Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Lisbon?
So close
Lisbon is just outside the path: 93% of the Sun is covered at 09:44, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 235 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Lisbon (WEST).
- 08:40:45StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 09:44:48Most covered93% of the Sun
- 10:55:02EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 09:44?
Better than even. Around 09:44 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Lisbon is on average 57% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Lisbon airport, 7 km away, reported 57% in 358 weather reports (2006–2020).
2 August around 09:44, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: cloudy
- 122012: clear
- 132013: no report
- 142014: no report
- 152015: no report
- 162016: no report
- 172017: no report
- 182018: no report
- 192019: no report
- 202020: no report
- 212021: no report
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: no report
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 6 of 7 years on the day itself (Lisbon airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 57% 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 Lisbon: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Barbate
4m 16sVejer de la Frontera
4m 06sConil de la Frontera
4m 01sMedina-Sidonia
3m 22sStaying 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.
Lisbon eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:40 and ends at 10:55 local time (WEST). The most is covered at 09:44.
No. Lisbon sees a partial eclipse with 93% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 235 km to the south; Rota (340 km) gets 2 min 15 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 09:44 in late July and early August, the sky over Lisbon is on average 57% free of cloud, so roughly a 57% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Lisbon airport's own weather reports (2006–2020), 7 km away.
The Sun will be 35° 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%.