Saint George Parish · Grenada · 12.05° N · 61.75° W
Solar position in Saint George's
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Saint George's — computed for 12.05° N, 61.75° W, 6 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Saint George's today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:46 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:11 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:36 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:57 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:26 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:51 | 66.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:15 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:44 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:05 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:30 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:55 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 46 min | |
Sun path diagram for Saint George's
Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.
- June solstice
- Equinox
- December solstice
- Today
On the June solstice the sun reaches 78.6° at solar noon in Saint George's; on the December solstice only 54.5°. 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.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:32 | 12:18 | 18:04 | 11 h 32 min | 58.2° |
| February | 06:26 | 12:20 | 18:15 | 11 h 49 min | 67.6° |
| March | 06:10 | 12:14 | 18:17 | 12 h 07 min | 78.4° |
| April | 05:51 | 12:05 | 18:19 | 12 h 28 min | 90.0° |
| May | 05:41 | 12:03 | 18:25 | 12 h 44 min | 81.8° |
| June | 05:43 | 12:08 | 18:33 | 12 h 50 min | 78.6° |
| July | 05:51 | 12:13 | 18:35 | 12 h 44 min | 81.7° |
| August | 05:56 | 12:10 | 18:23 | 12 h 28 min | 89.9° |
| September | 05:56 | 11:59 | 18:03 | 12 h 08 min | 78.5° |
| October | 05:57 | 11:51 | 17:45 | 11 h 48 min | 67.1° |
| November | 06:07 | 11:52 | 17:38 | 11 h 32 min | 57.9° |
| December | 06:22 | 12:05 | 17:47 | 11 h 25 min | 54.5° |
A year of daylight in Saint George's
Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.
Best solar panel angle in Saint George's
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
12°collects the most energy over a year: 1724 kWh per kWp.
10°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.
- Yearly energy
- Worst-month energy
| Tilt | kWh/kWp per year | Share of best year | June kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1691 | 98% | 4.59 | 1.3× |
| 10° off-grid best | 1723 | 100% | 4.36 | 1.2× |
| 12° year-round best = latitude | 1724 | 100% | 4.30 | 1.2× |
| 15° | 1723 | 100% | 4.20 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1656 | 96% | 3.59 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1495 | 87% | 2.80 | 1.8× |
| 60° | 1253 | 73% | 1.92 | 2.5× |
| 70° | 1060 | 61% | 1.38 | 3.3× |
| 90° | 708 | 41% | 1.11 | 3.4× |
A fixed array in Saint George's produces the most over a year at 12°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 10° it makes 4.36 kWh per kWp a day, 1% more than at 12°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Saint George's at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 12° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 12° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.33 | 5.52 | 4.50 | 4.72 | 26.6 °C |
| February | 5.97 | 5.02 | 4.10 | 5.09 | 26.4 °C |
| March | 6.42 | 4.04 | 3.29 | 5.23 | 26.5 °C |
| April | 6.50 | 2.82 | 2.27 | 5.06 | 27.0 °C |
| May | 6.29 | 2.01 | 1.59 | 4.72 | 27.6 °C |
| June | 5.80 | 1.77 | 1.38 | 4.30 | 27.7 °C |
| July | 6.01 | 1.80 | 1.41 | 4.47 | 27.8 °C |
| August | 6.19 | 2.33 | 1.85 | 4.72 | 28.3 °C |
| September | 6.13 | 3.36 | 2.70 | 4.87 | 28.6 °C |
| October | 5.58 | 4.21 | 3.40 | 4.63 | 28.4 °C |
| November | 5.13 | 4.93 | 4.00 | 4.45 | 28.0 °C |
| December | 5.01 | 5.44 | 4.42 | 4.46 | 27.4 °C |
| Year | 5.86 avg | 3.60 avg | 1060 kWh | 1724 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 850 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 270 Wp at 12°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Saint George's
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.
2.2 mrow pitch at 70°
2.3 mrow pitch at 12°
Solar forecast for Saint George's, 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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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.