Orange Walk District · Belize · 18.08° N · 88.56° W
Solar position in Orange Walk
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Orange Walk — computed for 18.08° N, 88.56° W, 16 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Orange Walk today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:37 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:02 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:28 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:50 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:20 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:38 | 60.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:56 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:26 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:48 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:13 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:39 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 35 min | |
Sun path diagram for Orange Walk
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 84.6° at solar noon in Orange Walk; on the December solstice only 48.5°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° 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 | 06:28 | 12:05 | 17:42 | 11 h 14 min | 52.2° |
| February | 06:18 | 12:07 | 17:57 | 11 h 40 min | 61.6° |
| March | 05:57 | 12:01 | 18:05 | 12 h 08 min | 72.4° |
| April | 05:33 | 11:52 | 18:12 | 12 h 39 min | 84.0° |
| May | 05:19 | 11:50 | 18:22 | 13 h 03 min | 87.8° |
| June | 05:19 | 11:56 | 18:32 | 13 h 13 min | 84.6° |
| July | 05:29 | 12:00 | 18:32 | 13 h 03 min | 87.7° |
| August | 05:37 | 11:57 | 18:16 | 12 h 39 min | 83.8° |
| September | 05:43 | 11:47 | 17:51 | 12 h 08 min | 72.4° |
| October | 05:49 | 11:38 | 17:27 | 11 h 38 min | 61.0° |
| November | 06:03 | 11:40 | 17:16 | 11 h 13 min | 51.9° |
| December | 06:21 | 11:52 | 17:23 | 11 h 03 min | 48.5° |
A year of daylight in Orange Walk
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 Orange Walk
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
17°collects the most energy over a year: 1513 kWh per kWp.
18°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° | 1457 | 96% | 3.08 | 1.6× |
| 15° | 1512 | 100% | 3.66 | 1.3× |
| 17° year-round best | 1513 | 100% | 3.72 | 1.3× |
| 18° off-grid best = latitude | 1513 | 100% | 3.75 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1481 | 98% | 4.03 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1367 | 90% | 4.15 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1179 | 78% | 4.02 | 2.0× |
| 70° | 1021 | 67% | 3.80 | 2.5× |
| 90° | 692 | 46% | 3.06 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Orange Walk produces the most over a year at 17°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 18° it makes 3.75 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Orange Walk at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 17° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 17° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.02 | 4.49 | 3.71 | 3.79 | 23.6 °C |
| February | 4.85 | 4.50 | 3.69 | 4.33 | 24.9 °C |
| March | 5.68 | 4.08 | 3.32 | 4.75 | 26.2 °C |
| April | 6.13 | 3.12 | 2.51 | 4.78 | 27.9 °C |
| May | 5.77 | 2.28 | 1.81 | 4.28 | 28.4 °C |
| June | 5.19 | 1.95 | 1.54 | 3.81 | 27.4 °C |
| July | 5.45 | 2.10 | 1.67 | 4.03 | 27.2 °C |
| August | 5.52 | 2.58 | 2.06 | 4.22 | 27.5 °C |
| September | 5.13 | 3.27 | 2.65 | 4.15 | 27.2 °C |
| October | 4.58 | 3.84 | 3.13 | 3.96 | 26.1 °C |
| November | 4.24 | 4.53 | 3.73 | 3.94 | 24.5 °C |
| December | 3.90 | 4.61 | 3.80 | 3.72 | 24.0 °C |
| Year | 5.04 avg | 3.44 avg | 1021 kWh | 1513 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 770 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 17°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Orange Walk
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.
2.5 mrow pitch at 70°
2.5 mrow pitch at 17°
How Orange Walk compares in Belize
Against the other 4 places in Belize with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
3rdof 5 places in Belize for sunshine: 5.04 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Belize: 1,513 against 1,516 kWh per kWp.
+2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Belize City: 13 h 13 min against 13 h 11 min.
17°best year-round tilt here; across Belize it runs from 16° in Belize City to 17° in San Pedro.
Of the 5 places in Belize, San Pedro gets the most sun (5.20 peak sun hours a day) and San Ignacio the least (4.97); Orange Walk ranks 3rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.54 kWh a day here, against 1.54 kWh on average in Belize. The shortest day lasts 11 h 03 min, −2 min compared with Belize City.
Solar forecast for Orange Walk, 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.