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Sun on a roof in San Benito.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in San Benito at 1,532 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.0 km away. A modeled estimate for a standard setup, not a measurement of any roof.
A year on one roof.
Scroll from January to December: the noon sun over San Benito climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 152, weakest 100: a ratio of 1.52.
How San Benito comparesderived from the figures above
Where San Benito sits.
San Benito ranks 48th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 70th percentile. Its 1,532 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, January, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.1% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.4% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Harlingen, 9 km northwest: 1,530 kWh per kW, 2 less than San Benito.
- Brownsville, 24 km southeast: 1,517 kWh per kW, 15 less than San Benito.
- Weslaco, 35 km west: 1,540 kWh per kW, 8 more than San Benito.
- Alamo, 48 km west: 1,540 kWh per kW, 8 more than San Benito.
- San Juan, 51 km west: 1,557 kWh per kW, 25 more than San Benito.
- Pharr, 55 km west: 1,547 kWh per kW, 15 more than San Benito.
- Edinburg, 55 km northwest: 1,575 kWh per kW, 43 more than San Benito.
- McAllen, 62 km west: 1,575 kWh per kW, 43 more than San Benito.
- Alton, 69 km west: 1,570 kWh per kW, 38 more than San Benito.
Against San Antonio
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is San Antonio, 380 km to the north, at 1,505 kWh per kW. San Benito models 27 kWh per kW (1.8%) above it. San Benito lies 3.33 degrees of latitude south of San Antonio, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its higher modeled output. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (2.0 km and 2.2 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Houston, 463 km northeast, where the same model gives 1,422 kWh per kW, so San Benito runs 110 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, San Benito runs at least 2% higher in February, March, October, November, December. It runs at least 2% lower in April, September.
Electricity in Cameron CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
EIA lists AEP Texas Central in this county. Where San Benito is on AEP Texas Central's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of San Benito may instead be served by a co-op or utility listed below, which sets its own rates; check your bill. For scale only, the median 2025 average price across the 60 Texas retail providers on this site is 15.32¢ per kWh, which would put the modeled 1,532 kWh at $235 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.
Also listed in the county
- Magic Valley Electric Coop Inc: 10.51¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 129,596 residential customers across 6 counties.
- Brownsville Public Utilities Board: 11.22¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 48,500 residential customers across 1 county.
- AEP Texas Central Company: 5.91¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 793,896 residential customers across 44 counties.
These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of San Benito. They are the largest bundled providers, and the largest delivery-only one, whose EIA service territory lists the county. A county can list several, and which one serves a street depends on the address, so check your bill.
Modeled estimateruns in your browser
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the San Benito model to another array size, take off extra losses for shade or dirt, and price the energy at any rate. It is arithmetic on the PVWatts output above, nothing more: not a quote, not a savings estimate and not advice.
Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.47¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $237 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 680901
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 102.5 |
| February | 109.3 |
| March | 128.7 |
| April | 126.3 |
| May | 143.6 |
| June | 144.3 |
| July | 152.5 |
| August | 148.9 |
| September | 128.8 |
| October | 135.3 |
| November | 111.9 |
| December | 100.0 |
| Year | 1,532 |
Model assumptions
- System size
- 1 kWDC, results scale per kW
- Mount
- fixed roof mount
- Tilt
- 20°
- Azimuth
- 180°due south
- Modules
- standard
- System losses
- 14%
Location 26.13, -97.64 (San Benito, population 24,712). Weather: typical-year data from station 680901, 2.0 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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