Cabo Verde · 14.93° N · 23.51° W
Solar position in Praia
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Praia — computed for 14.93° N, 23.51° W, 0 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Praia today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:15 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:40 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:05 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:27 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:56 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:18 | 63.2° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:39 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:08 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:30 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:55 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:20 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 41 min | |
Sun path diagram for Praia
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 81.5° at solar noon in Praia; on the December solstice only 51.6°. 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 | 07:03 | 12:45 | 18:27 | 11 h 23 min | 55.3° |
| February | 06:55 | 12:47 | 18:39 | 11 h 44 min | 64.6° |
| March | 06:37 | 12:41 | 18:45 | 12 h 08 min | 75.4° |
| April | 06:16 | 12:32 | 18:49 | 12 h 33 min | 87.1° |
| May | 06:04 | 12:30 | 18:57 | 12 h 53 min | 84.7° |
| June | 06:05 | 12:35 | 19:06 | 13 h 01 min | 81.5° |
| July | 06:13 | 12:40 | 19:06 | 12 h 53 min | 84.5° |
| August | 06:20 | 12:37 | 18:53 | 12 h 33 min | 87.1° |
| September | 06:23 | 12:27 | 18:30 | 12 h 08 min | 75.6° |
| October | 06:26 | 12:18 | 18:10 | 11 h 44 min | 64.3° |
| November | 06:38 | 12:19 | 18:01 | 11 h 23 min | 55.1° |
| December | 06:54 | 12:32 | 18:09 | 11 h 15 min | 51.6° |
A year of daylight in Praia
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 Praia
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
14°collects the most energy over a year: 1730 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° | 1689 | 98% | 3.65 | 1.5× |
| 14° year-round best | 1730 | 100% | 4.19 | 1.3× |
| 15° = latitude | 1730 | 100% | 4.23 | 1.3× |
| 18° off-grid best | 1727 | 100% | 4.31 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1675 | 97% | 4.55 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1526 | 88% | 4.62 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1297 | 75% | 4.41 | 2.0× |
| 70° | 1110 | 64% | 4.14 | 2.5× |
| 90° | 750 | 43% | 3.26 | 2.9× |
A fixed array in Praia produces the most over a year at 14°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 18° it makes 4.31 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 14°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Praia at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 14° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 14° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.96 | 5.22 | 4.32 | 4.52 | 22.9 °C |
| February | 5.55 | 4.82 | 4.01 | 4.87 | 22.0 °C |
| March | 6.52 | 4.39 | 3.64 | 5.47 | 22.1 °C |
| April | 6.79 | 3.21 | 2.64 | 5.39 | 22.4 °C |
| May | 6.72 | 2.38 | 1.93 | 5.13 | 22.9 °C |
| June | 6.31 | 2.13 | 1.71 | 4.74 | 23.6 °C |
| July | 5.91 | 2.16 | 1.72 | 4.45 | 25.1 °C |
| August | 5.84 | 2.62 | 2.10 | 4.50 | 26.5 °C |
| September | 5.75 | 3.45 | 2.80 | 4.61 | 27.0 °C |
| October | 5.51 | 4.35 | 3.54 | 4.64 | 26.9 °C |
| November | 4.96 | 4.90 | 4.01 | 4.40 | 25.8 °C |
| December | 4.60 | 5.03 | 4.14 | 4.19 | 24.3 °C |
| Year | 5.79 avg | 3.72 avg | 1110 kWh | 1730 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 690 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 280 Wp at 14°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Praia
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.
2.3 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 14°
How Praia compares in Cabo Verde
Against the other 3 places in Cabo Verde with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 4 places in Cabo Verde for sunshine: 5.79 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Cabo Verde: 1,730 against 1,730 kWh per kWp.
−4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with the average place in Cabo Verde: 13 h 01 min against 13 h 05 min.
14°best year-round tilt here; across Cabo Verde it runs from 14° in Praia to 16° in Mindelo.
Praia gets the most sun of the 4 places in Cabo Verde (5.79 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Espargos with 5.70. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.72 kWh a day here, against 1.78 kWh on average in Cabo Verde. The shortest day lasts 11 h 15 min, +4 min compared with the average.
Solar forecast for Praia, 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.