Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Al Hoceima?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 4 min 26 s, from 09:46:58 to 09:51:23 local time. The Sun will be 40° up in the east.
Minute by minute
Local time in Al Hoceima (UTC+1). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 08:41:36StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 09:46:58TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 09:49:10Mid-totality
- 09:51:23Totality endsGlasses back on
- 11:03:35EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 09:49?
Better than even. Around 09:49 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Al Hoceima is on average 60% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Al Hoceima airport, 12 km away, reported 61% in 621 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 09:49, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: some cloud
- 082008: clear
- 092009: no report
- 102010: cloudy
- 112011: cloudy
- 122012: cloudy
- 132013: cloudy
- 142014: clear
- 152015: some cloud
- 162016: cloudy
- 172017: clear
- 182018: clear
- 192019: clear
- 202020: clear
- 212021: no report
- 222022: some cloud
- 232023: no report
- 242024: clear
- 252025: some cloud
Clear or nearly clear in 8 of 17 years on the day itself (Al Hoceima airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 60% 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.
Longer or clearer nearby
Towns within 160 km of Al Hoceima with longer totality or a clearer record.
Staying in Al Hoceima
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. If clouds threaten, a car lets you move along the path.
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.
Al Hoceima eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:41 and ends at 11:03 local time (UTC+1). Totality runs from 09:46:58 to 09:51:23.
4 min 26 s. Al Hoceima is inside the path; Ceuta (145 km) gets 4 min 48 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 09:49 in late July and early August, the sky over Al Hoceima is on average 60% free of cloud, so roughly a 60% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Al Hoceima airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 12 km away.
The Sun will be 40° 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. During the 4 min 26 s of totality you can look without them.