The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Araba/Álava)

Thirty-six kilometres north of Baños de Ebro, Vitoria-Gasteiz paid for that displacement twice. In duration, 63 seconds against 83: twenty fewer, 31st of the 51 Álava municipalities. In sky, 20.9 per cent of historically open sky against the 39.7 per cent recorded at Lapuebla de Labarca, practically half the statistical chance, with a rain indicator of 44.4 per cent where the Rioja Alavesa sits at 29.

The Llanada and the Ebro valley are two different climates, and the model, which uses elevation and distance to the coast, separates them clearly: 520 metres here, 441 on the riverbank. The horizon, by contrast, was not the problem, with 1.7 degrees of ground interposed and the Sun at 8. The outcome was 59.2 index points and 30th place in the province for one of the few capitals that did see the disc completely covered, between 20:27:38 and 20:28:41. To gauge what terrain can do in this province: Aramaio, 23 kilometres to the north-east, is the only Álava municipality the model assigns 0 degrees of margin and treats as blocked.