Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Fes?
So close
Fes is just outside the path: 98% of the Sun is covered at 09:47, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 70 km to the north.
When to look
Local time in Fes (UTC+1).
- 08:40:18StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 09:47:30Most covered98% of the Sun
- 11:01:47EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 09:47?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 09:47 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Fes is on average 72% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Fes airport, 10 km away, reported 72% in 499 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 09:47, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: some cloud
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: some cloud
- 112011: some cloud
- 122012: some cloud
- 132013: some cloud
- 142014: cloudy
- 152015: some cloud
- 162016: cloudy
- 172017: clear
- 182018: some cloud
- 192019: clear
- 202020: some cloud
- 212021: no report
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: some cloud
- 252025: some cloud
Clear or nearly clear in 5 of 17 years on the day itself (Fes airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 72% 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 Fes: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Tarifa
4m 39sZahara de los Atunes
4m 24sBarbate
4m 16sAlgeciras
4m 27sStaying in Chefchaouen
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Chefchaouen has 4 min 13 s of totality and a 59% 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.
Fes eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:40 and ends at 11:01 local time (UTC+1). The most is covered at 09:47.
No. Fes sees a partial eclipse with 98% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 70 km to the north; Chefchaouen (130 km) gets 4 min 13 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 09:47 in late July and early August, the sky over Fes is on average 72% free of cloud, so roughly a 72% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Fes airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 10 km away.
The Sun will be 39° 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%.