🇪🇸 Melilla, Spain (North Africa)
standard travel
- Totality duration
- 4m 33s
- Source: Computed from NASA GSFC Besselian elements (VSOP87/ELP2000-85, ΔT 71.7s); validated against timeanddate.com and published path tables, agreement ≤5s — see /methodology
- August cloud
- ≈39%
- Source: Eclipsophile (Jay Anderson), TSE 2027 climatology
- Totality window (UT)
- 08:48:10 → 08:52:43
- Maximum 08:50:27 UT. Computed for the city point — position on the centreline side gains seconds.
- Sun altitude at maximum
- 41°
- Computed. Above ~20° terrain rarely matters; this is a comfortable sky position.
- Trip effort — 2 / 5 how this is scored
- Visa: 1 — Spanish territory, Schengen rules Flights: 3 — small airport, mainland props; ferries from Málaga/Almería/Motril Ground: 2 — compact city Infrastructure: 2 — limited but Spanish-standard
Sky: Sunshine averages 61% of the maximum possible in August — the Mediterranean marine-cloud problem in numbers.
Getting there: Melilla (MLN). Flights from mainland Spain; ferry from Málaga/Almería.
Staying: A handful of city hotels; ferries and flights need the same early booking as the room. Chain booking calendars typically open about a year out, so August 2027 dates are now live at major brands; independents open later.
Visa: Schengen (Spanish territory).
Verdict: On paper convenient, in climatology the weakest Spanish-jurisdiction option on the path.
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