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Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Abha?

Monday 2 August 2027 · Abha

Yes, totality

The Moon covers the Sun completely for 6 min 03 s, from 13:34:13 to 13:40:16 local time. The Sun will be 71° up in the west.

42%chance of a clear view at 13:37, from 20+ years of weather records
6 min 03 sof totality
13:34totality starts (UTC+3)
71°Sun height, west
Centreof the path
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Minute by minute

Local time in Abha (UTC+3). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.

  1. 12:13:07StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
  2. 13:34:13TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
  3. 13:37:15Mid-totality
  4. 13:40:16Totality endsGlasses back on
  5. 14:53:45EndsThe Sun is whole again
Gold band: the path of totality. Dashed line: the centre of the path, where totality lasts longest.

Will the Sun be clear at 13:37?

Close to a coin flip. Around 13:37 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Abha is on average 42% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Abha airport, 16 km away, reported 41% in 610 weather reports (2006–2025).

2 August around 13:37, every year since 2006

  • 062006: some cloud
  • 072007: some cloud
  • 082008: some cloud
  • 092009: some cloud
  • 102010: clear
  • 112011: no report
  • 122012: some cloud
  • 132013: some cloud
  • 142014: cloudy
  • 152015: cloudy
  • 162016: cloudy
  • 172017: cloudy
  • 182018: cloudy
  • 192019: cloudy
  • 202020: some cloud
  • 212021: cloudy
  • 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 1 of 19 years on the day itself (Abha airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 42% 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 Abha

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.

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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.

Abha eclipse: questions

It starts at 12:13 and ends at 14:53 local time (UTC+3). Totality runs from 13:34:13 to 13:40:16.

6 min 03 s. Abha 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 13:37 in late July and early August, the sky over Abha is on average 42% free of cloud, so roughly a 42% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Abha airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 16 km away.

The Sun will be 71° above the horizon in the west, 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 6 min 03 s of totality you can look without them.

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