Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Seville?
So close
Seville is just outside the path: 98% of the Sun is covered at 10:47, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 70 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Seville (CEST).
- 09:41:28StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:47:28Most covered98% of the Sun
- 11:59:56EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 10:47?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 10:47 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Seville is on average 82% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Seville airport, 9 km away, reported 81% in 497 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 10:47, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: cloudy
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: clear
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 172017: clear
- 182018: clear
- 192019: clear
- 202020: no report
- 212021: cloudy
- 222022: no report
- 232023: clear
- 242024: no report
- 252025: clear
Clear or nearly clear in 15 of 17 years on the day itself (Seville airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 82% 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 Seville: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Tarifa
4m 39sZahara de los Atunes
4m 24sBarbate
4m 16sAlgeciras
4m 27sStaying in Arcos de la Frontera
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Arcos de la Frontera has 45 s of totality and a 81% 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.
Seville eclipse: questions
It starts at 09:41 and ends at 11:59 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 10:47.
No. Seville sees a partial eclipse with 98% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 70 km to the south; Arcos de la Frontera (75 km) gets 45 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:47 in late July and early August, the sky over Seville is on average 82% free of cloud, so roughly a 82% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Seville airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 9 km away.
The Sun will be 38° 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%.