Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Granada?
So close
Granada is just outside the path: 99% of the Sun is covered at 10:50, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 40 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Granada (CEST).
- 09:42:55StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:50:09Most covered99% of the Sun
- 12:03:50EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 10:50?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 10:50 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Granada is on average 83% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Granada airport, 16 km away, reported 84% in 509 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 10:50, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: some cloud
- 132013: some cloud
- 142014: clear
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 172017: some cloud
- 182018: clear
- 192019: clear
- 202020: no report
- 212021: cloudy
- 222022: no report
- 232023: clear
- 242024: no report
- 252025: clear
Clear or nearly clear in 13 of 17 years on the day itself (Granada 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.
Where to go for totality
The best bets within 400 km of Granada: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Oran
5m 08sTarifa
4m 39sZahara de los Atunes
4m 24sBarbate
4m 16sStaying in Motril
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Motril has 1 min 46 s of totality and a 75% 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.
Granada eclipse: questions
It starts at 09:42 and ends at 12:03 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 10:50.
No. Granada sees a partial eclipse with 99% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 40 km to the south; Motril (50 km) gets 1 min 46 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:50 in late July and early August, the sky over Granada is on average 83% free of cloud, so roughly a 83% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Granada airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 16 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%.