There will be no totality in Portugal. On Monday 2 August 2027 the eclipse will be partial across the whole country: none of the 310 Portuguese places we have calculated sees the Sun completely covered. The most covered is 99.2% in Faro and Olhão, and the least, on the mainland, 78.7% in Monção. To see totality you have to cross into Spain: from Faro, the nearest town with totality is Rota, 146 km away as the crow flies, with 2 min 10 s.
What Portugal will see
Times are those of mainland Portugal and Madeira (UTC+1); the Azores are one hour behind (UTC+0).
| Place | Sun covered | Maximum (Portuguese time) | Sun’s altitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faro | 99.2% | 09:45:18 | 35.8° |
| Olhão | 99.2% | 09:45:26 | 35.9° |
| Tavira | 99.0% | 09:45:38 | 36.1° |
| Lagos | 98.9% | 09:44:33 | 35.0° |
| Beja | 95.8% | 09:45:46 | 35.8° |
| Évora | 93.5% | 09:46:01 | 35.8° |
| Lisbon | 92.5% | 09:44:51 | 34.6° |
| Coimbra | 86.5% | 09:46:18 | 35.3° |
| Porto | 82.5% | 09:46:37 | 35.1° |
| Braga | 80.9% | 09:47:01 | 35.3° |
| Monção | 78.7% | 09:47:15 | 35.2° |
| Funchal (Madeira) | 97.2% | 09:35:06 | 26.3° |
| Ponta Delgada (Azores, UTC+0) | 87.2% | 08:33:05 | 19.3° |
On the mainland the eclipse begins between 08:39 and 08:45 and ends between 10:54 and 10:58, Portuguese time. At maximum the Sun will be between 34.3° and 37.2° high, towards the east. At the mouth of the Guadiana, the river that marks the border, you see almost the same on both sides: Vila Real de Santo António will see 98.8%, and Ayamonte, on the Spanish bank, 98.6%. Each place has its own page, in Portuguese, on our Portugal page.
99.2% is still partial
In Faro 0.8% of the Sun stays uncovered, and with that sliver there’s no corona, no night in the middle of the morning and not a single moment to look without glasses: the whole eclipse is watched through an EN ISO 12312-2 filter. We explain it with the case of Seville, which stays at 98.4%, in the guide to Seville and Andalusia (in Spanish).
The nearest totality: Rota, Cádiz and Conil
Distances as the crow flies from Faro. Duration and times of totality from the IGN (Spain’s National Geographic Institute), in Spanish time.
| Town | From Faro | Totality (IGN) | From… to… (Spanish time) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rota | 146 km | 2 min 10 s | 10:45:35-10:47:45 |
| Cádiz | 159 km | 2 min 54 s | 10:45:16-10:48:10 |
| Conil de la Frontera | 183 km | 4 min 00 s | 10:44:51-10:48:51 |
Rota is the closest, but it gets only just over two minutes. Conil de la Frontera, 183 km from Faro, already reaches four. The closer you get to the Strait of Gibraltar, the longer it lasts.
Spain is one hour ahead
On that day Spain is on UTC+2 and mainland Portugal on UTC+1, so all the times on the Spanish town pages are one hour later than in Portugal. When totality begins in Rota, it will be 09:45 in Faro. If you arrange to meet someone on the other side of the border, say which time you mean.
How to cross
- By car: the A22 runs along the Algarve and ends at the Guadiana International Bridge, at Castro Marim, where the A-49 begins, heading for Seville via Huelva. To get down to the Bay of Cádiz, the AP-4 leaves Seville, passes Jerez and ends at Puerto Real; it has been toll-free since 2020.
- Without a car: there are direct coaches between Faro and Seville, run by more than one company. From Seville to Cádiz there’s the train, which stops at Jerez Airport, Jerez, El Puerto de Santa María, Puerto Real, San Fernando and Cádiz. Check the August timetables with the companies.
The eclipse falls on a Monday in August at mid-morning. The safe option is to spend Sunday night in Spain already and leave the car where it is that morning. The hours when the roads get difficult are in traffic on eclipse day (in Spanish), and the rest of the trip through the south is in getting there.
The clouds
Jay Anderson, the meteorologist behind Eclipsophile, gives Cádiz 88% of days with the Sun in view in his sample. For the Atlantic coast he recommends heading inland to escape the morning stratus, low clouds that come in from the sea. The forecast for each place, when there is one, will be on the eclipse weather page (in Spanish).
In Spain or in Portugal, the Sun during the partial phases is watched through EN ISO 12312-2 glasses. How to check yours is in our guide to certified glasses. What France, the United Kingdom or Germany will see is in the 2027 eclipse across Europe.
Sources: percentages, times and Sun altitudes for the 310 Portuguese places: eclipseando’s Portugal index (skyfield engine + DE440s); Ayamonte, and distances from Faro to the Spanish towns with totality: eclipseando’s Spain index; duration and times of totality in Spain: IGN — eclipses.ign.es (in Spanish); legal time in Portugal and Spain: IANA time zone database (tzdata); A22 (autoestrada) — Wikipedia (in Portuguese) and Autovía del Quinto Centenario — Wikipedia (in Spanish: the A22 ends at the Guadiana International Bridge and the A-49 starts there); AP-4 — Wikipedia (in Spanish: Seville–Puerto Real via Jerez, toll-free); Línea Sevilla-Cádiz — Wikipedia (in Spanish: stops); Faro–Sevilla — ALSA (direct coach); Total Solar Eclipse 2027 — Eclipsophile (clouds in Cádiz and on the Atlantic coast).
If you would like something to keep from the eclipse, the shop prints T-shirts, mugs and posters with the name of your town, the time of its maximum and its seconds of totality. See the merchandise →
Remember: never look at the Sun without proper eye protection (filters made to EN ISO 12312-2). The official reference for safe viewing in Spain is the IGN (in Spanish): eclipses.ign.es.