Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Valencia?
So close
Valencia is just outside the path: 90% of the Sun is covered at 10:54, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 295 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Valencia (CEST).
- 09:47:02StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:54:47Most covered90% of the Sun
- 12:08:18EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 10:54?
Better than even. Around 10:54 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Valencia is on average 58% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Valencia airport, 9 km away, reported 58% in 692 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 10:54, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: cloudy
- 082008: cloudy
- 092009: clear
- 102010: cloudy
- 112011: cloudy
- 122012: cloudy
- 132013: some cloud
- 142014: some cloud
- 152015: clear
- 162016: some cloud
- 172017: cloudy
- 182018: clear
- 192019: clear
- 202020: some cloud
- 212021: some cloud
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: clear
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 6 of 17 years on the day itself (Valencia airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 58% 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 Valencia: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Almerimar
2m 19sAdra
1m 47sRoquetas de Mar
1m 36sSan José (Cabo de Gata)
1m 34sStaying in San José (Cabo de Gata)
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. San José (Cabo de Gata) has 1 min 34 s of totality and a 72% 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.
Valencia eclipse: questions
It starts at 09:47 and ends at 12:08 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 10:54.
No. Valencia sees a partial eclipse with 90% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 295 km to the south; San José (Cabo de Gata) (335 km) gets 1 min 34 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:54 in late July and early August, the sky over Valencia is on average 58% free of cloud, so roughly a 58% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Valencia airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 9 km away.
The Sun will be 43° 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%.