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Norte de Santander Department · Colombia · 8.36° N · 72.41° W

Solar position in Puerto Santander

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Puerto Santander — computed for 8.36° N, 72.41° W, 50 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:37102° ESE
Sunset today17:30258° WSW
Best panel angle8°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle5°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation69.7°
At solar noon, 11:33Open on the sun map

Sun in Puerto Santander today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:26sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:5112° below
Civil dawn05:166° below
Sunrise05:37102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:05sun 6° up
Solar noon11:3369.7° high
Golden hour starts17:01sun 6° up
Sunset17:30258° WSW
Civil dusk17:516° below
Nautical dusk18:1612° below
Astronomical dusk18:4018° below
Day length11 h 53 min

Sun path diagram for Puerto Santander

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 74.9° at solar noon in Puerto Santander; on the December solstice only 58.2°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° 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
January06:0912:0117:5211 h 43 min61.9°
February06:0612:0318:0011 h 54 min71.3°
March05:5311:5618:0012 h 07 min82.1°
April05:3711:4817:5812 h 21 min86.3°
May05:3011:4618:0212 h 32 min78.1°
June05:3311:5118:0912 h 37 min74.9°
July05:3911:5618:1212 h 32 min78.0°
August05:4211:5218:0312 h 21 min86.4°
September05:3911:4217:4612 h 07 min82.1°
October05:3711:3417:3111 h 54 min70.8°
November05:4411:3517:2611 h 43 min61.6°
December05:5811:4717:3611 h 38 min58.2°

A year of daylight in Puerto Santander

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 Santander

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

8°collects the most energy over a year: 1429 kWh per kWp.

5°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 8°Best worst-month 5°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearApril kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°141999%3.591.3×
5° off-grid best1428100%3.571.2×
8° year-round best = latitude1429100%3.551.3×
15°142099%3.471.3×
30°134594%3.171.3×
45°119884%2.721.7×
60°99470%2.142.3×
70°83859%1.712.8×
90°57740%1.062.4×

A fixed array in Puerto Santander produces the most over a year at 8°. The design month for an off-grid system is April: at 5° it makes 3.57 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Puerto Santander at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 8° (year-round best).

012345January: 3.40 (70°)3.4JanFebruary: 2.93 (70°)2.9FebMarch: 2.19 (70°)2.2MarApril: 1.71 (70°)1.7AprMay: 1.44 (70°)1.4MayJune: 1.22 (70°)1.2JunJuly: 1.26 (70°)1.3JulAugust: 1.62 (70°)1.6AugSeptember: 2.37 (70°)2.4SepOctober: 2.92 (70°)2.9OctNovember: 3.14 (70°)3.1NovDecember: 3.41 (70°)3.4Dec8°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 8°Mean temp.
January4.514.153.403.8125.5 °C
February4.733.612.933.9026.3 °C
March4.462.712.193.5726.7 °C
April4.532.141.713.5526.4 °C
May5.031.821.443.8726.6 °C
June5.141.561.223.9026.7 °C
July5.281.601.264.0226.9 °C
August5.552.041.624.2927.3 °C
September5.582.942.374.4327.0 °C
October5.133.592.924.1925.9 °C
November4.493.833.143.7525.0 °C
December4.354.153.413.6925.0 °C
Year4.90 avg2.84 avg838 kWh1429 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 970 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 330 Wp at 8°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Puerto Santander

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.

2.0 mrow pitch at 70°

2.2 mrow pitch at 8°

Row spacing calculator

How Puerto Santander compares in Colombia

Against the other 316 places in Colombia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

119thof 317 places in Colombia for sunshine, shared: 4.90 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Colombia: 1,429 against 1,407 kWh per kWp.

+13 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bogotá: 12 h 37 min against 12 h 23 min.

8°best year-round tilt here; across Colombia it runs from 0° in Puerto Leguízamo to 13° in San Andrés.

Of the 317 places in Colombia, Santa Marta and 3 other places get the most sun (5.54 peak sun hours a day) and Ipiales the least (3.81); Puerto Santander ranks joint 119th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.22 kWh a day here, against 1.18 kWh on average in Colombia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 38 min, −13 min compared with Bogotá.

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Solar forecast for Puerto Santander, 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 Santander

What is the best solar panel angle in Puerto Santander?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Puerto Santander is 8°, worth about 1429 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through April does better at about 5°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Puerto Santander today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:37 and sets at 17:30 local time (UTC−5), giving 11 h 53 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:33.
How many peak sun hours does Puerto Santander get?
On a flat surface 4.9 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.4 in December to 5.6 in September. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.6 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Puerto Santander?
At solar noon the sun stands 74.9° above the horizon on the June solstice and 58.2° on the December solstice.
Is Puerto Santander a good place for solar panels?
With 4.9 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Puerto Santander ranks joint 119th of 317 places in Colombia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (8°) makes about 1,429 kWh a year here, 2% more than the average place in Colombia.

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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.