Martinique · Martinique · 14.78° N · 60.99° W
Solar position in Sainte-Marie
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Sainte-Marie — computed for 14.78° N, 60.99° W, 14 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Sainte-Marie today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:45 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:10 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:35 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:57 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:26 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:48 | 63.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:09 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:38 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:00 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:25 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:50 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 41 min | |
Sun path diagram for Sainte-Marie
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 81.3° at solar noon in Sainte-Marie; on the December solstice only 51.8°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 49° 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 | 06:33 | 12:15 | 17:57 | 11 h 24 min | 55.4° |
| February | 06:25 | 12:17 | 18:09 | 11 h 45 min | 64.8° |
| March | 06:07 | 12:11 | 18:14 | 12 h 08 min | 75.6° |
| April | 05:46 | 12:02 | 18:19 | 12 h 33 min | 87.2° |
| May | 05:34 | 12:00 | 18:26 | 12 h 52 min | 84.5° |
| June | 05:35 | 12:05 | 18:35 | 13 h 00 min | 81.3° |
| July | 05:44 | 12:10 | 18:36 | 12 h 52 min | 84.4° |
| August | 05:50 | 12:07 | 18:23 | 12 h 33 min | 87.2° |
| September | 05:52 | 11:56 | 18:00 | 12 h 08 min | 75.7° |
| October | 05:56 | 11:48 | 17:40 | 11 h 44 min | 64.4° |
| November | 06:08 | 11:49 | 17:31 | 11 h 23 min | 55.2° |
| December | 06:24 | 12:02 | 17:39 | 11 h 15 min | 51.8° |
A year of daylight in Sainte-Marie
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 Sainte-Marie
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
15°collects the most energy over a year: 1713 kWh per kWp.
14°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° | 1662 | 97% | 4.70 | 1.4× |
| 14° off-grid best | 1712 | 100% | 4.38 | 1.2× |
| 15° year-round best = latitude | 1713 | 100% | 4.35 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1664 | 97% | 3.77 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1521 | 89% | 2.99 | 1.7× |
| 60° | 1293 | 75% | 2.10 | 2.3× |
| 70° | 1106 | 65% | 1.54 | 3.0× |
| 90° | 743 | 43% | 1.14 | 3.5× |
A fixed array in Sainte-Marie produces the most over a year at 15°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 14° it makes 4.38 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Sainte-Marie at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 15° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 15° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.10 | 5.63 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 26.2 °C |
| February | 5.77 | 5.15 | 4.21 | 5.06 | 25.9 °C |
| March | 6.30 | 4.22 | 3.44 | 5.21 | 26.1 °C |
| April | 6.42 | 2.97 | 2.39 | 4.99 | 26.7 °C |
| May | 6.22 | 2.18 | 1.73 | 4.63 | 27.4 °C |
| June | 5.95 | 1.95 | 1.54 | 4.35 | 27.8 °C |
| July | 6.13 | 2.02 | 1.59 | 4.50 | 27.9 °C |
| August | 6.25 | 2.56 | 2.04 | 4.74 | 28.3 °C |
| September | 5.94 | 3.49 | 2.81 | 4.74 | 28.4 °C |
| October | 5.33 | 4.24 | 3.43 | 4.50 | 28.2 °C |
| November | 4.93 | 5.04 | 4.09 | 4.42 | 27.7 °C |
| December | 4.81 | 5.60 | 4.56 | 4.48 | 26.9 °C |
| Year | 5.76 avg | 3.75 avg | 1106 kWh | 1713 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 770 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 270 Wp at 15°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Sainte-Marie
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 15°
How Sainte-Marie compares in Martinique
Against the other 7 places in Martinique with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 8 places in Martinique for sunshine, shared: 5.76 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Martinique: 1,713 against 1,711 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Fort-de-France: 13 h 00 min against 13 h 00 min.
15°best year-round tilt here, the same everywhere in Martinique.
Sainte-Marie shares the top spot for sunshine among the 8 places in Martinique (5.76 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny are Ducos and 7 other places with 5.76. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.54 kWh a day here, against 1.53 kWh on average in Martinique. The shortest day lasts 11 h 15 min, −1 min compared with Fort-de-France.
Solar forecast for Sainte-Marie, 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.