Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Faro?
So close
Faro is just outside the path: 99% of the Sun is covered at 09:45, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 40 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Faro (WEST).
- 08:40:03StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 09:45:14Most covered99% of the Sun
- 10:56:55EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 09:45?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 09:45 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Faro is on average 78% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Faro airport, 3 km away, reported 78% in 452 weather reports (2006–2024).
2 August around 09:45, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: some cloud
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: some cloud
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 172017: clear
- 182018: some cloud
- 192019: clear
- 202020: no report
- 212021: clear
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: no report
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 12 of 15 years on the day itself (Faro airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 78% above averages every day from 21 July to 14 August. How: NASA POWER hourly cloud data (2001–2025), corrected to match the weather reports of the 66 airports we checked (NOAA ISD, 2006–2025); NASA alone was up to 20 points too sunny along the Strait of Gibraltar. A real forecast exists about a week before: we'll add it here.
Where to go for totality
The best bets within 400 km of Faro: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Tarifa
4m 39sZahara de los Atunes
4m 24sBarbate
4m 16sAlgeciras
4m 27sStaying in Rota
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Rota has 2 min 15 s of totality and a 73% clear record.
Keep your eyes safe
Look at the Sun only through eclipse glasses or a solar viewer made to ISO 12312-2. Sunglasses are not enough, even at 99%.
Once the last bead of sunlight disappears, take the glasses off and look. Put them back on the moment the Sun's edge reappears.
Never point binoculars, a telescope or a camera lens at the partial Sun without a solar filter on the front.
Faro eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:40 and ends at 10:56 local time (WEST). The most is covered at 09:45.
No. Faro sees a partial eclipse with 99% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 40 km to the south; Rota (145 km) gets 2 min 15 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 09:45 in late July and early August, the sky over Faro is on average 78% free of cloud, so roughly a 78% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Faro airport's own weather reports (2006–2024), 3 km away.
The Sun will be 36° above the horizon in the east, so pick a spot with an open view that way: a beach, a rooftop terrace or a hill. At that height buildings rarely get in the way.
Yes, for everything except totality itself. Use glasses or viewers made to ISO 12312-2. In a partial eclipse you need them the whole time, even at 99%.