Total Solar Eclipse 2027 El Puerto de Santa María: 2 min 28 s of Totality

El Puerto de Santa María is in the path of totality on 2 August 2027: 2 min 28 s of totality from 10:45. All times, the sun's altitude and tips for watching.

The eclipse in El Puerto de Santa María

• El Puerto de Santa María lies in the moon's full shadow: 2 min 28 s of totality from 10:45 – the sky turns twilight-dark and stars and planets appear.
• Start: 09:40 · Maximum: 10:46 · End: 11:59
• Coverage: 100 % · Totality: 2 min 28 s · Sun's altitude: 37°

The eclipse in El Puerto de Santa María in detail

• At 09:40 the moon touches the edge of the sun. For 1 h 5 min it slides across until the sun disappears completely at 10:45. Totality lasts 2 min 28 s; at 10:48 the first ray of sunlight flashes back, and at 11:59 the eclipse is over.
• The sun rises at 07:31 that day and stands 37° high at the maximum at 10:46, toward the east (95°) – high enough that buildings and trees rarely get in the way.
• El Puerto de Santa María lies 17 km inside the northern limit of the path of totality. The central line runs 103 km further south; totality lasts 4 min 50 s there, 2 min 22 s longer than here.
• Three eclipses in eighteen months: on 12 August 2026 93 % covered, at sunset, on 2 August 2027 total (2 min 28 s) and on 26 January 2028 annular (6 min 45 s), shortly before sunset.

The eclipse around El Puerto de Santa María

• Cadiz: total, 2 min 54 s (9 km)
• San Fernando: total, 3 min 12 s (13 km)
• Jerez de la Frontera: total, 1 min 37 s (13 km)
• Chiclana de la Frontera: total, 3 min 29 s (21 km)
• Sanlúcar de Barrameda: 99 % (23 km)

• Cadiz
• San Fernando
• Jerez de la Frontera
• Chiclana de la Frontera

Where the sun disappears completely

• Cadiz (Spain): 2 min 54 s, 10:45
• Jerez de la Frontera (Spain): 1 min 37 s, 10:46
• Tarifa (Spain): 4 min 39 s, 10:45
• Algeciras (Spain): 4 min 27 s, 10:45
• Gibraltar (Gibraltar): 4 min 27 s, 10:45
• Marbella (Spain): 3 min 17 s, 10:46
• Malaga (Spain): 1 min 50 s, 10:48
• Tangier (Morocco): 4 min 51 s, 08:44
• Ceuta (Spain): 4 min 48 s, 10:45
• Tétouan (Morocco): 4 min 51 s, 08:45
• Melilla (Spain): 4 min 34 s, 10:48
• Oran (Algeria): 5 min 08 s, 09:51
• Sfax (Tunisia): 5 min 39 s, 10:08
• Benghazi (Libya): 6 min 09 s, 11:27
• Sohag (Egypt): 6 min 22 s, 12:58
• Luxor (Egypt): 6 min 21 s, 13:02
• Jeddah (Saudi Arabia): 5 min 58 s, 13:22
• Mecca (Saudi Arabia): 5 min 04 s, 13:24
• Abha (Saudi Arabia): 6 min 03 s, 13:34
• Sanaa (Yemen): 2 min 26 s, 13:44

• Cadiz
• Jerez de la Frontera
• Tarifa
• Algeciras
• Gibraltar
• Marbella
• Malaga
• Tangier
• Ceuta
• Tétouan
• Melilla
• Oran
• Sfax
• Benghazi
• Sohag
• Luxor
• Jeddah
• Abha
• Sanaa

How much of the sun disappears elsewhere

• Seville: 98 % · Maximum 10:47
• Granada: 99 % · Maximum 10:50
• Madrid: 86 % · Maximum 10:51
• Lisbon: 93 % · Maximum 09:44
• Valencia: 90 % · Maximum 10:54
• Barcelona: 82 % · Maximum 10:58
• Rome: 75 % · Maximum 11:12
• Milan: 62 % · Maximum 11:08
• Athens: 78 % · Maximum 12:32
• Paris: 51 % · Maximum 11:01
• Zurich: 55 % · Maximum 11:07
• Munich: 50 % · Maximum 11:11
• Vienna: 47 % · Maximum 11:17
• Frankfurt: 45 % · Maximum 11:08
• Brussels: 43 % · Maximum 11:04
• London: 42 % · Maximum 10:00
• Amsterdam: 38 % · Maximum 11:05
• Berlin: 34 % · Maximum 11:13
• Hamburg: 32 % · Maximum 11:10
• Warsaw: 30 % · Maximum 11:22
• Cairo: 95 % · Maximum 12:55
• Istanbul: 59 % · Maximum 12:39

Weather and travel

• In August the sky over Egypt and Saudi Arabia is almost always cloudless – the best odds anywhere on the path. Southern Spain is mostly sunny in August too, but at the Strait of Gibraltar the easterly Levante wind can bring haze and low cloud. Rooms in the path of totality are already in high demand – book early.

Watch it safely

• Eclipse glasses: Only certified eclipse glasses (ISO 12312-2) protect your eyes – sunglasses do not.
• No optics without a filter: Never look through a camera, binoculars or telescope without a proper solar filter in front of the lens.
• Glasses off only in totality: Only while the sun is completely covered may you look without a filter. As soon as the first bright edge returns, glasses back on.
• Pinhole projection: A hole in a piece of card projects small crescent suns onto the ground – safe for children, too.

• When is the 2027 solar eclipse? On Monday, 2 August 2027. In southern Spain it begins at about 09:40, totality follows at about 10:45 (local time); in Luxor the maximum is at about 13:05 local time.
• Where is the 2027 eclipse total? In a band up to about 258 km wide from the Strait of Gibraltar across North Africa, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to Yemen and Somalia – including Cádiz, Málaga, Tarifa, Tangier, Luxor and Jeddah.
• How long does totality last? Up to 6 min 23 s near Luxor – the longest totality over land until 2114. Tarifa gets 4 min 39 s, Málaga 1 min 50 s.
• Can the eclipse be seen in El Puerto de Santa María? El Puerto de Santa María lies in the moon's full shadow: 2 min 28 s of totality from 10:45 – the sky turns twilight-dark and stars and planets appear.
• Which glasses do I need? Eclipse glasses to ISO 12312-2 – ordinary sunglasses do not protect you. Only during totality itself may you look without a filter; as soon as an edge of the sun reappears, put the glasses back on.