Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Mojácar?
So close
Mojácar is just outside the path: 99% of the Sun is covered at 10:52, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 35 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Mojácar (CEST).
- 09:44:12StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:52:18Most covered99% of the Sun
- 12:06:47EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 10:52?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 10:52 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Mojácar is on average 71% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks.
2 August around 10:52, 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 71% 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.
Where to go for totality
The best bets within 400 km of Mojácar: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Oran
5m 08sTarifa
4m 39sZahara de los Atunes
4m 24sBarbate
4m 16sStaying in San José (Cabo de Gata)
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. San José (Cabo de Gata) has 1 min 34 s of totality and a 72% 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.
Mojácar eclipse: questions
It starts at 09:44 and ends at 12:06 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 10:52.
No. Mojácar sees a partial eclipse with 99% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 35 km to the south; San José (Cabo de Gata) (45 km) gets 1 min 34 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:52 in late July and early August, the sky over Mojácar is on average 71% free of cloud, so roughly a 71% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That is NASA satellite-based cloud data corrected with nearby airports' weather reports.
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. In a partial eclipse you need them the whole time, even at 99%.