| April | 06:52 | 13:19 | 19:47 | 12 h 55 min | 76.1° |
| May | 06:32 | 13:17 | 20:03 | 13 h 31 min | 84.4° |
| June | 06:30 | 13:22 | 20:15 | 13 h 46 min | 87.5° |
| July | 06:41 | 13:27 | 20:12 | 13 h 31 min | 84.5° |
| August | 06:56 | 13:24 | 19:51 | 12 h 55 min | 76.0° |
| September | 07:09 | 13:13 | 19:18 | 12 h 09 min | 64.6° |
| October | 07:23 | 13:05 | 18:47 | 11 h 25 min | 53.2° |
| November | 06:43 | 12:06 | 17:30 | 10 h 47 min | 44.1° |
| December | 07:03 | 12:19 | 17:34 | 10 h 31 min | 40.7° |
A year of daylight in Opa-locka
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 Opa-locka
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
24°collects the most energy over a year: 1562 kWh per kWp.
32°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 | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1447 | 93% | 2.66 | 1.9× |
| 15° | 1546 | 99% | 3.34 | 1.5× |
| 24° year-round best | 1562 | 100% | 3.65 | 1.4× |
| 26° = latitude | 1562 | 100% | 3.71 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1556 | 100% | 3.82 | 1.3× |
| 32° off-grid best | 1550 | 99% | 3.86 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1477 | 95% | 4.05 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1316 | 84% | 4.05 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1169 | 75% | 3.90 | 2.0× |
| 90° | 818 | 52% | 3.30 | 2.9× |
A fixed array in Opa-locka produces the most over a year at 24°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 32° it makes 3.86 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 24°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Opa-locka at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 24° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 24° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.63 | 4.79 | 4.01 | 3.87 | 20.0 °C |
| February | 4.42 | 4.77 | 3.97 | 4.32 | 21.5 °C |
| March | 5.46 | 4.59 | 3.80 | 4.86 | 22.7 °C |
| April | 6.18 | 3.77 | 3.08 | 4.96 | 24.8 °C |
| May | 6.25 | 2.96 | 2.38 | 4.65 | 26.5 °C |
| June | 5.74 | 2.57 | 2.04 | 4.14 | 28.1 °C |
| July | 5.93 | 2.75 | 2.19 | 4.32 | 28.7 °C |
| August | 5.66 | 3.19 | 2.55 | 4.34 | 29.0 °C |
| September | 4.99 | 3.70 | 2.98 | 4.14 | 28.2 °C |
| October | 4.50 | 4.41 | 3.59 | 4.15 | 26.5 °C |
| November | 3.84 | 4.81 | 3.97 | 3.95 | 23.6 °C |
| December | 3.38 | 4.69 | 3.90 | 3.65 | 21.8 °C |
| Year | 5.00 avg | 3.91 avg | 1169 kWh | 1562 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 580 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 24°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Opa-locka
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.
3.1 mrow pitch at 70°
2.9 mrow pitch at 24°
How Opa-locka compares in the United States
Against the other 3,120 places in the United States with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
606thof 3,121 places in the United States for sunshine, shared: 5.00 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the United States: 1,562 against 1,515 kWh per kWp.
−1 h 20 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with New York City: 13 h 46 min against 15 h 06 min.
24°best year-round tilt here; across the United States it runs from 18° in Honolulu to 53° in Fairbanks.
Of the 3,121 places in the United States, Fortuna Foothills and 2 other places get the most sun (5.96 peak sun hours a day) and Juneau the least (2.38); Opa-locka ranks joint 606th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.04 kWh a day here, against 2.55 kWh on average in the United States. The shortest day lasts 10 h 31 min, +1 h 16 min compared with New York City.
Solar forecast for Opa-locka, 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.