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Solar position in Puerto San José

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Puerto San José — computed for 13.92° N, 90.82° W, 5 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:55102° ESE
Sunset today17:38258° WSW
Best panel angle17°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle7°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation64.1°
At solar noon, 11:47Open on the sun map

Sun in Puerto San José today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:44sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0912° below
Civil dawn05:346° below
Sunrise05:55102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:24sun 6° up
Solar noon11:4764.1° high
Golden hour starts17:09sun 6° up
Sunset17:38258° WSW
Civil dusk18:006° below
Nautical dusk18:2512° below
Astronomical dusk18:5018° below
Day length11 h 43 min

Sun path diagram for Puerto San José

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 80.5° at solar noon in Puerto San José; on the December solstice only 52.7°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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
January06:3112:1417:5711 h 27 min56.3°
February06:2312:1618:0911 h 46 min65.7°
March06:0612:1018:1412 h 08 min76.5°
April05:4612:0118:1712 h 31 min88.1°
May05:3511:5918:2412 h 49 min83.6°
June05:3612:0518:3312 h 57 min80.5°
July05:4412:0918:3412 h 50 min83.6°
August05:5012:0618:2112 h 31 min88.0°
September05:5211:5617:5912 h 08 min76.6°
October05:5511:4717:4011 h 45 min65.2°
November06:0611:4917:3211 h 26 min56.1°
December06:2212:0117:4011 h 18 min52.7°

A year of daylight in Puerto San José

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 San José

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

17°collects the most energy over a year: 1702 kWh per kWp.

7°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 17°Best worst-month 7°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°164096%4.311.3×
7° off-grid best168199%4.181.3×
14° = latitude1700100%4.001.3×
15°1701100%3.971.3×
17° year-round best1702100%3.911.4×
30°166498%3.431.6×
45°153090%2.702.1×
60°131177%1.892.9×
70°112866%1.383.8×
90°76845%1.054.1×

A fixed array in Puerto San José produces the most over a year at 17°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 7° it makes 4.18 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 17°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Puerto San José at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 17° (year-round best).

0123456January: 5.13 (70°)5.1JanFebruary: 4.41 (70°)4.4FebMarch: 3.41 (70°)3.4MarApril: 2.24 (70°)2.2AprMay: 1.60 (70°)1.6MayJune: 1.38 (70°)1.4JunJuly: 1.52 (70°)1.5JulAugust: 1.95 (70°)2.0AugSeptember: 2.56 (70°)2.6SepOctober: 3.22 (70°)3.2OctNovember: 4.51 (70°)4.5NovDecember: 5.23 (70°)5.2Dec17°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 17°Mean temp.
January5.536.245.135.2524.7 °C
February6.045.384.415.3725.3 °C
March6.414.183.415.3026.1 °C
April6.142.792.244.7227.0 °C
May5.452.021.604.0226.8 °C
June5.411.751.383.9126.1 °C
July5.991.911.524.3526.2 °C
August5.842.431.954.4226.1 °C
September5.353.152.564.2925.7 °C
October5.063.943.224.3125.5 °C
November5.325.504.514.9125.2 °C
December5.316.385.235.1424.9 °C
Year5.65 avg3.80 avg1128 kWh1702 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 860 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 300 Wp at 17°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Puerto San José

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 17°

Row spacing calculator

How Puerto San José compares in Guatemala

Against the other 101 places in Guatemala with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

1stof 102 places in Guatemala for sunshine: 5.65 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Guatemala: 1,702 against 1,603 kWh per kWp.

−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Guatemala City: 12 h 57 min against 13 h 00 min.

17°best year-round tilt here; across Guatemala it runs from 14° in Cobán to 17° in Guatemala City.

Puerto San José gets the most sun of the 102 places in Guatemala (5.65 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny are San Pedro Carchá and one other place with 4.81. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.38 kWh a day here, against 1.41 kWh on average in Guatemala. The shortest day lasts 11 h 18 min, +3 min compared with Guatemala City.

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Solar forecast for Puerto San José, 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 San José

What is the best solar panel angle in Puerto San José?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Puerto San José is 17°, worth about 1702 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 7°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Puerto San José today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:55 and sets at 17:38 local time (UTC−6), giving 11 h 43 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:47.
How many peak sun hours does Puerto San José get?
On a flat surface 5.7 hours a day averaged over the year, from 5.1 in October to 6.4 in March. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.7 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Puerto San José?
At solar noon the sun stands 80.5° above the horizon on the June solstice and 52.7° on the December solstice.
Is Puerto San José a good place for solar panels?
With 5.7 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Puerto San José ranks 1st of 102 places in Guatemala for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (17°) makes about 1,702 kWh a year here, 6% more than the average place in Guatemala.

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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.