Solar Eclipse 2027 in Seville

A deep partial eclipse, with totality an hour to the south

Partial eclipse: 98.35% of the sun covered

There is no totality here. Maximum eclipse is at 10:47:33 (Spanish mainland time, CEST), with the sun 38° above the horizon. The partial phases run from 09:41 to 11:59.

Seville is outside the path of totality on 2 August 2027. The city sees 98.35% of the sun covered at maximum, which is a striking partial eclipse and not a total one. The northern limit of the path runs roughly through the latitude of Jerez, about eighty kilometres to the south.

That eighty kilometres is an hour on the AP-4 motorway or an hour and a quarter on the train, which makes Seville one of the most convenient bases for this eclipse even though the city itself misses it.

Where to go on the morning

Jerez is an hour away and gets 1 minute 37 seconds. Cádiz is an hour and a half and gets 2 minutes 54 seconds. Conil and Vejer are about two hours and get over four minutes. All three are on or near the train line, which matters more than usual on a day when the roads will be jammed.

Why Seville is still a good base

  • Airport: Seville has far more flights than Jerez, and much more capacity than any airport actually inside the path in this part of Spain.
  • Trains: direct services to Jerez, El Puerto de Santa María and Cádiz, all inside the path, running through the morning.
  • Beds: tens of thousands of rooms, against a few thousand in the small towns of the path.
  • Price: early August is low season in Seville because of the heat, so rates are often lower than on the coast.

The catch is the heat. Seville in early August regularly passes 40 degrees. If you are staying here, plan your day around it.

If you cannot leave the city

Maximum eclipse in Seville is at 10:47:33, with the sun 38 degrees above the horizon towards the east south east. Partial phases run from about 09:40 to 12:00.

At 98.35% the sky will dim and take on a strange flat quality, shadows will sharpen, and the temperature will drop several degrees. The corona will not appear and the sky will not go dark. Eclipse glasses must stay on throughout. There is no moment during a partial eclipse when it is safe to look at the sun with the naked eye.

Where to watch in Seville

  • Plaza de Espana and the Parque de Maria Luisa: open space, water and shade in the same place.
  • Setas de Sevilla: the walkway on top of the Metropol Parasol, above the rooftops, with an unobstructed sky.
  • Torre del Oro and the riverside: the Guadalquivir banks give you open sky and somewhere to sit.
  • Giralda: the cathedral tower, if you can get a slot for that morning.

Nearby

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