Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Marrakech?
Partly
89% of the Sun is covered at 09:43 local time. A partial eclipse: worth a look through eclipse glasses, but the day stays bright. Totality is 320 km to the north.
When to look
Local time in Marrakech (UTC+1).
- 08:37:36StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 09:43:14Most covered89% of the Sun
- 10:56:17EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 09:43?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 09:43 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Marrakech is on average 76% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Marrakech airport, 6 km away, reported 76% in 652 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 09:43, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: some cloud
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: some cloud
- 112011: some cloud
- 122012: cloudy
- 132013: clear
- 142014: some cloud
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 172017: clear
- 182018: clear
- 192019: clear
- 202020: some cloud
- 212021: no report
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: some cloud
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 9 of 16 years on the day itself (Marrakech airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 76% 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.
Staying in Larache
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Larache has 4 min 18 s of totality and a 50% 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.
Marrakech eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:37 and ends at 10:56 local time (UTC+1). The most is covered at 09:43.
No. Marrakech sees a partial eclipse with 89% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 320 km to the north; Larache (430 km) gets 4 min 18 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 09:43 in late July and early August, the sky over Marrakech is on average 76% free of cloud, so roughly a 76% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Marrakech airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 6 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%.