Solar panels on the Costa del Sol: yield, cost and payback

The Costa del Sol delivers 1,700 to 1,800 kWh per installed kWp per year, nearly double a northern European roof. A 5.4 kWp system produces around 9,000 kWh a year, cutting €150 to €200 off the monthly bill.

Our price is around €500 per installed panel (540–610 Wp) from ten panels, including inverter, mounting, VAT and legalisation, with a five to seven year payback. See our solar panels Málaga page.

## Where we work across Málaga province We work with our own crew from Coín, so the same schedule covers solar panel installations in Marbella, Estepona, Málaga city and Torremolinos, self-consumption in Vélez-Málaga and solar energy across the Axarquía, plus inland towns: Cártama, Coín, Alhaurín de la Torre and Alhaurín el Grande. On the coast we size for air conditioning and the pool; inland we always add outage backup with a [Deye hybrid inverter](/inversor-deye) or, on shaded roofs, [Huawei with optimisers](/inversores-huawei). ## Yield and payback in Málaga and Marbella The Costa del Sol gives 2,900–3,000 sunshine hours a year: 1,550 kWh per kWp in [Málaga city](/solar-malaga), up to 1,760 kWh on south-facing villas in [Marbella](/solar-marbella) and [Benahavís](/solar-benahavis). A 4.4 kWp townhouse system from EUR 4,950 pays back in five to six years; an 8 kWp villa system with battery in six to eight. Local prices, output per neighbourhood and three worked example quotes are on the [Marbella](/solar-marbella) and [Málaga](/solar-malaga) pages, or [ask for your own calculation](/contact).