🇪🇸 Tarifa, Spain
standard travel
- Totality duration
- 4m 39s
- 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
- ≈26%
- Source: Eclipsophile (Jay Anderson), TSE 2027 climatology
- Totality window (UT)
- 08:45:05 → 08:49:43
- Maximum 08:47:24 UT. Computed for the city point — position on the centreline side gains seconds.
- Sun altitude at maximum
- 38.1°
- Computed. Above ~20° terrain rarely matters; this is a comfortable sky position.
- Trip effort — 2 / 5 how this is scored
- Visa: 1 — Schengen; visa-free for EU/US/UK Flights: 2 — Gibraltar/Jerez are small; Málaga 160 km Ground: 2 — one coastal road, heavy in summer Infrastructure: 2 — small town, kitesurf-season demand
Sky: Sites around the strait (Tarifa, Atlanterra, Barbate) averaged a 74% sun-visible frequency — worse than Cádiz because of strait cloud and the levante wind.
Getting there: Gibraltar (GIB) ~45 km; Jerez (XRY) ~100 km. Coastal road from Algeciras; summer traffic is heavy.
Staying: Small old town plus kitesurf lodgings along Los Lances; Algeciras and La Línea are the realistic overflow. The smallest room stock on the Spanish list — earliest to sell out. Chain booking calendars typically open about a year out, so August 2027 dates are now live at major brands; independents open later.
Visa: Schengen. Visa-free for EU/US/UK and many others.
Verdict: Closer to the centreline than Cádiz and it shows: 4m 39s against Cádiz's 2m 54s, at the price of slightly worse strait-cloud odds and the smallest room stock on this coast.
The southern Spain deep-dive → Twelve computed positions along this coast, the Levante rule, the Rock's shadow geometry, parking realities.
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