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Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Roquetas de Mar?

Monday 2 August 2027 · Roquetas de Mar

Yes, totality

The Moon covers the Sun completely for 1 min 36 s, from 10:50:27 to 10:52:03 local time. The Sun will be 41° up in the east.

72%chance of a clear view at 10:51, from 20+ years of weather records
1 min 36 sof totality
10:50totality starts (CEST)
41°Sun height, east
Near edgeof the path
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Minute by minute

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

  1. 09:43:23StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
  2. 10:50:27TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
  3. 10:51:15Mid-totality
  4. 10:52:03Totality endsGlasses back on
  5. 12:05:35EndsThe Sun is whole again
Close to the edge. Roquetas de Mar is only about 6 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 10:51?

Good odds of a clear view. Around 10:51 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Roquetas de Mar is on average 72% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Almería airport, 24 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 (up to 2/8 cloud)some cloudcloudy (6/8 or more)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.

Longer or clearer nearby

Towns within 160 km of Roquetas de Mar with longer totality or a clearer record.

Almerimar

2m 19s
of totality · Spain 73% chance of a clear view · 20 km away

Staying in Roquetas de Mar

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.

Roquetas de Mar eclipse: questions

It starts at 09:43 and ends at 12:05 local time (CEST). Totality runs from 10:50:27 to 10:52:03.

1 min 36 s. Roquetas de Mar is near the edge of the path; Almerimar (20 km) gets 2 min 19 s.

Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:51 in late July and early August, the sky over Roquetas de Mar 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), 24 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. During the 1 min 36 s of totality you can look without them.

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