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Rio Grande do Sul · Brazil · 27.82° S · 54.66° W

Solar position in Santo Cristo

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Santo Cristo — computed for 27.82° S, 54.66° W, 285 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:53104° ESE
Sunset today18:52256° WSW
Best panel angle25°year-round, facing north
Off-grid angle53°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation74.1°
At solar noon, 12:22Open on the sun map

Sun in Santo Cristo today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:31sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0012° below
Civil dawn05:296° below
Sunrise05:53104° ESE
Golden hour ends06:25sun 6° up
Solar noon12:2274.1° high
Golden hour starts18:20sun 6° up
Sunset18:52256° WSW
Civil dusk19:166° below
Nautical dusk19:4512° below
Astronomical dusk20:1418° below
Day length12 h 59 min

Sun path diagram for Santo Cristo

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 solstice678910111213141516171819Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 38.8° at solar noon in Santo Cristo; on the December solstice only 85.6°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 53° 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
January06:0112:4919:3713 h 36 min82.0°
February06:2512:5219:1812 h 52 min72.6°
March06:4212:4518:4812 h 06 min61.8°
April06:5912:3718:1511 h 16 min50.2°
May07:1612:3517:5410 h 38 min41.9°
June07:2912:4017:5110 h 23 min38.8°
July07:2612:4518:0410 h 38 min41.8°
August07:0312:4118:2011 h 16 min50.2°
September06:2912:3118:3412 h 05 min61.7°
October05:5612:2318:5012 h 54 min73.0°
November05:3612:2419:1313 h 37 min82.2°
December05:3912:3619:3413 h 55 min85.6°

A year of daylight in Santo Cristo

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 Santo Cristo

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

25°collects the most energy over a year: 1526 kWh per kWp.

53°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 25°Best worst-month 53°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°140692%2.142.5×
15°150799%2.721.9×
25° year-round best1526100%3.011.6×
28° = latitude1524100%3.081.6×
30°1520100%3.121.5×
45°144595%3.341.3×
53° off-grid best137090%3.371.2×
60°128684%3.351.4×
70°114175%3.241.7×
90°79252%2.772.8×

A fixed array in Santo Cristo produces the most over a year at 25°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 53° it makes 3.37 kWh per kWp a day, 12% more than at 25°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Santo Cristo at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 25° (year-round best).

0123456January: 2.42 (70°)2.4JanFebruary: 2.92 (70°)2.9FebMarch: 3.45 (70°)3.4MarApril: 3.80 (70°)3.8AprMay: 3.49 (70°)3.5MayJune: 3.24 (70°)3.2JunJuly: 3.57 (70°)3.6JulAugust: 3.73 (70°)3.7AugSeptember: 3.25 (70°)3.3SepOctober: 2.87 (70°)2.9OctNovember: 2.52 (70°)2.5NovDecember: 2.25 (70°)2.3Dec25°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 25°Mean temp.
January6.602.992.424.8525.4 °C
February6.113.592.924.8325.2 °C
March5.304.193.454.6223.7 °C
April4.234.543.804.1820.6 °C
May3.134.113.493.4016.4 °C
June2.663.793.243.0114.6 °C
July2.964.163.573.3613.7 °C
August3.714.383.733.8815.5 °C
September4.333.863.254.0217.6 °C
October5.243.462.874.3520.6 °C
November6.423.072.524.8722.2 °C
December6.712.782.254.8524.5 °C
Year4.78 avg3.74 avg1141 kWh1526 kWh

Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 520 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 25°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Santo Cristo

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.

3.3 mrow pitch at 70°

3.0 mrow pitch at 25°

Row spacing calculator

How Santo Cristo compares in Brazil

Against the other 2,263 places in Brazil with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

1817thof 2,264 places in Brazil for sunshine, shared: 4.78 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Brazil: 1,526 against 1,581 kWh per kWp.

+19 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with São Paulo: 13 h 55 min against 13 h 35 min.

25°best year-round tilt here; across Brazil it runs from 0° in Macapá to 28° in Santa Vitória do Palmar.

Of the 2,264 places in Brazil, Catolé do Rocha gets the most sun (6.16 peak sun hours a day) and Paranaguá the least (4.01); Santo Cristo ranks joint 1817th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.25 kWh a day here, against 1.56 kWh on average in Brazil. The shortest day lasts 10 h 23 min, −18 min compared with São Paulo.

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Solar forecast for Santo Cristo, 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 Santo Cristo

What is the best solar panel angle in Santo Cristo?
For a fixed array facing north, the best year-round tilt in Santo Cristo is 25°, worth about 1526 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 53°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Santo Cristo today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:53 and sets at 18:52 local time (UTC−3), giving 12 h 59 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 12:22.
How many peak sun hours does Santo Cristo get?
On a flat surface 4.8 hours a day averaged over the year, from 2.7 in June to 6.7 in December. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.8 sun hours a day in December.
How high does the sun get in Santo Cristo?
At solar noon the sun stands 38.8° above the horizon on the June solstice and 85.6° on the December solstice.
Is Santo Cristo a good place for solar panels?
With 4.8 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Santo Cristo ranks joint 1817th of 2,264 places in Brazil for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (25°) makes about 1,526 kWh a year here, 3% less than the average place in Brazil.

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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.