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Solar position in Puerto Natales

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Puerto Natales — computed for 51.73° S, 72.51° W, 16 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:27110° ESE
Sunset today20:42249° WSW
Best panel angle41°year-round, facing north
Off-grid angle76°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation50.2°
At solar noon, 13:34Open on the sun map

Sun in Puerto Natales today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:11sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0412° below
Civil dawn05:506° below
Sunrise06:27110° ESE
Golden hour ends07:12sun 6° up
Solar noon13:3450.2° high
Golden hour starts19:56sun 6° up
Sunset20:42249° WSW
Civil dusk21:196° below
Nautical dusk22:0512° below
Astronomical dusk22:5918° below
Day length14 h 16 min

Sun path diagram for Puerto Natales

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 solstice11121314151617EquinoxDecember solstice6789101112131415161718192021Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 14.9° at solar noon in Puerto Natales; on the December solstice only 61.7°. Sunrise swings from 51° NE in June to 131° SE in December — a 80° 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
January06:0514:0121:5515 h 50 min58.1°
February07:0314:0321:0213 h 59 min48.7°
March07:5313:5619:5912 h 06 min37.9°
April08:4513:4818:5110 h 06 min26.3°
May09:3113:4618:018 h 29 min18.0°
June09:5813:5117:457 h 47 min14.9°
July09:4213:5618:108 h 28 min18.0°
August08:5013:5318:5610 h 07 min26.4°
September07:4013:4319:4612 h 05 min37.8°
October06:3313:3420:3714 h 04 min49.2°
November05:3913:3621:3215 h 53 min58.3°
December05:2713:4822:0816 h 41 min61.7°

A year of daylight in Puerto Natales

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 Natales

Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

41°collects the most energy over a year: 1039 kWh per kWp.

76°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 41°Best worst-month 76°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°82980%0.459.7×
15°95192%0.765.9×
30°102398%1.034.3×
41° year-round best1039100%1.193.5×
45°1038100%1.243.3×
52° = latitude102599%1.313.0×
60°99596%1.372.6×
70°93790%1.412.3×
76° off-grid best89186%1.422.1×
90°75773%1.381.8×

A fixed array in Puerto Natales produces the most over a year at 41°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 76° it makes 1.42 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 41°, and costs 14% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Puerto Natales at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 41° (year-round best).

012345January: 3.16 (70°)3.2JanFebruary: 3.21 (70°)3.2FebMarch: 2.73 (70°)2.7MarApril: 2.18 (70°)2.2AprMay: 1.77 (70°)1.8MayJune: 1.41 (70°)1.4JunJuly: 1.71 (70°)1.7JulAugust: 2.22 (70°)2.2AugSeptember: 2.81 (70°)2.8SepOctober: 3.21 (70°)3.2OctNovember: 3.24 (70°)3.2NovDecember: 3.19 (70°)3.2Dec41°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 41°Mean temp.
January4.833.653.164.088.3 °C
February4.053.693.213.838.4 °C
March2.743.132.732.967.1 °C
April1.602.472.182.134.8 °C
May0.921.991.771.572.3 °C
June snow0.601.591.411.190.2 °C
July snow0.771.911.711.46-0.3 °C
August1.402.482.222.090.6 °C
September2.453.162.812.922.8 °C
October3.693.643.213.694.5 °C
November4.653.703.244.095.9 °C
December5.103.683.194.227.5 °C
Year2.73 avg2.92 avg937 kWh1039 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 830 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 990 Wp at 41°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Puerto Natales

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.

9.8 mrow pitch at 70°

7.9 mrow pitch at 41°

Row spacing calculator

How Puerto Natales compares in Chile

Against the other 138 places in Chile with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

139thof 139 places in Chile for sunshine: 2.73 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−38%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Chile: 1,039 against 1,668 kWh per kWp.

+2 h 19 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Santiago: 16 h 41 min against 14 h 23 min.

41°best year-round tilt here; across Chile it runs from 16° in Arica to 43° in Punta Arenas.

Puerto Natales gets the least sun of the 139 places in Chile (2.73 peak sun hours a day); the sunniest is Calama with 7.19. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.41 kWh a day here, against 2.61 kWh on average in Chile. The shortest day lasts 7 h 47 min, −2 h 09 min compared with Santiago.

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Solar forecast for Puerto Natales, 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 Natales

What is the best solar panel angle in Puerto Natales?
For a fixed array facing north, the best year-round tilt in Puerto Natales is 41°, worth about 1039 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 76°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Puerto Natales today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:27 and sets at 20:42 local time (UTC−3), giving 14 h 16 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:34.
How many peak sun hours does Puerto Natales get?
On a flat surface 2.7 hours a day averaged over the year, from 0.6 in June to 5.1 in December. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.6 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Puerto Natales?
At solar noon the sun stands 14.9° above the horizon on the June solstice and 61.7° on the December solstice.
Is Puerto Natales a good place for solar panels?
With 2.7 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Puerto Natales ranks 139th of 139 places in Chile for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (41°) makes about 1,039 kWh a year here, 38% less than the average place in Chile.

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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.