The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse in Valsalobre (Cuenca)

Valsalobre tied the 91-second provincial maximum with Beteta and Cueva del Hierro, and lost the tiebreak on the horizon. The terrain model assigned it 5.1 degrees of clearance, between 1.3 and 1.7 less than its two rivals, and that was the difference that left it third in the index on 79.4 points. It is a nuance the model itself plays down, since it saturates the component at 2 degrees and treats anything beyond as sufficient, but on the ground a degree of horizon weighs heavily when the Sun is at 6.

It was also the first of the Cuenca entries here to enter totality, at 20:30:50, being the northernmost of the six, and closed at 20:32:21. It sits at 1,349 metres, where 12 August averages a high of 27.8 degrees and 54.2% of clear years in the 1996-2025 series. At 21:10:21 the horizon swallowed a Sun that was still incomplete. That percentage describes thirty Augusts of mountain climate and supports no claim about the sky on the evening itself.