Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Alicante?
So close
Alicante is just outside the path: 95% of the Sun is covered at 10:54, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 170 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Alicante (CEST).
- 09:46:05StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:54:22Most covered95% of the Sun
- 12:08:39EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 10:54?
Better than even. Around 10:54 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Alicante is on average 62% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Alicante airport, 10 km away, reported 62% in 636 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 10:54, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: some cloud
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: clear
- 152015: cloudy
- 162016: some cloud
- 172017: cloudy
- 182018: clear
- 192019: cloudy
- 202020: clear
- 212021: cloudy
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: some cloud
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 10 of 17 years on the day itself (Alicante airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 62% 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 Alicante: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Oran
5m 08sSaïdia
4m 01sAlmerimar
2m 19sAlmuñécar
1m 53sStaying 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.
Alicante eclipse: questions
It starts at 09:46 and ends at 12:08 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 10:54.
No. Alicante sees a partial eclipse with 95% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 170 km to the south; San José (Cabo de Gata) (225 km) gets 1 min 34 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:54 in late July and early August, the sky over Alicante is on average 62% free of cloud, so roughly a 62% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Alicante airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 10 km away.
The Sun will be 43° 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%.