Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Aswan?
So close
Aswan is just outside the path: 99.8% of the Sun is covered at 13:08, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 15 km to the north-east.
When to look
Local time in Aswan (EEST).
- 11:42:47StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 13:08:23Most covered99.8% of the Sun
- 14:29:47EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 13:08?
A clear view is very likely. Around 13:08 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Aswan is on average 98% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Aswan airport, 16 km away, reported 98% in 351 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 13:08, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: clear
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 172017: clear
- 182018: no report
- 192019: no report
- 202020: no report
- 212021: no report
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: no report
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 12 of 12 years on the day itself (Aswan airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 98% 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.
Where to go for totality
The best bets within 400 km of Aswan: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Staying in Edfu
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Edfu has 5 min 31 s of totality and a 98% 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.
Aswan eclipse: questions
It starts at 11:42 and ends at 14:29 local time (EEST). The most is covered at 13:08.
No. Aswan sees a partial eclipse with 99.8% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 15 km to the north-east; Edfu (100 km) gets 5 min 31 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 13:08 in late July and early August, the sky over Aswan is on average 98% free of cloud, so roughly a 98% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Aswan airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 16 km away.
The Sun will be 83° above the horizon in the south-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. In a partial eclipse you need them the whole time, even at 99%.