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Trinidad and Tobago · 10.17° N · 61.68° W

Solar position in Point Fortin

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Point Fortin — computed for 10.17° N, 61.68° W, 12 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:56102° ESE
Sunset today17:45258° WSW
Best panel angle10°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle9°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation67.9°
At solar noon, 11:50Open on the sun map

Sun in Point Fortin today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:45sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0912° below
Civil dawn05:346° below
Sunrise05:56102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:24sun 6° up
Solar noon11:5067.9° high
Golden hour starts17:17sun 6° up
Sunset17:45258° WSW
Civil dusk18:076° below
Nautical dusk18:3112° below
Astronomical dusk18:5618° below
Day length11 h 49 min

Sun path diagram for Point Fortin

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 76.7° at solar noon in Point Fortin; on the December solstice only 56.4°. 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
January06:2912:1818:0611 h 38 min60.0°
February06:2412:2018:1611 h 52 min69.4°
March06:1012:1318:1712 h 07 min80.2°
April05:5312:0518:1712 h 24 min88.2°
May05:4412:0318:2212 h 38 min79.9°
June05:4612:0818:3012 h 43 min76.7°
July05:5412:1318:3212 h 38 min79.8°
August05:5712:0918:2112 h 24 min88.2°
September05:5611:5918:0312 h 07 min80.3°
October05:5511:5117:4611 h 51 min69.0°
November06:0311:5217:4111 h 37 min59.8°
December06:1812:0417:5011 h 32 min56.4°

A year of daylight in Point Fortin

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 Point Fortin

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

10°collects the most energy over a year: 1542 kWh per kWp.

9°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 10°Best worst-month 9°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°152399%4.041.3×
9° off-grid best1542100%3.851.2×
10° year-round best = latitude1542100%3.831.2×
15°1538100%3.691.3×
30°146795%3.151.5×
45°131685%2.451.9×
60°109771%1.692.5×
70°92560%1.243.2×
90°62440%1.042.9×

A fixed array in Point Fortin produces the most over a year at 10°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 9° it makes 3.85 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Point Fortin at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 10° (year-round best).

012345January: 3.93 (70°)3.9JanFebruary: 3.55 (70°)3.6FebMarch: 2.86 (70°)2.9MarApril: 2.01 (70°)2.0AprMay: 1.43 (70°)1.4MayJune: 1.24 (70°)1.2JunJuly: 1.28 (70°)1.3JulAugust: 1.65 (70°)1.7AugSeptember: 2.41 (70°)2.4SepOctober: 3.02 (70°)3.0OctNovember: 3.42 (70°)3.4NovDecember: 3.69 (70°)3.7Dec10°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 10°Mean temp.
January4.954.813.934.2726.2 °C
February5.464.363.554.5726.5 °C
March5.763.532.864.6527.1 °C
April5.762.522.014.4827.8 °C
May5.431.821.434.1127.9 °C
June5.101.591.243.8327.2 °C
July5.321.631.284.0127.0 °C
August5.582.081.654.2927.4 °C
September5.623.002.414.4627.7 °C
October5.153.733.024.2327.6 °C
November4.674.213.423.9527.2 °C
December4.484.523.693.8726.6 °C
Year5.27 avg3.14 avg925 kWh1542 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 950 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 310 Wp at 10°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Point Fortin

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 10°

Row spacing calculator

How Point Fortin compares in Trinidad and Tobago

Against the other 13 places in Trinidad and Tobago with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

14thof 14 places in Trinidad and Tobago for sunshine: 5.27 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Trinidad and Tobago: 1,542 against 1,581 kWh per kWp.

−1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Chaguanas: 12 h 43 min against 12 h 44 min.

10°best year-round tilt here; across Trinidad and Tobago it runs from 10° in Chaguanas to 11° in Port of Spain.

Point Fortin gets the least sun of the 14 places in Trinidad and Tobago (5.27 peak sun hours a day); the sunniest is Scarborough with 5.70. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.24 kWh a day here, against 1.28 kWh on average in Trinidad and Tobago. The shortest day lasts 11 h 32 min, +1 min compared with Chaguanas.

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Solar forecast for Point Fortin, 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 Point Fortin

What is the best solar panel angle in Point Fortin?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Point Fortin is 10°, worth about 1542 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 9°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Point Fortin today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:56 and sets at 17:45 local time (UTC−4), giving 11 h 49 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:50.
How many peak sun hours does Point Fortin get?
On a flat surface 5.3 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.5 in December to 5.8 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.6 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Point Fortin?
At solar noon the sun stands 76.7° above the horizon on the June solstice and 56.4° on the December solstice.
Is Point Fortin a good place for solar panels?
With 5.3 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Point Fortin ranks 14th of 14 places in Trinidad and Tobago for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (10°) makes about 1,542 kWh a year here, 2% less than the average place in Trinidad and Tobago.

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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.