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Sucre Department · Colombia · 8.93° N · 75.03° W

Solar position in San Benito Abad

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for San Benito Abad — computed for 8.93° N, 75.03° W, 23 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:48102° ESE
Sunset today17:40258° WSW
Best panel angle10°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle4°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation69.2°
At solar noon, 11:44Open on the sun map

Sun in San Benito Abad today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:37sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0212° below
Civil dawn05:276° below
Sunrise05:48102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:16sun 6° up
Solar noon11:4469.2° high
Golden hour starts17:11sun 6° up
Sunset17:40258° WSW
Civil dusk18:016° below
Nautical dusk18:2612° below
Astronomical dusk18:5018° below
Day length11 h 52 min

Sun path diagram for San Benito Abad

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 75.5° at solar noon in San Benito Abad; on the December solstice only 57.6°. 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
January06:2012:1118:0211 h 41 min61.3°
February06:1612:1318:1011 h 54 min70.7°
March06:0312:0718:1012 h 07 min81.5°
April05:4711:5818:0912 h 22 min86.9°
May05:3911:5618:1312 h 34 min78.6°
June05:4212:0118:2112 h 39 min75.5°
July05:4912:0618:2312 h 34 min78.6°
August05:5212:0318:1412 h 22 min87.0°
September05:4911:5317:5612 h 07 min81.6°
October05:4811:4417:4111 h 53 min70.2°
November05:5511:4517:3611 h 41 min61.1°
December06:1011:5817:4611 h 36 min57.6°

A year of daylight in San Benito Abad

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 San Benito Abad

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

10°collects the most energy over a year: 1491 kWh per kWp.

4°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 10°Best worst-month 4°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearMay kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°147499%3.811.2×
4° off-grid best1485100%3.771.2×
9° = latitude1491100%3.681.2×
10° year-round best1491100%3.671.2×
15°1485100%3.561.3×
30°141695%3.121.5×
45°127085%2.531.9×
60°106171%1.842.6×
70°90060%1.393.3×
90°62042%1.072.8×

A fixed array in San Benito Abad produces the most over a year at 10°. The design month for an off-grid system is May: at 4° it makes 3.77 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 10°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in San Benito Abad at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 10° (year-round best).

012345January: 4.06 (70°)4.1JanFebruary: 3.43 (70°)3.4FebMarch: 2.53 (70°)2.5MarApril: 1.82 (70°)1.8AprMay: 1.39 (70°)1.4MayJune: 1.23 (70°)1.2JunJuly: 1.30 (70°)1.3JulAugust: 1.66 (70°)1.7AugSeptember: 2.27 (70°)2.3SepOctober: 2.76 (70°)2.8OctNovember: 3.27 (70°)3.3NovDecember: 3.94 (70°)3.9Dec10°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 10°Mean temp.
January5.255.014.064.4728.6 °C
February5.504.273.434.5229.8 °C
March5.223.172.534.1430.1 °C
April5.032.301.823.8829.3 °C
May4.841.771.393.6728.1 °C
June5.271.581.233.9328.1 °C
July5.451.671.304.0828.3 °C
August5.452.101.664.1828.0 °C
September5.212.822.274.1327.2 °C
October4.823.402.763.9426.6 °C
November4.634.013.273.8926.7 °C
December4.904.853.944.2127.6 °C
Year5.13 avg3.07 avg900 kWh1491 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 960 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 10°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in San Benito Abad

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 10°

Row spacing calculator

How San Benito Abad compares in Colombia

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

78thof 317 places in Colombia for sunshine, shared: 5.13 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Colombia: 1,491 against 1,407 kWh per kWp.

+15 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bogotá: 12 h 39 min against 12 h 23 min.

10°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); San Benito Abad ranks joint 78th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.23 kWh a day here, against 1.18 kWh on average in Colombia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 36 min, −15 min compared with Bogotá.

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Solar forecast for San Benito Abad, 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 San Benito Abad

What is the best solar panel angle in San Benito Abad?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in San Benito Abad is 10°, worth about 1491 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through May does better at about 4°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in San Benito Abad today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:48 and sets at 17:40 local time (UTC−5), giving 11 h 52 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:44.
How many peak sun hours does San Benito Abad get?
On a flat surface 5.1 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.6 in November to 5.5 in February. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.6 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in San Benito Abad?
At solar noon the sun stands 75.5° above the horizon on the June solstice and 57.6° on the December solstice.
Is San Benito Abad a good place for solar panels?
With 5.1 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, San Benito Abad ranks joint 78th of 317 places in Colombia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (10°) makes about 1,491 kWh a year here, 6% 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.