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Guanajuato · Mexico · 20.92° N · 100.74° W

Solar position in San Miguel de Allende

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for San Miguel de Allende — computed for 20.92° N, 100.74° W, 1917 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:41102° ESE
Sunset today18:12257° WSW
Best panel angle21°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle16°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation57.1°
At solar noon, 12:27Open on the sun map

Sun in San Miguel de Allende today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:27sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:5312° below
Civil dawn06:196° below
Sunrise06:41102° ESE
Golden hour ends07:12sun 6° up
Solar noon12:2757.1° high
Golden hour starts17:41sun 6° up
Sunset18:12257° WSW
Civil dusk18:346° below
Nautical dusk19:0012° below
Astronomical dusk19:2618° below
Day length11 h 30 min

Sun path diagram for San Miguel de Allende

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 solstice78910111213141516171819EquinoxDecember solstice891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 87.5° at solar noon in San Miguel de Allende; on the December solstice only 45.7°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 50° 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
January07:2212:5418:2611 h 05 min49.3°
February07:0912:5618:4411 h 35 min58.7°
March06:4512:5018:5412 h 08 min69.6°
April06:1912:4119:0412 h 45 min81.1°
May06:0312:3919:1613 h 13 min89.4°
June06:0212:4419:2613 h 24 min87.5°
July06:1212:4919:2513 h 13 min89.4°
August06:2312:4619:0812 h 44 min81.0°
September06:3112:3518:4012 h 08 min69.6°
October06:4012:2718:1411 h 33 min58.2°
November06:5612:2818:0011 h 04 min49.1°
December07:1512:4118:0710 h 52 min45.7°

A year of daylight in San Miguel de Allende

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 Miguel de Allende

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

21°collects the most energy over a year: 1870 kWh per kWp.

16°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 21°Best worst-month 16°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearSeptember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°175894%4.481.5×
15°186099%4.631.3×
16° off-grid best1863100%4.631.3×
21° year-round best = latitude1870100%4.621.3×
30°185199%4.521.4×
45°173593%4.171.7×
60°152081%3.592.2×
70°133171%3.092.9×
90°91349%1.904.5×

A fixed array in San Miguel de Allende produces the most over a year at 21°. The design month for an off-grid system is September: at 16° it makes 4.63 kWh per kWp a day, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in San Miguel de Allende at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 21° (year-round best).

01234567January: 5.22 (70°)5.2JanFebruary: 5.05 (70°)5.0FebMarch: 4.34 (70°)4.3MarApril: 3.07 (70°)3.1AprMay: 2.15 (70°)2.2MayJune: 1.84 (70°)1.8JunJuly: 2.01 (70°)2.0JulAugust: 2.51 (70°)2.5AugSeptember: 3.09 (70°)3.1SepOctober: 4.14 (70°)4.1OctNovember: 5.06 (70°)5.1NovDecember: 5.38 (70°)5.4Dec21°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 21°Mean temp.
January4.746.055.225.0612.5 °C
February5.685.905.055.6014.6 °C
March6.675.124.345.9516.9 °C
April7.193.683.075.7419.9 °C
May7.022.622.155.2121.2 °C
June6.452.251.844.7020.0 °C
July6.222.432.014.6418.6 °C
August6.213.012.514.8818.4 °C
September5.453.673.094.6217.5 °C
October5.344.874.144.9916.4 °C
November4.895.915.065.0914.2 °C
December4.606.255.385.0213.0 °C
Year5.87 avg4.31 avg1331 kWh1870 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 640 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 260 Wp at 21°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in San Miguel de Allende

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.

2.7 mrow pitch at 70°

2.6 mrow pitch at 21°

Row spacing calculator

How San Miguel de Allende compares in Mexico

Against the other 624 places in Mexico with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

146thof 625 places in Mexico for sunshine, shared: 5.87 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Mexico: 1,870 against 1,754 kWh per kWp.

+6 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mexico City: 13 h 24 min against 13 h 18 min.

21°best year-round tilt here; across Mexico it runs from 15° in Coatzacoalcos to 30° in Tijuana.

Of the 625 places in Mexico, Ciudad Constitución gets the most sun (6.12 peak sun hours a day) and Poza Rica de Hidalgo and one other place the least (4.59); San Miguel de Allende ranks joint 146th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.84 kWh a day here, against 1.82 kWh on average in Mexico. The shortest day lasts 10 h 52 min, −6 min compared with Mexico City.

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Solar forecast for San Miguel de Allende, 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 Miguel de Allende

What is the best solar panel angle in San Miguel de Allende?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in San Miguel de Allende is 21°, worth about 1870 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through September does better at about 16°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in San Miguel de Allende today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:41 and sets at 18:12 local time (UTC−6), giving 11 h 30 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:27.
How many peak sun hours does San Miguel de Allende get?
On a flat surface 5.9 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.6 in December to 7.2 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.3 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in San Miguel de Allende?
At solar noon the sun stands 87.5° above the horizon on the June solstice and 45.7° on the December solstice.
Is San Miguel de Allende a good place for solar panels?
With 5.9 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, San Miguel de Allende ranks joint 146th of 625 places in Mexico for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (21°) makes about 1,870 kWh a year here, 7% more than the average place in Mexico.

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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.