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Dominican Republic · 19.79° N · 70.69° W

Solar position in Puerto Plata

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Puerto Plata — computed for 19.79° N, 70.69° W, 34 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:40102° ESE
Sunset today18:12258° WSW
Best panel angle19°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle27°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation58.3°
At solar noon, 12:26Open on the sun map

Sun in Puerto Plata today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:26sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:5212° below
Civil dawn06:186° below
Sunrise06:40102° ESE
Golden hour ends07:10sun 6° up
Solar noon12:2658.3° high
Golden hour starts17:43sun 6° up
Sunset18:12258° WSW
Civil dusk18:356° below
Nautical dusk19:0112° below
Astronomical dusk19:2618° below
Day length11 h 32 min

Sun path diagram for Puerto Plata

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 solstice78910111213141516171819EquinoxDecember solstice89101112131415161718Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 86.4° at solar noon in Puerto Plata; on the December solstice only 46.8°. 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January07:2012:5418:2811 h 08 min50.4°
February07:0712:5618:4411 h 37 min59.8°
March06:4512:4918:5412 h 08 min70.6°
April06:2012:4119:0212 h 42 min82.2°
May06:0512:3919:1313 h 09 min89.5°
June06:0412:4419:2413 h 20 min86.4°
July06:1412:4919:2313 h 09 min89.4°
August06:2412:4519:0612 h 42 min82.2°
September06:3112:3518:3912 h 08 min70.7°
October06:3912:2718:1411 h 35 min59.3°
November06:5412:2818:0211 h 07 min50.2°
December07:1212:4018:0910 h 56 min46.8°

A year of daylight in Puerto Plata

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 Plata

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: 1642 kWh per kWp.

27°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 19°Best worst-month 27°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearNovember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°156895%3.341.6×
15°1639100%3.911.3×
19° year-round best1642100%4.021.2×
20° = latitude1642100%4.041.2×
27° off-grid best162899%4.191.2×
30°161598%4.231.2×
45°149891%4.311.4×
60°129779%4.131.9×
70°112669%3.862.4×
90°76246%3.043.3×

A fixed array in Puerto Plata produces the most over a year at 19°. The design month for an off-grid system is November: at 27° it makes 4.19 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 Puerto Plata at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 19° (year-round best).

0123456January: 4.25 (70°)4.2JanFebruary: 4.09 (70°)4.1FebMarch: 3.48 (70°)3.5MarApril: 2.60 (70°)2.6AprMay: 1.96 (70°)2.0MayJune: 1.76 (70°)1.8JunJuly: 1.86 (70°)1.9JulAugust: 2.32 (70°)2.3AugSeptember: 3.07 (70°)3.1SepOctober: 3.61 (70°)3.6OctNovember: 3.86 (70°)3.9NovDecember: 4.22 (70°)4.2Dec19°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 19°Mean temp.
January4.275.144.254.2023.6 °C
February5.054.964.094.6523.8 °C
March5.684.243.484.8624.3 °C
April6.103.202.604.8125.2 °C
May5.972.441.964.4526.2 °C
June6.272.211.764.5327.2 °C
July6.312.341.864.6027.4 °C
August6.152.892.324.7027.5 °C
September5.793.793.074.7327.5 °C
October5.044.443.614.4426.9 °C
November4.244.723.864.0225.4 °C
December4.045.134.224.0324.3 °C
Year5.41 avg3.79 avg1126 kWh1642 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 670 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 290 Wp at 19°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Puerto Plata

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°

Row spacing calculator

How Puerto Plata compares in the Dominican Republic

Against the other 44 places in the Dominican Republic with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

29thof 45 places in the Dominican Republic for sunshine: 5.41 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Dominican Republic: 1,642 against 1,650 kWh per kWp.

+5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Santo Domingo: 13 h 20 min against 13 h 14 min.

19°best year-round tilt here; across the Dominican Republic it runs from 18° in Santo Domingo to 19° in Santiago de los Caballeros.

Of the 45 places in the Dominican Republic, Santa Cruz de Barahona gets the most sun (5.59 peak sun hours a day) and Tamboril the least (5.27); Puerto Plata ranks 29th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.76 kWh a day here, against 1.69 kWh on average in the Dominican Republic. The shortest day lasts 10 h 56 min, −5 min compared with Santo Domingo.

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Solar forecast for Puerto Plata, 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 Plata

What is the best solar panel angle in Puerto Plata?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Puerto Plata is 19°, worth about 1642 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through November does better at about 27°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Puerto Plata today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:40 and sets at 18:12 local time (UTC−4), giving 11 h 32 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:26.
How many peak sun hours does Puerto Plata get?
On a flat surface 5.4 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.0 in December to 6.3 in July. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.2 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Puerto Plata?
At solar noon the sun stands 86.4° above the horizon on the June solstice and 46.8° on the December solstice.
Is Puerto Plata a good place for solar panels?
With 5.4 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Puerto Plata ranks 29th of 45 places in the Dominican Republic for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (19°) makes about 1,642 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in the Dominican Republic.

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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.