Nord-Ouest · Haiti · 19.94° N · 72.83° W
Solar position in Port-de-Paix
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Port-de-Paix — computed for 19.94° N, 72.83° W, 11 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Port-de-Paix today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:35 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:01 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:26 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:49 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:19 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:35 | 58.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:51 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:21 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:43 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:09 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:35 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 32 min | |
Sun path diagram for Port-de-Paix
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 86.5° at solar noon in Port-de-Paix; on the December solstice only 46.6°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 50° 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 | 12:02 | 17:36 | 11 h 08 min | 50.3° |
| February | 06:16 | 12:04 | 17:53 | 11 h 37 min | 59.7° |
| March | 06:54 | 12:58 | 19:02 | 12 h 08 min | 70.5° |
| April | 06:28 | 12:50 | 19:11 | 12 h 43 min | 82.1° |
| May | 06:13 | 12:47 | 19:22 | 13 h 09 min | 89.7° |
| June | 06:13 | 12:53 | 19:33 | 13 h 20 min | 86.5° |
| July | 06:22 | 12:57 | 19:32 | 13 h 10 min | 89.6° |
| August | 06:33 | 12:54 | 19:15 | 12 h 42 min | 82.0° |
| September | 06:40 | 12:44 | 18:48 | 12 h 08 min | 70.6° |
| October | 06:48 | 12:35 | 18:23 | 11 h 35 min | 59.2° |
| November | 06:03 | 11:37 | 17:10 | 11 h 07 min | 50.1° |
| December | 06:21 | 11:49 | 17:17 | 10 h 56 min | 46.6° |
A year of daylight in Port-de-Paix
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 Port-de-Paix
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
19°collects the most energy over a year: 1731 kWh per kWp.
26°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 | November kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1648 | 95% | 3.52 | 1.6× |
| 15° | 1727 | 100% | 4.14 | 1.2× |
| 19° year-round best | 1731 | 100% | 4.26 | 1.2× |
| 20° = latitude | 1731 | 100% | 4.29 | 1.2× |
| 26° off-grid best | 1721 | 99% | 4.43 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1705 | 98% | 4.50 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1583 | 91% | 4.60 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1371 | 79% | 4.41 | 2.0× |
| 70° | 1190 | 69% | 4.14 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 803 | 46% | 3.26 | 3.7× |
A fixed array in Port-de-Paix produces the most over a year at 19°. The design month for an off-grid system is November: at 26° it makes 4.43 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 19°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Port-de-Paix at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 19° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 19° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.52 | 5.57 | 4.58 | 4.47 | 24.6 °C |
| February | 5.36 | 5.38 | 4.42 | 4.97 | 24.8 °C |
| March | 6.01 | 4.50 | 3.69 | 5.14 | 25.0 °C |
| April | 6.45 | 3.33 | 2.71 | 5.07 | 25.9 °C |
| May | 6.29 | 2.49 | 2.00 | 4.67 | 26.8 °C |
| June | 6.56 | 2.27 | 1.80 | 4.72 | 27.8 °C |
| July | 6.75 | 2.41 | 1.91 | 4.89 | 28.2 °C |
| August | 6.51 | 3.01 | 2.41 | 4.95 | 28.3 °C |
| September | 6.01 | 3.94 | 3.18 | 4.90 | 28.1 °C |
| October | 5.17 | 4.58 | 3.72 | 4.55 | 27.5 °C |
| November | 4.47 | 5.07 | 4.14 | 4.26 | 26.2 °C |
| December | 4.33 | 5.67 | 4.65 | 4.36 | 25.3 °C |
| Year | 5.70 avg | 4.01 avg | 1190 kWh | 1731 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 660 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 280 Wp at 19°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Port-de-Paix
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.
2.7 mrow pitch at 70°
2.6 mrow pitch at 19°
How Port-de-Paix compares in Haiti
Against the other 31 places in Haiti with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
12thof 32 places in Haiti for sunshine, shared: 5.70 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Haiti: 1,731 against 1,712 kWh per kWp.
+6 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Port-au-Prince: 13 h 20 min against 13 h 15 min.
19°best year-round tilt here; across Haiti it runs from 18° in Port-au-Prince to 19° in Port-de-Paix.
Of the 32 places in Haiti, Jacmel gets the most sun (5.80 peak sun hours a day) and Terrier Rouge and one other place the least (5.52); Port-de-Paix ranks joint 12th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.80 kWh a day here, against 1.73 kWh on average in Haiti. The shortest day lasts 10 h 56 min, −5 min compared with Port-au-Prince.
Solar forecast for Port-de-Paix, 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.