Will I see the eclipse from where I’m staying?
On 12 August 2026 a total solar eclipse will cross Spain from Galicia to the Balearic Islands — the first visible from the mainland since 1905. Type the name of any Spanish municipality (your hotel’s town, your campsite, your village) and we’ll tell you whether the eclipse is total or partial there, the exact local time of maximum and how long totality lasts.
Tip: type the Spanish place name (e.g. “Burgos”, “Oviedo”, “Palma”). The result card is currently shown in Spanish — the numbers need no translation: total = total, parcial = partial, máximo = maximum.
How to read your result
Total or partial?
Of Spain’s 8,217 municipalities, 4,134 lie inside the path of totality. Only there does the Moon cover the Sun completely and night falls for a few moments; everywhere else the eclipse is partial — though above 95% across most of the country.
The Sun will be very low
Totality arrives between 20:27 and 20:33 (mainland local time), almost at sunset, with the Sun only a few degrees high. Choose a spot with a clear west-northwest horizon: no mountains, buildings or haze blocking the Sun.
All times are local
Every time on this site is local: mainland Spain and the Balearics (CEST, UTC+2) or the Canary Islands (WEST, UTC+1), depending on the municipality. No conversion needed.
Protect your eyes
During the partial phases, look at the Sun only through certified eclipse glasses (EN ISO 12312-2 with a CE mark). How to verify yours in our glasses guide and in the official guidance at eclipses.ign.es.
The gear, sorted
Only one thing is essential: EN ISO 12312-2 certified glasses for the partial phases. Everything else (a phone filter, a solar-filtered telescope) is optional and multiplies the experience. Affiliate links with data verified on the date shown; the price you pay never changes.
Where this data comes from
The eclipse circumstances (times, percentage of the Sun covered, totality duration and Sun altitude) are computed for each of the 8,217 municipalities using the JPL DE440s ephemerides (NASA) and cross-checked against the official data of Spain’s National Geographic Institute, published at eclipses.ign.es.