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La Libertad Department · El Salvador · 13.83° N · 89.27° W

Solar position in Quezaltepeque

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Quezaltepeque — computed for 13.83° N, 89.27° W, 443 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:49102° ESE
Sunset today17:32258° WSW
Best panel angle16°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle9°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation64.2°
At solar noon, 11:41Open on the sun map

Sun in Quezaltepeque today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:37sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0212° below
Civil dawn05:276° below
Sunrise05:49102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:18sun 6° up
Solar noon11:4164.2° high
Golden hour starts17:03sun 6° up
Sunset17:32258° WSW
Civil dusk17:546° below
Nautical dusk18:1912° below
Astronomical dusk18:4418° below
Day length11 h 43 min

Sun path diagram for Quezaltepeque

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 80.4° at solar noon in Quezaltepeque; 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
January06:2512:0817:5111 h 27 min56.4°
February06:1712:1018:0311 h 46 min65.8°
March06:0012:0418:0812 h 08 min76.6°
April05:4011:5518:1112 h 31 min88.2°
May05:2911:5318:1812 h 49 min83.5°
June05:3011:5818:2712 h 57 min80.4°
July05:3812:0318:2812 h 49 min83.5°
August05:4412:0018:1512 h 31 min88.1°
September05:4611:5017:5312 h 08 min76.7°
October05:4911:4117:3411 h 45 min65.3°
November05:5911:4217:2611 h 26 min56.2°
December06:1511:5517:3411 h 19 min52.7°

A year of daylight in Quezaltepeque

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 Quezaltepeque

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

16°collects the most energy over a year: 1721 kWh per kWp.

9°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 16°Best worst-month 9°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°166397%4.461.3×
9° off-grid best171099%4.281.2×
14° = latitude1720100%4.131.3×
15°1721100%4.101.3×
16° year-round best1721100%4.071.3×
30°167897%3.521.6×
45°153889%2.762.1×
60°131276%1.912.9×
70°112565%1.383.7×
90°76144%1.054.1×

A fixed array in Quezaltepeque produces the most over a year at 16°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 9° it makes 4.28 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 16°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Quezaltepeque at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 16° (year-round best).

0123456January: 5.05 (70°)5.0JanFebruary: 4.42 (70°)4.4FebMarch: 3.43 (70°)3.4MarApril: 2.23 (70°)2.2AprMay: 1.60 (70°)1.6MayJune: 1.38 (70°)1.4JunJuly: 1.49 (70°)1.5JulAugust: 1.95 (70°)2.0AugSeptember: 2.61 (70°)2.6SepOctober: 3.28 (70°)3.3OctNovember: 4.48 (70°)4.5NovDecember: 5.15 (70°)5.1Dec16°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 16°Mean temp.
January5.466.145.055.1524.6 °C
February6.065.394.425.3525.7 °C
March6.474.213.435.3426.6 °C
April6.202.782.234.7727.5 °C
May5.602.011.604.1426.9 °C
June5.611.741.384.0726.0 °C
July6.181.881.494.5026.2 °C
August6.082.431.954.6226.1 °C
September5.533.212.614.4525.4 °C
October5.134.013.284.3825.1 °C
November5.275.444.484.8524.5 °C
December5.246.265.155.0224.5 °C
Year5.73 avg3.79 avg1125 kWh1721 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 290 Wp at 16°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Quezaltepeque

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 16°

Row spacing calculator

How Quezaltepeque compares in El Salvador

Against the other 34 places in El Salvador with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

25thof 35 places in El Salvador for sunshine, shared: 5.73 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in El Salvador: 1,721 against 1,725 kWh per kWp.

+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with San Salvador: 12 h 57 min against 12 h 56 min.

16°best year-round tilt here, the same everywhere in El Salvador.

Of the 35 places in El Salvador, La Libertad gets the most sun (5.88 peak sun hours a day) and Metapán the least (5.56); Quezaltepeque ranks joint 25th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.38 kWh a day here, against 1.37 kWh on average in El Salvador. The shortest day lasts 11 h 19 min, −1 min compared with San Salvador.

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Solar forecast for Quezaltepeque, 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 Quezaltepeque

What is the best solar panel angle in Quezaltepeque?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Quezaltepeque is 16°, worth about 1721 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 9°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Quezaltepeque today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:49 and sets at 17:32 local time (UTC−6), giving 11 h 43 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:41.
How many peak sun hours does Quezaltepeque get?
On a flat surface 5.7 hours a day averaged over the year, from 5.1 in October to 6.5 in March. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.7 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Quezaltepeque?
At solar noon the sun stands 80.4° above the horizon on the June solstice and 52.7° on the December solstice.
Is Quezaltepeque a good place for solar panels?
With 5.7 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Quezaltepeque ranks joint 25th of 35 places in El Salvador for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (16°) makes about 1,721 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in El Salvador.

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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.