Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Palermo?
Partly
90% of the Sun is covered at 11:14 local time. A partial eclipse: worth a look through eclipse glasses, but the day stays bright. Totality is 310 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Palermo (CEST).
- 10:00:50StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 11:14:57Most covered90% of the Sun
- 12:32:56EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 11:14?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 11:14 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Palermo is on average 81% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Palermo airport, 25 km away, reported 81% in 455 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 11:14, every year since 2006
- 062006: no report
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: clear
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 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 10 of 10 years on the day itself (Palermo airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 81% 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 Palermo: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Staying in Mahdia
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Mahdia has 2 min 48 s of totality and a 77% 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.
Palermo eclipse: questions
It starts at 10:00 and ends at 12:32 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 11:14.
No. Palermo sees a partial eclipse with 90% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 310 km to the south; Mahdia (355 km) gets 2 min 48 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 11:14 in late July and early August, the sky over Palermo is on average 81% free of cloud, so roughly a 81% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Palermo airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 25 km away.
The Sun will be 57° above the horizon in the south-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%.