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Solar position in San Bernardo

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for San Bernardo — computed for 33.59° S, 70.70° W, 571 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:50105° ESE
Sunset today20:03255° WSW
Best panel angle27°year-round, facing north
Off-grid angle58°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation68.3°
At solar noon, 13:27Open on the sun map

Sun in San Bernardo today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:22sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:5412° below
Civil dawn06:256° below
Sunrise06:50105° ESE
Golden hour ends07:24sun 6° up
Solar noon13:2768.3° high
Golden hour starts19:29sun 6° up
Sunset20:03255° WSW
Civil dusk20:296° below
Nautical dusk21:0012° below
Astronomical dusk21:3218° below
Day length13 h 13 min

Sun path diagram for San Bernardo

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 solstice891011121314151617EquinoxDecember solstice7891011121314151617181920Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 33.0° at solar noon in San Bernardo; on the December solstice only 79.8°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 57° 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
January06:5413:5420:5314 h 00 min76.2°
February07:2413:5620:2813 h 04 min66.8°
March07:4613:4919:5212 h 06 min56.0°
April07:0912:4118:1211 h 03 min44.4°
May07:3112:3917:4610 h 15 min36.1°
June07:4712:4417:429 h 55 min33.0°
July07:4212:4917:5610 h 15 min36.1°
August07:1412:4618:1711 h 04 min44.5°
September07:3313:3519:3812 h 05 min55.9°
October06:5413:2720:0113 h 07 min67.3°
November06:2813:2820:2914 h 01 min76.4°
December06:2913:4020:5214 h 23 min79.8°

A year of daylight in San Bernardo

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

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Best solar panel angle in San Bernardo

Fixed array facing north (azimuth 0°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

27°collects the most energy over a year: 1760 kWh per kWp.

58°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 27°Best worst-month 58°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°159891%1.754.0×
15°172998%2.303.0×
27° year-round best1760100%2.642.4×
30°1758100%2.712.3×
34° = latitude174899%2.792.2×
45°168396%2.962.0×
58° off-grid best153887%3.021.8×
60°151086%3.021.8×
70°134676%2.961.6×
90°93753%2.602.6×

A fixed array in San Bernardo produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 58° it makes 3.02 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 27°, and costs 13% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in San Bernardo at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).

02468January: 3.37 (70°)3.4JanFebruary: 4.15 (70°)4.2FebMarch: 4.82 (70°)4.8MarApril: 4.64 (70°)4.6AprMay: 3.54 (70°)3.5MayJune: 2.96 (70°)3.0JunJuly: 3.13 (70°)3.1JulAugust: 3.47 (70°)3.5AugSeptember: 3.84 (70°)3.8SepOctober: 3.78 (70°)3.8OctNovember: 3.45 (70°)3.4NovDecember: 3.16 (70°)3.2Dec27°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 27°Mean temp.
January8.614.063.376.4520.8 °C
February7.734.974.156.4120.1 °C
March6.315.744.825.9518.6 °C
April4.385.444.644.7615.3 °C
May2.824.103.543.3111.9 °C
June2.153.392.962.648.8 °C
July2.383.573.132.868.1 °C
August3.163.973.473.489.2 °C
September4.504.433.844.4511.2 °C
October5.964.413.785.2713.6 °C
November7.654.093.456.0416.8 °C
December8.623.793.166.3619.2 °C
Year5.34 avg4.33 avg1346 kWh1760 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 400 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 450 Wp at 27°. The steep array is 11% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in San Bernardo

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.

4.0 mrow pitch at 70°

3.4 mrow pitch at 27°

Row spacing calculator

How San Bernardo compares in Chile

Against the other 138 places in Chile with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

26thof 139 places in Chile for sunshine, shared: 5.35 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Chile: 1,760 against 1,668 kWh per kWp.

+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Santiago: 14 h 23 min against 14 h 23 min.

27°best year-round tilt here; across Chile it runs from 16° in Arica to 43° in Punta Arenas.

Of the 139 places in Chile, Calama gets the most sun (7.19 peak sun hours a day) and Puerto Natales the least (2.73); San Bernardo ranks joint 26th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.96 kWh a day here, against 2.61 kWh on average in Chile. The shortest day lasts 9 h 55 min, −1 min compared with Santiago.

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Solar forecast for San Bernardo, 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 Bernardo

What is the best solar panel angle in San Bernardo?
For a fixed array facing north, the best year-round tilt in San Bernardo is 27°, worth about 1760 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 58°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in San Bernardo today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:50 and sets at 20:03 local time (UTC−3), giving 13 h 13 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 13:27.
How many peak sun hours does San Bernardo get?
On a flat surface 5.3 hours a day averaged over the year, from 2.2 in June to 8.6 in December. Panels tilted at 70° receive 3.4 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in San Bernardo?
At solar noon the sun stands 33.0° above the horizon on the June solstice and 79.8° on the December solstice.
Is San Bernardo a good place for solar panels?
With 5.3 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, San Bernardo ranks joint 26th of 139 places in Chile for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (27°) makes about 1,760 kWh a year here, 6% more than the average place in Chile.

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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.