The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse in Villar de Fallaves (Zamora)
Zamora
Within the path of totalityWithin a seven-kilometre radius of Villar de Fallaves there were five municipalities inside the band, and five seconds of totality separated the best from the worst. Villamayor de Campos lies 2.8 kilometres away on 1m 25s; Castroverde de Campos, at 6.8, holds the provincial maximum of 1m 29s; Quintanilla del Olmo, at 6.4, had 1m 24s. Villar de Fallaves, on 1m 27s, took third place in the Zamora index with 78.3 points. That is the texture of the eclipse in Tierra de Campos: a district where moving twenty kilometres barely altered the outcome, and where hunting for a vantage point was therefore unnecessary. At 696 metres, the lowest elevation of the five, it also records the lowest share of years with measurable rain on that date among them, 20 %, alongside 55.4 % of clear days. Both figures come from the same three-decade average, between 1996 and 2025. It came sixth in the province for duration.
Official timings (IGN)
| Moment | Time (CEST) |
|---|---|
| Eclipse begins (C1) | 19:33:53 |
| Totality begins (C2) | 20:29:28 |
| Eclipse maximum | 20:30:12 |
| Totality ends (C3) | 20:30:55 |
| Eclipse ends (C4) | 21:22:56 |
| Duration of totality | 1m 27s |
| Magnitude | 1.03 |
| Sun altitude | 9° |
| Sun azimuth | 282° |
Score for this municipality: 78/100
score = 100·(0.40·duration_norm + 0.30·horizon + 0.30·weather). Duration normalized over 110s (maximum in Spain); horizon margin over 2° (solar radius + safety margin).
Historical climate (1996-2025)
- Clear days (30-year average)
- 55.4%
- Average cloud cover
- 30.3%
- Average high temperature
- 29.9°C
- Average low temperature
- 16.3°C
- Years with rain
- 20%
- Altitude
- 696 m
30-year statistical estimate (1996-2025) for 12 August, not a weather forecast for the event.
Nearby towns within totality
- Villamayor de Campos20:30:14 · 1m 25s
- Barcial de la Loma20:30:08 · 1m 30s
- Santa Eufemia del Arroyo20:30:14 · 1m 27s
- Quintanilla del Olmo20:30:14 · 1m 24s
- Castroverde de Campos20:30:07 · 1m 29s
- Quintanilla del Monte20:30:17 · 1m 24s
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