Perseids in Barcelona

The Perseids meteor shower peaks from Barcelona around Aug 12-13, with up to 150 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a new moon means dark skies, and from Barcelona the radiant in Perseus climbs to 61° above the north-east horizon around 05:10. Local best viewing window: 00:20–05:10 CEST on the peak night, about 4.8 hours of astronomical darkness. Scaled to that altitude, the 150/hour headline figure works out to roughly 131 meteors an hour from Barcelona under a genuinely dark sky. Tonight: cover is high, so plan on short gaps at best.