Insolation Levels (Sth America)
Average Insolation (10 year average) kWh/m2/day
Country
City
Latitude
Longitude
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year Avg
Belize
Belize City
17'30" N
88'11" W
3.73
4.59
5.45
5.97
5.75
5.19
5.03
5.16
4.82
4.50
3.99
3.54
4.81
Costa Rica
San Jose
09'59" N
84'04" W
6.09
6.74
7.23
6.64
5.26
5.00
4.94
4.84
4.76
4.63
4.63
5.30
5.51
El Salvador
San Salvador
13'40" N
89'10" W
5.58
6.23
6.68
6.52
5.95
5.74
6.22
6.18
5.49
5.61
5.42
5.30
5.91
Guatemala
Guatemala City
14'37" N
90'31" W
4.93
5.48
5.90
5.81
5.35
4.91
5.27
5.12
4.59
4.68
4.65
4.62
5.11
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
14'05" N
87'14" W
4.26
5.08
5.84
5.99
5.54
5.35
5.34
5.47
5.04
4.43
4.15
3.91
5.03
Mexico
Acapulco
16'50" N
99'54" W
5.46
6.30
7.17
7.41
7.06
6.16
6.29
6.20
5.45
5.94
5.56
5.19
6.18
Mexico
Cancun
21'10" N
86'50" W
4.16
5.14
6.04
6.86
6.79
6.47
6.63
6.65
5.86
5.19
4.51
3.90
5.68
Mexico
Chihuahua
28'39" N
106'05" W
3.41
4.34
5.63
6.43
6.88
6.53
5.69
5.30
5.14
4.65
3.89
3.26
5.10
Mexico
Guadalajara
20'40" N
103'40" W
4.24
5.18
6.21
6.71
6.89
6.00
5.23
5.41
5.14
5.11
4.79
4.13
5.42
Mexico
La Paz
24'09" N
110'18" W
3.73
4.67
5.75
6.63
7.16
7.07
6.40
6.06
5.52
4.93
4.11
3.51
5.46
Mexico
Mexico City
19'26" N
99'08" W
4.34
5.07
5.89
5.95
5.90
5.03
4.76
4.86
4.57
4.73
4.57
4.29
5.00
Mexico
Monterrey
25'40" N
100'23" W
3.33
4.20
5.40
5.71
6.06
5.89
5.59
5.44
4.76
4.49
3.90
3.23
4.83
Mexico
Oaxaca
17'04" N
96'43" W
4.36
4.99
5.74
6.08
5.86
5.01
4.92
4.95
4.43
4.63
4.38
4.08
4.95
Mexico
Puerto Vallarta
20'39" N
105'14" W
4.20
5.29
6.39
7.12
7.51
6.96
6.17
5.99
5.32
5.30
4.82
4.00
5.76
Mexico
Tijuana
32'32" N
117'01" W
3.32
4.15
5.23
6.37
6.61
6.43
6.46
6.31
5.40
4.26
3.65
3.08
5.11
Mexico
Veracruz
19'10" N
96'07" W
3.55
4.13
4.86
5.35
5.40
5.12
5.15
5.17
4.66
4.45
3.92
3.43
4.60
Nicaragua
Managua
12'10" N
86'15" W
5.34
5.89
6.59
6.54
5.83
5.67
5.70
5.69
5.43
5.39
5.15
5.05
5.69
Panama
Panama City
08'58" N
79'33" W
5.27
5.92
6.23
5.75
4.78
4.11
4.16
4.15
4.24
3.99
4.23
4.66
4.79
Cuba
Havana
23'09" N
82'21" W
4.09
4.97
5.92
7.06
7.15
7.10
6.90
6.86
6.10
5.12
4.26
3.74
5.77
Jamaica
Kingston
17'58" N
76'48" W
4.92
5.67
6.45
6.80
6.50
6.82
6.84
6.61
6.23
5.45
4.76
4.58
5.97
Puerto Rico
San Juan
18'15" N
66'30" W
4.26
4.90
5.70
6.09
5.89
6.09
6.08
5.78
5.26
4.80
4.36
4.15
5.28
Martinique
Fort de France
14'37" N
61'05" W
5.35
5.98
6.59
6.94
6.70
6.42
6.49
6.45
6.03
5.87
5.15
5.15
6.09
Dominican Rep.
Santiago
18'29" N
69'54" W
3.89
4.46
5.24
5.53
5.52
5.48
5.41
5.13
4.80
4.46
4.03
3.78
4.81
Argentina
Buenos Aires
34'36" S
58'23" W
6.44
5.67
4.53
3.53
2.74
2.04
2.31
3.27
4.23
5.12
6.36
6.44
4.39
Argentina
Cordoba
31'24" S
64'12" W
7.07
6.30
4.90
3.87
3.01
2.65
2.79
3.63
4.76
5.93
6.63
6.96
4.88
Argentina
Rio Gallegos
51'37" S
69'13" W
5.47
4.63
3.32
2.02
1.07
0.71
0.81
1.61
2.87
4.26
5.53
5.79
3.17
Bolivia
La Paz
16'29" S
68'08" W
5.30
5.57
5.16
5.01
4.78
4.37
4.51
4.96
5.66
5.98
6.15
5.92
5.28
Bolivia
Santa Cruz
17'47" S
63'10" W
4.57
4.90
4.57
3.92
3.44
3.25
3.44
4.01
4.45
5.00
5.21
5.01
4.31
Bolivia
Sucre
19'02" S
65'15" W
1.67
2.29
3.47
4.58
5.59
6.37
6.86
5.97
4.51
2.73
1.77
1.46
3.94
Brazil
Belem
01'27" S
48'29" W
4.54
4.34
4.26
4.46
4.75
4.99
5.27
5.50
5.85
5.79
5.52
4.96
5.02
Brazil
Belo Horizonte
19'55" S
43'56" W
5.45
5.63
5.34
4.78
4.30
4.09
4.32
4.82
5.05
5.26
5.25
4.98
4.94
Brazil
Brasilia
15'52" S
47'56" W
5.21
5.15
5.09
4.99
4.80
4.59
4.86
5.46
5.28
5.23
4.97
4.82
5.04
Brazil
Curitiba
25'26" S
49'15" W
5.48
4.88
4.32
3.57
2.95
2.83
2.96
3.47
3.87
4.65
5.44
5.41
4.15
Brazil
Fortaleza
03'43" S
38'31" W
5.85
5.44
4.82
4.80
5.11
5.34
5.74
6.34
6.60
6.62
6.50
6.16
5.78
Brazil
Manaus
03'08" S
60'01" W
4.15
4.12
4.22
4.34
4.08
4.24
4.55
4.98
5.23
4.93
4.72
4.23
4.48
Brazil
Porto Alegre
30'02" S
51'13" W
6.08
5.56
4.54
3.48
2.81
2.27
2.50
3.06
3.89
5.01
5.93
6.50
4.30
Brazil
Recife
08'05" S
34'54" W
6.59
6.22
5.95
5.05
4.84
4.61
4.38
5.07
5.78
6.23
6.40
6.48
5.63
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
22'54" S
42'10" W
5.40
5.34
4.87
4.11
3.43
3.35
3.39
3.83
3.77
4.41
4.97
4.98
4.32
Brazil
Salvador
12'59" S
38'30" W
5.89
5.79
5.28
4.59
4.09
3.75
3.83
4.26
4.79
5.32
5.38
5.61
4.88
Brazil
Sao Paulo
23'33" S
46'39" W
5.44
5.05
4.75
4.21
3.47
3.36
3.54
4.19
4.25
5.09
5.73
5.38
4.54
Chile
Iquique
20'13" S
70'10" W
7.42
7.34
6.19
4.70
3.45
2.78
3.04
3.39
4.53
5.37
6.36
7.40
5.16
Chile
Osorno
40'35" S
73'14" W
6.78
6.02
4.34
2.93
1.91
1.43
1.69
2.48
3.50
4.95
6.47
6.98
4.12
Chile
Santiago
33'27" S
70'42" W
7.55
6.56
5.13
3.83
2.59
2.22
2.38
3.09
4.08
5.64
6.84
7.82
4.81
Chile
Valparaiso
33'01" S
71'38" W
7.55
6.56
5.13
3.83
2.59
2.22
2.38
3.09
4.08
5.64
6.84
7.82
4.81
Columbia
Bogota
04'36" N
74'05" W
4.50
4.48
4.67
4.46
4.45
4.63
4.71
4.70
4.80
4.28
4.24
4.32
4.52
Columbia
Cali
03'27" N
76'30" W
3.63
3.90
4.09
3.89
3.76
3.71
4.05
3.93
3.89
3.52
3.49
3.44
3.78
Columbia
Cartagena
10'25" N
75'32" W
5.74
6.18
6.54
6.30
5.62
5.56
5.66
5.72
5.35
4.72
4.90
5.30
5.63
Columbia
Medellin
06'14" N
75'34" W
3.95
4.22
4.38
3.95
4.01
4.36
4.67
4.51
4.37
3.82
3.78
3.86
4.16
Ecuador
Guayaquil
02'13" S
79'54" W
6.07
6.01
6.31
6.31
5.83
4.88
4.50
4.50
4.95
4.69
5.29
5.93
5.44
Ecuador
Quito
00'14" S
78'30" W
3.57
3.56
3.71
3.71
3.73
3.81
3.85
3.88
3.89
3.79
3.85
3.68
3.75
French Guiana
Cayenne
04'56" N
52'27" W
3.91
4.34
4.55
4.66
4.04
4.25
4.96
5.40
5.81
5.51
4.91
4.29
4.72
Guyana
Georgetown
06'50" N
58'12" W
4.12
4.57
4.98
5.09
4.49
4.32
4.65
4.90
5.15
4.88
4.42
4.01
4.63
Peru
Arequipa
16'25" S
71'32" W
4.95
5.26
4.88
4.90
4.80
4.53
4.78
5.16
5.70
5.84
5.96
5.54
5.19
Peru
Cusco
13'30" S
71'58" W
4.19
4.43
4.23
3.99
3.74
3.56
4.01
4.29
4.55
4.72
4.67
4.50
4.24
Peru
Lima
12'03" S
77'02" W
7.27
7.52
7.25
6.28
4.78
3.34
3.17
3.39
4.33
5.11
6.02
6.85
5.44
Paraguay
Asuncion
25'20" S
57'31" W
6.10
5.77
4.98
3.84
3.48
2.76
3.09
3.97
4.49
5.26
6.22
6.26
4.69
Suriname
Paramaribo
05'49" N
55'09" W
4.13
4.63
5.07
5.08
4.78
4.78
5.12
5.42
5.87
5.61
4.97
4.47
4.99
Venezuela
Caracas
10'30" N
66'54" W
5.14
5.82
6.11
5.94
5.76
5.63
5.77
5.77
5.72
5.56
5.01
4.84
5.59
Venezuela
Maracaibo
10'39" N
71'36" W
4.71
5.09
5.42
5.22
5.12
5.28
5.49
5.31
5.20
4.68
4.55
4.51
5.05
Venezuela
Valencia
10'09" N
68'00" W
5.75
6.68
7.17
7.28
6.48
5.11
5.92
6.26
6.26
6.13
5.76
5.41
6.18
Data courtesy of: NASA - Surface meteorology and Solar Energy Data Set
Reference:
Whitlock, C. E., et al., Release 3 NASA Surface Meteorology and Solar Energy Data Set for Renewable Energy Industry Use.
Rise & Shine 2000, the 26th Annual Conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc. and Solar, Oct. 21-24, 2000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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