Where to see totality from a Spanish city
Spain’s rare sunset total solar eclipse will cross several major cities — but low horizons, cloud odds and exact location will make all the difference.
Spain will become the center of the eclipse-chasing world on Aug. 12, 2026, when a rare total solar eclipse crosses the country shortly before sunset. But while Spain’s biggest cities will be packed with visitors, not all are equally well placed. Madrid’s city center, for example, will see a tantalizing 99.96% partial eclipse — dramatic-sounding to some, perhaps, but not totality.
However, there are plenty of Spanish cities from which to experience the event, from A Coruña and Gijón on the north coast to Valladolid, Palencia, León, Burgos, Logroño and Zaragoza inland. Our latest article explains why sight lines will matter so much: the eclipsed sun will sit very low in the west-northwest, making beaches, riverbanks, hilltop viewpoints and open parks especially valuable.
The article includes local timings, totality durations, sun heights, cloud statistics and suggested viewpoints, including Zaragoza’s Puente de Piedra, Bilbao’s Artxanda Viewpoint, Valladolid’s Parque Urbano de las Contiendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes, just north of Madrid.
To read more, visit Space.com for the entire article.
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