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Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Nerja?

Monday 2 August 2027 · Nerja

Yes, totality

The Moon covers the Sun completely for 1 min 42 s, from 10:48:50 to 10:50:33 local time. The Sun will be 40° up in the east.

74%chance of a clear view at 10:49, from 20+ years of weather records
1 min 42 sof totality
10:48totality starts (CEST)
40°Sun height, east
Near edgeof the path
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Minute by minute

Local time in Nerja (CEST). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.

  1. 09:42:27StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
  2. 10:48:50TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
  3. 10:49:41Mid-totality
  4. 10:50:33Totality endsGlasses back on
  5. 12:03:28EndsThe Sun is whole again
Close to the edge. Nerja is only about 7 km inside the path. Right at the edge, the mountains and valleys on the Moon's rim move the real line by up to a kilometre or so, and totality gets short fast. For the full show, go a few kilometres towards the dashed centre line on the map.
Gold band: the path of totality. Dashed line: the centre of the path, where totality lasts longest.

Will the Sun be clear at 10:49?

Good odds of a clear view. Around 10:49 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Nerja is on average 74% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks.

2 August around 10:49, 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 (up to 2/8 cloud)some cloudcloudy (6/8 or more)no report

Clear or nearly clear in 13 of 17 years on the day itself (Granada airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 74% 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 Nerja with longer totality or a clearer record.

Algeciras

4m 27s
of totality · Spain 65% chance of a clear view · 155 km away

Gibraltar

4m 27s
of totality · Gibraltar 64% chance of a clear view · 150 km away

La Línea de la Concepción

4m 24s
of totality · Spain 64% chance of a clear view · 145 km away

Sotogrande

4m 06s
of totality · Spain 66% chance of a clear view · 135 km away

Staying in Nerja

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.

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Keep your eyes safe

Before and after totality

Look at the Sun only through eclipse glasses or a solar viewer made to ISO 12312-2. Sunglasses are not enough, even at 99%.

During totality

Once the last bead of sunlight disappears, take the glasses off and look. Put them back on the moment the Sun's edge reappears.

Cameras and binoculars

Never point binoculars, a telescope or a camera lens at the partial Sun without a solar filter on the front.

Nerja eclipse: questions

It starts at 09:42 and ends at 12:03 local time (CEST). Totality runs from 10:48:50 to 10:50:33.

1 min 42 s. Nerja is near the edge of the path; Algeciras (155 km) gets 4 min 27 s.

Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:49 in late July and early August, the sky over Nerja is on average 74% free of cloud, so roughly a 74% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That is NASA satellite-based cloud data corrected with nearby airports' weather reports.

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. During the 1 min 42 s of totality you can look without them.

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