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Guatemala · Guatemala · 14.57° N · 90.50° W

Solar position in Santa Catarina Pinula

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Santa Catarina Pinula — computed for 14.57° N, 90.50° W, 1538 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:55102° ESE
Sunset today17:36258° WSW
Best panel angle17°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle8°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation63.5°
At solar noon, 11:46Open on the sun map

Sun in Santa Catarina Pinula today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:43sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0812° below
Civil dawn05:336° below
Sunrise05:55102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:24sun 6° up
Solar noon11:4663.5° high
Golden hour starts17:07sun 6° up
Sunset17:36258° WSW
Civil dusk17:586° below
Nautical dusk18:2312° below
Astronomical dusk18:4918° below
Day length11 h 42 min

Sun path diagram for Santa Catarina Pinula

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 81.1° at solar noon in Santa Catarina Pinula; on the December solstice only 52.0°. 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:3112:1317:5511 h 25 min55.7°
February06:2312:1518:0811 h 45 min65.1°
March06:0512:0918:1212 h 08 min75.9°
April05:4412:0018:1612 h 32 min87.5°
May05:3211:5818:2412 h 52 min84.3°
June05:3412:0318:3312 h 59 min81.1°
July05:4212:0818:3412 h 52 min84.2°
August05:4812:0518:2112 h 32 min87.4°
September05:5111:5417:5812 h 08 min75.9°
October05:5411:4617:3811 h 44 min64.5°
November06:0511:4717:2911 h 24 min55.4°
December06:2212:0017:3811 h 16 min52.0°

A year of daylight in Santa Catarina Pinula

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 Santa Catarina Pinula

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

17°collects the most energy over a year: 1634 kWh per kWp.

8°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 17°Best worst-month 8°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°157696%4.181.3×
8° off-grid best161999%4.041.2×
15° = latitude1634100%3.871.3×
17° year-round best1634100%3.811.3×
30°159798%3.341.6×
45°147090%2.662.0×
60°126377%1.902.8×
70°109167%1.423.5×
90°74846%1.073.8×

A fixed array in Santa Catarina Pinula produces the most over a year at 17°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 8° it makes 4.04 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 17°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Santa Catarina Pinula at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 17° (year-round best).

0123456January: 4.81 (70°)4.8JanFebruary: 4.20 (70°)4.2FebMarch: 3.32 (70°)3.3MarApril: 2.22 (70°)2.2AprMay: 1.61 (70°)1.6MayJune: 1.42 (70°)1.4JunJuly: 1.57 (70°)1.6JulAugust: 1.97 (70°)2.0AugSeptember: 2.51 (70°)2.5SepOctober: 3.12 (70°)3.1OctNovember: 4.24 (70°)4.2NovDecember: 4.94 (70°)4.9Dec17°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 17°Mean temp.
January5.125.744.814.9420.0 °C
February5.635.044.205.0821.4 °C
March6.054.023.325.0722.7 °C
April5.872.732.224.5724.0 °C
May5.242.011.613.9123.5 °C
June5.191.771.423.8122.4 °C
July5.781.941.574.2722.2 °C
August5.662.421.974.3522.1 °C
September5.113.052.514.1621.8 °C
October4.773.753.124.1321.3 °C
November4.915.074.244.6120.3 °C
December4.945.904.944.8519.9 °C
Year5.35 avg3.61 avg1091 kWh1634 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 830 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 310 Wp at 17°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Santa Catarina Pinula

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 17°

Row spacing calculator

How Santa Catarina Pinula compares in Guatemala

Against the other 101 places in Guatemala with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

27thof 102 places in Guatemala for sunshine, shared: 5.35 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Guatemala: 1,634 against 1,603 kWh per kWp.

±0 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Guatemala City: 12 h 59 min against 13 h 00 min.

17°best year-round tilt here; across Guatemala it runs from 14° in Cobán to 17° in Guatemala City.

Of the 102 places in Guatemala, Puerto San José gets the most sun (5.65 peak sun hours a day) and San Pedro Carchá and one other place the least (4.81); Santa Catarina Pinula ranks joint 27th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.42 kWh a day here, against 1.41 kWh on average in Guatemala. The shortest day lasts 11 h 16 min, ±0 min compared with Guatemala City.

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Solar forecast for Santa Catarina Pinula, 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 Santa Catarina Pinula

What is the best solar panel angle in Santa Catarina Pinula?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Santa Catarina Pinula is 17°, worth about 1634 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 8°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Santa Catarina Pinula today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:55 and sets at 17:36 local time (UTC−6), giving 11 h 42 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:46.
How many peak sun hours does Santa Catarina Pinula get?
On a flat surface 5.4 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.8 in October to 6.0 in March. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.8 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Santa Catarina Pinula?
At solar noon the sun stands 81.1° above the horizon on the June solstice and 52.0° on the December solstice.
Is Santa Catarina Pinula a good place for solar panels?
With 5.4 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Santa Catarina Pinula ranks joint 27th of 102 places in Guatemala for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (17°) makes about 1,634 kWh a year here, 2% more than the average place in Guatemala.

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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.