Westmoreland · Jamaica · 18.22° N · 78.13° W
Solar position in Savanna-la-Mar
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Savanna-la-Mar — computed for 18.22° N, 78.13° W, 7 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Savanna-la-Mar today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC−5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:55 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:21 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:46 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:08 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:38 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:56 | 59.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:14 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:44 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:06 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:32 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:57 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 35 min | |
Sun path diagram for Savanna-la-Mar
Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.
- June solstice
- Equinox
- December solstice
- Today
On the June solstice the sun reaches 84.8° at solar noon in Savanna-la-Mar; on the December solstice only 48.4°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° 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.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:47 | 12:23 | 18:00 | 11 h 13 min | 52.0° |
| February | 06:36 | 12:26 | 18:15 | 11 h 39 min | 61.4° |
| March | 06:15 | 12:19 | 18:23 | 12 h 08 min | 72.2° |
| April | 05:51 | 12:11 | 18:30 | 12 h 39 min | 83.8° |
| May | 05:37 | 12:09 | 18:40 | 13 h 03 min | 87.9° |
| June | 05:37 | 12:14 | 18:51 | 13 h 13 min | 84.8° |
| July | 05:47 | 12:19 | 18:50 | 13 h 04 min | 87.9° |
| August | 05:56 | 12:15 | 18:34 | 12 h 39 min | 83.7° |
| September | 06:01 | 12:05 | 18:09 | 12 h 08 min | 72.3° |
| October | 06:07 | 11:57 | 17:46 | 11 h 38 min | 60.9° |
| November | 06:22 | 11:58 | 17:34 | 11 h 13 min | 51.8° |
| December | 06:39 | 12:10 | 17:41 | 11 h 02 min | 48.4° |
A year of daylight in Savanna-la-Mar
Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.
Best solar panel angle in Savanna-la-Mar
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
18°collects the most energy over a year: 1660 kWh per kWp.
21°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.
- Yearly energy
- Worst-month energy
| Tilt | kWh/kWp per year | Share of best year | November kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1594 | 96% | 3.56 | 1.5× |
| 15° | 1658 | 100% | 4.12 | 1.2× |
| 18° year-round best = latitude | 1660 | 100% | 4.20 | 1.2× |
| 21° off-grid best | 1657 | 100% | 4.27 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1627 | 98% | 4.43 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1502 | 91% | 4.48 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1295 | 78% | 4.26 | 2.0× |
| 70° | 1120 | 67% | 3.98 | 2.6× |
| 90° | 757 | 46% | 3.09 | 3.4× |
A fixed array in Savanna-la-Mar produces the most over a year at 18°. The design month for an off-grid system is November: at 21° it makes 4.27 kWh per kWp a day, 2% more than at 18°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Savanna-la-Mar at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 18° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 18° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.56 | 5.27 | 4.30 | 4.34 | 26.2 °C |
| February | 5.35 | 5.09 | 4.15 | 4.82 | 26.1 °C |
| March | 6.08 | 4.38 | 3.57 | 5.11 | 26.3 °C |
| April | 6.47 | 3.25 | 2.63 | 5.04 | 27.1 °C |
| May | 6.13 | 2.36 | 1.88 | 4.53 | 27.8 °C |
| June | 6.02 | 2.15 | 1.69 | 4.35 | 28.2 °C |
| July | 6.24 | 2.29 | 1.81 | 4.55 | 28.6 °C |
| August | 6.09 | 2.82 | 2.25 | 4.62 | 28.9 °C |
| September | 5.70 | 3.63 | 2.92 | 4.59 | 28.9 °C |
| October | 4.92 | 4.15 | 3.36 | 4.23 | 28.4 °C |
| November | 4.54 | 4.90 | 3.98 | 4.20 | 27.7 °C |
| December | 4.36 | 5.34 | 4.34 | 4.21 | 26.9 °C |
| Year | 5.54 avg | 3.80 avg | 1120 kWh | 1660 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 700 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 280 Wp at 18°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Savanna-la-Mar
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.
2.6 mrow pitch at 70°
2.5 mrow pitch at 18°
How Savanna-la-Mar compares in Jamaica
Against the other 11 places in Jamaica with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 12 places in Jamaica for sunshine: 5.54 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Jamaica: 1,660 against 1,618 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Kingston: 13 h 13 min against 13 h 13 min.
18°best year-round tilt here; across Jamaica it runs from 17° in Kingston to 18° in Montego Bay.
Savanna-la-Mar gets the most sun of the 12 places in Jamaica (5.54 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Ocho Rios with 5.25. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.69 kWh a day here, against 1.69 kWh on average in Jamaica. The shortest day lasts 11 h 02 min, −1 min compared with Kingston.
Solar forecast for Savanna-la-Mar, 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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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.