Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in San José (Cabo de Gata)?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 1 min 34 s, from 10:51:06 to 10:52:40 local time. The Sun will be 42° up in the east.
Minute by minute
Local time in San José (Cabo de Gata) (CEST). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 09:43:47StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:51:06TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 10:51:53Mid-totality
- 10:52:40Totality endsGlasses back on
- 12:06:27EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 10:51?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 10:51 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over San José (Cabo de Gata) is on average 72% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Almería airport, 25 km away, reported 72% in 615 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 10:51, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: some cloud
- 122012: cloudy
- 132013: cloudy
- 142014: clear
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 172017: cloudy
- 182018: clear
- 192019: clear
- 202020: clear
- 212021: some cloud
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: clear
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 12 of 17 years on the day itself (Almería airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 72% above averages every day from 21 July to 14 August. How: NASA POWER hourly cloud data (2001–2025), corrected to match the weather reports of the 66 airports we checked (NOAA ISD, 2006–2025); NASA alone was up to 20 points too sunny along the Strait of Gibraltar. A real forecast exists about a week before: we'll add it here.
Longer or clearer nearby
Towns within 160 km of San José (Cabo de Gata) with longer totality or a clearer record.
Staying in San José (Cabo de Gata)
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. If clouds threaten, a car lets you move along the path.
Keep your eyes safe
Look at the Sun only through eclipse glasses or a solar viewer made to ISO 12312-2. Sunglasses are not enough, even at 99%.
Once the last bead of sunlight disappears, take the glasses off and look. Put them back on the moment the Sun's edge reappears.
Never point binoculars, a telescope or a camera lens at the partial Sun without a solar filter on the front.
San José (Cabo de Gata) eclipse: questions
It starts at 09:43 and ends at 12:06 local time (CEST). Totality runs from 10:51:06 to 10:52:40.
1 min 34 s. San José (Cabo de Gata) is near the edge of the path; Almerimar (60 km) gets 2 min 19 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:51 in late July and early August, the sky over San José (Cabo de Gata) is on average 72% free of cloud, so roughly a 72% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Almería airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 25 km away.
The Sun will be 42° above the horizon in the east, so pick a spot with an open view that way: a beach, a rooftop terrace or a hill. At that height buildings rarely get in the way.
Yes, for everything except totality itself. Use glasses or viewers made to ISO 12312-2. During the 1 min 34 s of totality you can look without them.