Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Rome?
Partly
75% of the Sun is covered at 11:12 local time. A partial eclipse: worth a look through eclipse glasses, but the day stays bright. Totality is 700 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Rome (CEST).
- 10:02:10StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 11:12:44Most covered75% of the Sun
- 12:26:46EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 11:12?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 11:12 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Rome is on average 74% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Rome Fiumicino airport, 23 km away, reported 74% in 497 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 11:12, every year since 2006
- 062006: some cloud
- 072007: clear
- 082008: some cloud
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: cloudy
- 152015: cloudy
- 162016: no report
- 172017: clear
- 182018: no report
- 192019: some cloud
- 202020: clear
- 212021: clear
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: no report
- 252025: some cloud
Clear or nearly clear in 9 of 15 years on the day itself (Rome Fiumicino airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 74% 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 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.
Rome eclipse: questions
It starts at 10:02 and ends at 12:26 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 11:12.
No. Rome sees a partial eclipse with 75% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 700 km to the south; Mahdia (720 km) gets 2 min 48 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 11:12 in late July and early August, the sky over Rome is on average 74% free of cloud, so roughly a 74% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Rome Fiumicino airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 23 km away.
The Sun will be 54° 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%.