Perseids in Granada

The Perseids meteor shower peaks from Granada around Aug 12-13, with up to 150 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a new moon means dark skies, and from Granada the radiant in Perseus climbs to 60° above the north-east horizon around 05:50. Local best viewing window: 01:15–05:50 CEST on the peak night, about 4.6 hours of astronomical darkness. Scaled to that altitude, the 150/hour headline figure works out to roughly 130 meteors an hour from Granada under a genuinely dark sky. Tonight: cloud cover stays low across the forecast window.