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Cortés Department · Honduras · 15.83° N · 87.93° W

Solar position in Puerto Cortez

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Puerto Cortez — computed for 15.83° N, 87.93° W, 10 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:46102° ESE
Sunset today17:25258° WSW
Best panel angle14°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle30°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation62.2°
At solar noon, 11:35Open on the sun map

Sun in Puerto Cortez today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:33sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:5812° below
Civil dawn05:246° below
Sunrise05:46102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:15sun 6° up
Solar noon11:3562.2° high
Golden hour starts16:56sun 6° up
Sunset17:25258° WSW
Civil dusk17:476° below
Nautical dusk18:1212° below
Astronomical dusk18:3818° below
Day length11 h 40 min

Sun path diagram for Puerto Cortez

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 82.4° at solar noon in Puerto Cortez; on the December solstice only 50.7°. 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:2212:0317:4311 h 21 min54.4°
February06:1312:0517:5611 h 43 min63.8°
March05:5511:5818:0212 h 08 min74.6°
April05:3311:5018:0712 h 35 min86.2°
May05:2011:4818:1612 h 56 min85.5°
June05:2111:5318:2513 h 04 min82.4°
July05:3011:5818:2512 h 56 min85.5°
August05:3711:5418:1112 h 34 min86.1°
September05:4011:4417:4812 h 08 min74.7°
October05:4511:3617:2711 h 42 min63.3°
November05:5711:3717:1711 h 20 min54.2°
December06:1411:4917:2511 h 11 min50.7°

A year of daylight in Puerto Cortez

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 Puerto Cortez

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: 1487 kWh per kWp.

30°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 14°Best worst-month 30°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearNovember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°145198%2.931.6×
14° year-round best1487100%3.291.4×
15°1487100%3.311.4×
16° = latitude1487100%3.331.4×
30° off-grid best144097%3.501.3×
45°131188%3.481.6×
60°111275%3.272.0×
70°95064%3.022.4×
90°63543%2.302.7×

A fixed array in Puerto Cortez produces the most over a year at 14°. The design month for an off-grid system is November: at 30° it makes 3.50 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 14°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Puerto Cortez at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 14° (year-round best).

012345January: 3.42 (70°)3.4JanFebruary: 3.62 (70°)3.6FebMarch: 3.16 (70°)3.2MarApril: 2.32 (70°)2.3AprMay: 1.70 (70°)1.7MayJune: 1.48 (70°)1.5JunJuly: 1.59 (70°)1.6JulAugust: 2.00 (70°)2.0AugSeptember: 2.68 (70°)2.7SepOctober: 2.88 (70°)2.9OctNovember: 3.02 (70°)3.0NovDecember: 3.43 (70°)3.4Dec14°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 14°Mean temp.
January3.854.133.423.5222.7 °C
February4.874.393.624.3023.5 °C
March5.623.853.164.7024.6 °C
April5.932.872.324.6526.3 °C
May5.582.141.704.2227.0 °C
June5.471.881.484.0726.7 °C
July5.632.011.594.2226.3 °C
August5.742.502.004.4326.5 °C
September5.443.312.684.4026.4 °C
October4.413.532.883.7425.4 °C
November3.693.673.023.2923.9 °C
December3.684.153.433.4023.2 °C
Year4.99 avg3.19 avg950 kWh1487 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 790 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 14°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Puerto Cortez

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.

2.4 mrow pitch at 70°

2.4 mrow pitch at 14°

Row spacing calculator

How Puerto Cortez compares in Honduras

Against the other 64 places in Honduras with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

41stof 65 places in Honduras for sunshine, shared: 4.99 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Honduras: 1,487 against 1,530 kWh per kWp.

+7 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tegucigalpa: 13 h 04 min against 12 h 58 min.

14°best year-round tilt here; across Honduras it runs from 14° in San Pedro Sula to 16° in San Lorenzo.

Of the 65 places in Honduras, San Lorenzo gets the most sun (5.80 peak sun hours a day) and Dulce Nombre de Culmí the least (4.85); Puerto Cortez ranks joint 41st. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.49 kWh a day here, against 1.44 kWh on average in Honduras. The shortest day lasts 11 h 11 min, −6 min compared with Tegucigalpa.

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Solar forecast for Puerto Cortez, 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 Puerto Cortez

What is the best solar panel angle in Puerto Cortez?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Puerto Cortez is 14°, worth about 1487 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through November does better at about 30°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Puerto Cortez today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:46 and sets at 17:25 local time (UTC−6), giving 11 h 40 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:35.
How many peak sun hours does Puerto Cortez get?
On a flat surface 5.0 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.7 in December to 5.9 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.9 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Puerto Cortez?
At solar noon the sun stands 82.4° above the horizon on the June solstice and 50.7° on the December solstice.
Is Puerto Cortez a good place for solar panels?
With 5.0 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Puerto Cortez ranks joint 41st of 65 places in Honduras for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (14°) makes about 1,487 kWh a year here, 3% less than the average place in Honduras.

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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.