Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Saïdia?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 4 min 01 s, from 09:49:19 to 09:53:20 local time. The Sun will be 42° up in the east.
Minute by minute
Local time in Saïdia (UTC+1). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 08:42:49StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 09:49:19TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 09:51:19Mid-totality
- 09:53:20Totality endsGlasses back on
- 11:06:36EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 09:51?
Better than even. Around 09:51 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Saïdia is on average 60% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks.
2 August around 09:51, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: some cloud
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: some cloud
- 112011: some cloud
- 122012: cloudy
- 132013: some cloud
- 142014: clear
- 152015: cloudy
- 162016: cloudy
- 172017: cloudy
- 182018: cloudy
- 192019: clear
- 202020: no report
- 212021: clear
- 222022: some cloud
- 232023: no report
- 242024: some cloud
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 6 of 17 years on the day itself (Melilla 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 Saïdia with longer totality or a clearer record.
Staying in Saïdia
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.
Saïdia eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:42 and ends at 11:06 local time (UTC+1). Totality runs from 09:49:19 to 09:53:20.
4 min 01 s. Saïdia is inside the path; Al Hoceima (155 km) gets 4 min 26 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 09:51 in late July and early August, the sky over Saïdia is on average 60% free of cloud, so roughly a 60% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That is NASA satellite-based cloud data corrected with nearby airports' weather reports.
The Sun will be 42° 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 01 s of totality you can look without them.