The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse in Maials (Lleida)

Maials came third in Lleida on 70 points with 1m 4s of totality, and its record hides a small anomaly worth flagging: it is the only one of the province's leading six whose mean cloud cover for the date exceeds 30 %, specifically 30.7 %, against Massalcoreig's 27 % or the 29 % of its immediate neighbours. It is not a dramatic difference, but in a ranking this compressed, where the top five fit inside 3.4 points, it explains why it went no further despite holding the province's third best duration. Geographically it acts as a hinge: Almatret lies nine kilometres to the south-west with seven seconds more, and Llardecans under six to the north-east with two fewer. From its 331 metres the horizon margin was 4.5 degrees. All the cloud values come from the 1996-2025 average for 12 August. Its total phase spanned 20:29:12 to 20:30:16, under a mean maximum of 32.4 degrees for the date.