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Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Rabat?

Monday 2 August 2027 · Rabat

So close

Rabat is just outside the path: 99% of the Sun is covered at 09:45, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 65 km to the north.

58%chance of a clear view at 09:45, from 20+ years of weather records
99%of the Sun covered
09:45most covered (UTC+1)
37°Sun height, east
65 kmto totality (north)
Make it a trip to LaracheLarache is 145 km away and gets 4 min 18 s of totality.
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When to look

Local time in Rabat (UTC+1).

  1. 08:39:03StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
  2. 09:45:18Most covered99% of the Sun
  3. 10:58:37EndsThe Sun is whole again
So close, and yet: 99% still leaves a sliver of Sun bright enough to keep the day light. The corona, the stars and the sudden darkness only happen inside the path, 65 km to the north.
Gold band: the path of totality. Dashed line: the centre of the path, where totality lasts longest.

Will the Sun be clear at 09:45?

Better than even. Around 09:45 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Rabat is on average 58% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Rabat airport, 9 km away, reported 59% in 811 weather reports (2006–2025).

2 August around 09:45, every year since 2006

  • 062006: clear
  • 072007: some cloud
  • 082008: clear
  • 092009: cloudy
  • 102010: cloudy
  • 112011: some cloud
  • 122012: clear
  • 132013: no report
  • 142014: no report
  • 152015: some cloud
  • 162016: some cloud
  • 172017: some cloud
  • 182018: cloudy
  • 192019: no report
  • 202020: some cloud
  • 212021: clear
  • 222022: some cloud
  • 232023: some cloud
  • 242024: some cloud
  • 252025: some cloud
clear (up to 2/8 cloud)some cloudcloudy (6/8 or more)no report

Clear or nearly clear in 4 of 17 years on the day itself (Rabat airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 58% 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 Rabat: totality length and how often the sky was clear.

Tarifa

4m 39s
of totality · Spain 65% chance of a clear view · 250 km away

Zahara de los Atunes

4m 24s
of totality · Spain 67% chance of a clear view · 250 km away

Barbate

4m 16s
of totality · Spain 69% chance of a clear view · 255 km away

Algeciras

4m 27s
of totality · Spain 65% chance of a clear view · 265 km away

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.

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Keep your eyes safe

Before and after totality

Look at the Sun only through eclipse glasses or a solar viewer made to ISO 12312-2. Sunglasses are not enough, even at 99%.

During totality

Once the last bead of sunlight disappears, take the glasses off and look. Put them back on the moment the Sun's edge reappears.

Cameras and binoculars

Never point binoculars, a telescope or a camera lens at the partial Sun without a solar filter on the front.

Rabat eclipse: questions

It starts at 08:39 and ends at 10:58 local time (UTC+1). The most is covered at 09:45.

No. Rabat sees a partial eclipse with 99% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 65 km to the north; Larache (145 km) gets 4 min 18 s.

Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 09:45 in late July and early August, the sky over Rabat is on average 58% free of cloud, so roughly a 58% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Rabat airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 9 km away.

The Sun will be 37° 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%.

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