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10 tips for planning your 2026 solar eclipse trip

July 4, 2024
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10 tips for planning your 2026 solar eclipse trip
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 Total solar eclipse over the Grand Tetons as seen from the Teton Valley in Idaho, near Driggs. This is from a 700-frame time-lapse and is of third contact just as the second diamond ring is starting and the dark shadow of the Moon is receding to the east at left. The sky is darker to the left but the foregound is beginning to light up as the sky to the west off camera to the right brightens and lights the scene. Jupiter is just above the Tetons at bottom.

A total solar eclipse will come to Siberia, Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal on Aug. 12, 2026.
(Image credit: Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images via Getty Images)

Are you ready for the next total solar eclipse? As soon as the April 2024, eclipse across North America was over, eclipse chasers turned their attention to planning for the next one, which will be on Aug. 12, 2026.  

It will be the first total solar eclipse visible from Europe since 2015 and the first in mainland Europe since 1999. However, only five countries will experience totality — when the moon’s shadow completely blocks the sun’s face — on Aug. 12, 2026. That day, the sun will rise totally eclipsed from a remote part of Siberia in Russia before the moon’s umbra moves across eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain, clipping a tiny part of northeastern Portugal. 

Related: 16 best places to see the 2026 total solar eclipse

The weather across the path of totality is helped by the time of the year, as August is the best month for clear skies across the region, although finding clear skies will still be a challenge. However, perhaps the most confusing aspect of this eclipse will be its height, at least for observers in Spain. You’ll need to calculate sight lines in advance, which wasn’t necessary for North America’s total solar eclipse. 

The prize, however, is the same: a totally eclipsed sun, for a maximum of 2 minutes, 18 seconds. Here are 10 top tips for planning your total solar eclipse experience in 2026.

1. Forget duration

diamond ring effect during total solar eclipse, black circle surrounded by a hazy white light with a distinct bright region looking like a diamond ring

Focus on this eclipse’s incredible phenomena, such as its two “diamond ring” moments, rather than on the duration of totality.  (Image credit: Edwin Remsberg via Getty Images)

Never judge a total solar eclipse by its maximum duration of totality. Although totality for the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse lasted over four minutes for some viewers, most total solar eclipses last two minutes or less. Moreover, the duration of totality is trivial. What’s spectacular is that totality happens at all — and how dramatic it is. Instead, think about where you’ll watch it from in the path of totality because the location does make a difference.

2. Fixate on the sky position.

Solar eclipse 2024 - Composite of the trail of total eclipse over the totality sunset

Eclipse chasers will need to pay attention to the height of the eclipsed sun above the horizon.  (Image credit: Mark Chivers via Getty Images)

At no point on Earth will the eclipsed sun appear higher than 26 degrees above the horizon during the August 2026 eclipse. It won’t be much of a problem in Greenland and Iceland, but in Spain, the sun will be eclipsed just 70 minutes before sunset on Spain’s Galician coast, where the sun will be just 11 degrees above the northwest horizon. 

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It will be visible lower in the sky and closer to sunset as the path of totality shifts eastward. The eclipsed sun will be barely 3 degrees above the northwest horizon from the west coast of any of the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Minorca and Ibiza). That could cause the sun to be lost in the haze and clouds of the horizon. Or, it could produce a rare, dramatic “golden corona.” As with all eclipses, you must weigh risk versus reward. 

3. Pay attention to sight lines on the Spanish coast

Beautiful view of Valencia from the tower Torre del Miguelete the sky is orange yellow under the sunset glow.

Observers on Spain’s east coast, including in Valencia, will need to research sight lines and likely head inland.  (Image credit: Anton Petrus via Getty Images)

The sun will be eclipsed from Spain’s east coast at just 4 degrees above the northwest horizon. It’s possible to find locations on the coast with a clear view of the eclipse, but do not take anything for granted. In many coastal locations, the trick will be to get inland and onto higher ground. Either way, triple-check the sight lines of all locations. 

4. Consider some landscape photography.

eclipsed sun shines behind many storm clouds with rain visible in the distance.

An eclipsed sun close to the horizon is a great photography opportunity, like this image captured above Turkana Lake, Kenya in 2013. (Image credit: Nicolas Reyren via Getty Images)

The 2026 eclipse will offer a short time to image the eclipsed sun balanced with the opportunity to see and capture the sun’s corona low over landmarks, mountains and buildings. Expect images of an eclipsed sun above icebergs in Greenland; over the Sun Voyager sculpture in Reykjavik, Iceland; and through the arches of the Roman aqueduct bridge in Segovia, Spain. Many photography workshops will travel to Spain to catch the eclipsed sun close to the horizon. You can also check out our guides on how to photograph a solar eclipse and how to photograph a total solar eclipse with a smartphone. 

5. Think about cloud cover

cloud cover map showin less cloud cover over the path of the eclipse over Spain and increasing cloud cover over Iceland and Greenland

The Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse with average August daytime cloud cover derived from 19 years of satellite data (2001-2021).  (Image credit: Jay Anderson eclipsophile.com/Data: CM SAF/EUMETSAT. Eclipse track: Xavier Jubier)

As solar eclipse meteorologist Jay Anderson notes on his website Eclipsophile.com, Valladolid and Zaragoza, Spain, and the Mediterranean coast have the highest chances of clear skies. That said, there are good reasons to be optimistic about clear skies in Iceland and Greenland, too, with the latter’s Scoresby Sund often experiencing sunny weather in August. If the 2024 total solar eclipse taught eclipse chasers anything, it was to expect the unexpected. 

6. Stay mobile

Aerial view of Gran Via in Madrid at dusk from Circulo de Bellas artes. the sky is orange.

Madrid will get a 99.9% partial solar eclipse, but it will make a good base if you have a vehicle.  (Image credit: Eloi_Omella via Getty Images)

Trying to find accommodations in rural areas of Spain ahead of time might be tricky. Plus, there’s no need to wake up inside the path of totality for this one because it occurs just before sunset. You’ll have all day to travel somewhere that’s forecast to have clear skies. 

7. Don’t obsess about the centerline

Reflections of buildings in the water below in the city of Valladolid

Locations halfway between the centerline and the edge, such as Valladolid, will still have a relatively long totality.  (Image credit: Rodolfo Rodríguez Castro via Getty Images)

You don’t need to aim for the centerline for this eclipse. Yes, it will maximize the duration of totality. However, not only is the maximum duration reasonably short, but there are diminishing returns the closer you get to the centerline. That’s because the moon’s shadow is oval-shaped, so the totality duration tapers off gradually on both sides of the centerline. For example, Burgos, which is close to the centerline, will get 1 minute, 44 seconds, while Valladolid, which is halfway between the centerline and the southern limit, will get 1 minute, 29 seconds. 

8. Prepare for a “Pac-Man” sunset.

Solar eclipse observed in Montevideo, Uruguay. Image taken outdoors, no people in the image. At the same time sun is setting over the horizon, over Rio de La Plata.

An eclipsed sunset will be a bonus sight for some after witnessing totality.   (Image credit: ElOjoTorpe via Getty Images)

The E80 motorway linking Valladolid to Burgos straddles the centerline in the most probable place for clear skies of the entire path of totality. It also represents the dividing line for a partially eclipsed sunset. From all locations west of here, the sun will no longer be eclipsed as it sets. To the east, it will sink below the horizon while still partially eclipsed. Locations farther east — such as Calamocha, Teruel and Zaragoza — will be good locations to watch an eclipsed sunset.

9. Plan for “shooting stars” and the Milky Way.

A man watching a shoothing star, the the milky way and the moonset

Choose a dark-sky area to get views of the Milky Way the nights before and after the eclipse.  (Image credit: Carlos Fernandez via Getty Images)

It’s a coincidence that Aug. 12 is also the peak of the Perseid meteor shower in 2026. So, in theory, traveling to Spain could get you a total solar eclipse followed by a night sky full of “shooting stars” in completely moonless skies (because a solar eclipse, by definition, occurs during a new moon). It’s also the peak time for a view of the Milky Way streaming down in the southern sky. The Perseid peak will also occur in Greenland and Iceland, but there is no darkness in that region. In Reykjavik, Iceland, the sun sets at about 9:50 p.m. on Aug. 12 and rises around 5 a.m., but it never gets completely dark. 

10. Head north for possible auroras

aurora borealis above hallgrimskirkja church in central of reykjavik city capital city in Iceland

The aurora borealis is sometimes visible during August in Iceland and Greenland.  (Image credit: Suttipong Sutiratanachai via Getty Images)

There’s a lot of talk about whether it might be possible to see the aurora borealis — the northern lights — during the eclipse as seen from Iceland and Greenland. However, it’s highly unlikely — the aurora is fleeting and unpredictable in terms of timing and intensity, and during totality, the sky does not get darker than a bright twilight. There will be a chance during the nights around the eclipse, but true darkness never arrives in August; from midnight, there are about three hours of nautical twilight when it’s dark enough to sometimes see auroras. 

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Jamie is an experienced science, technology and travel journalist and stargazer who writes about exploring the night sky, solar and lunar eclipses, moon-gazing, astro-travel, astronomy and space exploration. He is the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com and author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners, and is a senior contributor at Forbes. His special skill is turning tech-babble into plain English.

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