Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Tetouan?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 4 min 51 s, from 09:45:08 to 09:49:58 local time. The Sun will be 38° up in the east.
Minute by minute
Local time in Tetouan (UTC+1). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 08:40:46StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 09:45:08TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 09:47:33Mid-totality
- 09:49:58Totality endsGlasses back on
- 11:01:07EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 09:47?
Better than even. Around 09:47 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Tetouan is on average 56% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Tetouan airport, 4 km away, reported 56% in 620 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 09:47, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: no report
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: cloudy
- 112011: some cloud
- 122012: cloudy
- 132013: cloudy
- 142014: clear
- 152015: some cloud
- 162016: cloudy
- 172017: some cloud
- 182018: some cloud
- 192019: clear
- 202020: no report
- 212021: clear
- 222022: cloudy
- 232023: no report
- 242024: no report
- 252025: cloudy
Clear or nearly clear in 6 of 16 years on the day itself (Tetouan airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 56% 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 Tetouan
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.
Tetouan eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:40 and ends at 11:01 local time (UTC+1). Totality runs from 09:45:08 to 09:49:58.
4 min 51 s. Tetouan is close to the centre line, so that is near the maximum for this part of the path.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 09:47 in late July and early August, the sky over Tetouan is on average 56% free of cloud, so roughly a 56% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Tetouan airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 4 km away.
The Sun will be 38° 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 51 s of totality you can look without them.