Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Medina-Sidonia?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 3 min 22 s, from 10:45:31 to 10:48:53 local time. The Sun will be 38° up in the east.
Minute by minute
Local time in Medina-Sidonia (CEST). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 09:40:53StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:45:31TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 10:47:11Mid-totality
- 10:48:53Totality endsGlasses back on
- 12:00:08EndsThe 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 Medina-Sidonia is on average 76% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Jerez airport, 34 km away, reported 79% in 463 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: some cloud
- 142014: some cloud
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 172017: no report
- 182018: no report
- 192019: clear
- 202020: no report
- 212021: some cloud
- 222022: no report
- 232023: some cloud
- 242024: clear
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 10 of 15 years on the day itself (Jerez airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 76% 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.
Longer or clearer nearby
Towns within 160 km of Medina-Sidonia with longer totality or a clearer record.
Tarifa
4m 39sZahara de los Atunes
4m 24sBarbate
4m 16sAlgeciras
4m 27sStaying in Medina-Sidonia
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. If clouds threaten, a car lets you move along the path.
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.
Medina-Sidonia eclipse: questions
It starts at 09:40 and ends at 12:00 local time (CEST). Totality runs from 10:45:31 to 10:48:53.
3 min 22 s. Medina-Sidonia is near the edge of the path; Tarifa (55 km) gets 4 min 39 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:47 in late July and early August, the sky over Medina-Sidonia is on average 76% free of cloud, so roughly a 76% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Jerez airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 34 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. During the 3 min 22 s of totality you can look without them.