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Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Sanlúcar de Barrameda?

Monday 2 August 2027 · Sanlúcar de Barrameda

So close

Sanlúcar de Barrameda is just outside the path: 99.9% of the Sun is covered at 10:46, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 4 km to the south.

74%chance of a clear view at 10:46, from 20+ years of weather records
99.9%of the Sun covered
10:46most covered (CEST)
37°Sun height, east
4 kmto totality (south)
Make it a trip to RotaRota is 20 km away and gets 2 min 15 s of totality.
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When to look

Local time in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (CEST).

  1. 09:40:49StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
  2. 10:46:50Most covered99.9% of the Sun
  3. 11:59:25EndsThe Sun is whole again
Missed by about 4 km. The edge of the path runs just south of Sanlúcar de Barrameda. The exact line is uncertain by up to a kilometre, so don't gamble on the outskirts: go at least 10 km into the path, where totality lasts long enough to enjoy.
Gold band: the path of totality. Dashed line: the centre of the path, where totality lasts longest.

Will the Sun be clear at 10:46?

Good odds of a clear view. Around 10:46 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Sanlúcar de Barrameda is on average 74% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Jerez airport, 26 km away, reported 79% in 463 weather reports (2006–2025).

2 August around 10:46, 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 (up to 2/8 cloud)some cloudcloudy (6/8 or more)no report

Clear or nearly clear in 10 of 15 years on the day itself (Jerez 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.

Where to go for totality

The best bets within 400 km of Sanlúcar de Barrameda: totality length and how often the sky was clear.

Tarifa

4m 39s
of totality · Spain 65% chance of a clear view · 110 km away

Zahara de los Atunes

4m 24s
of totality · Spain 67% chance of a clear view · 85 km away

Barbate

4m 16s
of totality · Spain 69% chance of a clear view · 75 km away

Algeciras

4m 27s
of totality · Spain 65% chance of a clear view · 105 km away

Staying in Rota

Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Rota has 2 min 15 s of totality and a 73% clear record.

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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.

Sanlúcar de Barrameda eclipse: questions

It starts at 09:40 and ends at 11:59 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 10:46.

No. Sanlúcar de Barrameda sees a partial eclipse with 99.9% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 4 km to the south; Rota (20 km) gets 2 min 15 s.

Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:46 in late July and early August, the sky over Sanlúcar de Barrameda is on average 74% free of cloud, so roughly a 74% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Jerez airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 26 km away.

The Sun will be 37° 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%.

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