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Solar position in Santiago de Veraguas

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Santiago de Veraguas — computed for 8.10° N, 80.98° W, 100 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:11102° ESE
Sunset today18:04258° WSW
Best panel angle10°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle2°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation70.0°
At solar noon, 12:08Open on the sun map

Sun in Santiago de Veraguas today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn05:00sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:2512° below
Civil dawn05:506° below
Sunrise06:11102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:39sun 6° up
Solar noon12:0870.0° high
Golden hour starts17:36sun 6° up
Sunset18:04258° WSW
Civil dusk18:256° below
Nautical dusk18:5012° below
Astronomical dusk19:1518° below
Day length11 h 53 min

Sun path diagram for Santiago de Veraguas

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 solstice789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice789101112131415161718Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 74.7° at solar noon in Santiago de Veraguas; on the December solstice only 58.5°. 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
January06:4312:3518:2711 h 44 min62.1°
February06:4012:3718:3411 h 55 min71.5°
March06:2712:3118:3412 h 07 min82.3°
April06:1212:2218:3212 h 21 min86.1°
May06:0412:2018:3612 h 31 min77.8°
June06:0712:2518:4312 h 36 min74.7°
July06:1412:3018:4612 h 31 min77.7°
August06:1612:2718:3712 h 21 min86.2°
September06:1312:1618:2012 h 07 min82.4°
October06:1112:0818:0511 h 54 min71.0°
November06:1812:0918:0111 h 43 min61.9°
December06:3212:2218:1111 h 39 min58.5°

A year of daylight in Santiago de Veraguas

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 Santiago de Veraguas

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: 1357 kWh per kWp.

2°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

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 2°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJuly kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°133999%3.191.5×
2° off-grid best134699%3.171.5×
8° = latitude1356100%3.091.5×
10° year-round best1357100%3.061.6×
15°1354100%2.961.6×
30°129595%2.581.9×
45°116786%2.082.3×
60°98072%1.513.0×
70°83361%1.163.5×
90°56842%0.973.0×

A fixed array in Santiago de Veraguas produces the most over a year at 10°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 2° it makes 3.17 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 10°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Santiago de Veraguas at 70°

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

012345January: 3.97 (70°)4.0JanFebruary: 3.58 (70°)3.6FebMarch: 2.74 (70°)2.7MarApril: 1.77 (70°)1.8AprMay: 1.27 (70°)1.3MayJune: 1.13 (70°)1.1JunJuly: 1.16 (70°)1.2JulAugust: 1.40 (70°)1.4AugSeptember: 1.91 (70°)1.9SepOctober: 2.34 (70°)2.3OctNovember: 2.71 (70°)2.7NovDecember: 3.49 (70°)3.5Dec10°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 10°Mean temp.
January5.104.843.974.4025.4 °C
February5.674.383.584.7426.1 °C
March5.833.382.744.6927.1 °C
April5.342.221.774.1427.4 °C
May4.491.621.273.4126.6 °C
June4.141.451.133.1126.2 °C
July4.041.491.163.0625.9 °C
August4.161.771.403.2125.9 °C
September4.332.381.913.4425.8 °C
October4.152.892.343.3825.6 °C
November3.943.332.713.3125.4 °C
December4.404.263.493.7925.5 °C
Year4.63 avg2.83 avg833 kWh1357 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 1,040 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 10°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Santiago de Veraguas

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 Santiago de Veraguas compares in Panama

Against the other 19 places in Panama with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

13thof 20 places in Panama for sunshine, shared: 4.63 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Panama: 1,357 against 1,356 kWh per kWp.

−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Panama City: 12 h 36 min against 12 h 39 min.

10°best year-round tilt here; across Panama it runs from 10° in Santiago de Veraguas to 11° in Panama City.

Of the 20 places in Panama, Veracruz gets the most sun (4.73 peak sun hours a day) and Changuinola the least (4.29); Santiago de Veraguas ranks joint 13th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.13 kWh a day here, against 1.17 kWh on average in Panama. The shortest day lasts 11 h 39 min, +3 min compared with Panama City.

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Solar forecast for Santiago de Veraguas, 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 Santiago de Veraguas

What is the best solar panel angle in Santiago de Veraguas?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Santiago de Veraguas is 10°, worth about 1357 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through July does better at about 2°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Santiago de Veraguas today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:11 and sets at 18:04 local time (UTC−5), giving 11 h 53 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:08.
How many peak sun hours does Santiago de Veraguas get?
On a flat surface 4.6 hours a day averaged over the year, from 3.9 in November to 5.8 in March. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.5 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Santiago de Veraguas?
At solar noon the sun stands 74.7° above the horizon on the June solstice and 58.5° on the December solstice.
Is Santiago de Veraguas a good place for solar panels?
With 4.6 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Santiago de Veraguas ranks joint 13th of 20 places in Panama for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (10°) makes about 1,357 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in Panama.

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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.