Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Madrid?
Partly
86% of the Sun is covered at 10:51 local time. A partial eclipse: worth a look through eclipse glasses, but the day stays bright. Totality is 400 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Madrid (CEST).
- 09:45:26StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:51:12Most covered86% of the Sun
- 12:02:41EndsThe 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 Madrid is on average 83% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Madrid airport, 14 km away, reported 83% in 1,184 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 10:51, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: cloudy
- 102010: clear
- 112011: some cloud
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: some cloud
- 152015: some cloud
- 162016: clear
- 172017: clear
- 182018: clear
- 192019: clear
- 202020: no report
- 212021: clear
- 222022: some cloud
- 232023: no report
- 242024: no report
- 252025: clear
Clear or nearly clear in 12 of 17 years on the day itself (Madrid airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 83% 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.
Staying in Nerja
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Nerja has 1 min 42 s of totality and a 74% clear record.
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.
Madrid eclipse: questions
It starts at 09:45 and ends at 12:02 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 10:51.
No. Madrid sees a partial eclipse with 86% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 400 km to the south; Nerja (410 km) gets 1 min 42 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:51 in late July and early August, the sky over Madrid is on average 83% free of cloud, so roughly a 83% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Madrid airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 14 km away.
The Sun will be 40° 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. In a partial eclipse you need them the whole time, even at 99%.