Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Almería?
So close
Almería is just outside the path: 99.9% of the Sun is covered at 10:51, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 1 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Almería (CEST).
- 09:43:32StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:51:27Most covered99.9% of the Sun
- 12:05:49EndsThe 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 Almería is on average 72% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Almería airport, 8 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.
Where to go for totality
The best bets within 400 km of Almería: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Oran
5m 08sTarifa
4m 39sZahara de los Atunes
4m 24sBarbate
4m 16sStaying in Roquetas de Mar
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Roquetas de Mar has 1 min 36 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.
Almería eclipse: questions
It starts at 09:43 and ends at 12:05 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 10:51.
No. Almería sees a partial eclipse with 99.9% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 1 km to the south; Roquetas de Mar (15 km) gets 1 min 36 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:51 in late July and early August, the sky over Almería 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), 8 km away.
The Sun will be 41° 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%.