Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Athens?
Partly
78% of the Sun is covered at 12:32 local time. A partial eclipse: worth a look through eclipse glasses, but the day stays bright. Totality is 600 km to the south-west.
When to look
Local time in Athens (EEST).
- 11:16:45StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 12:32:51Most covered78% of the Sun
- 13:49:58EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 12:32?
Better than even. Around 12:32 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Athens is on average 69% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Athens airport, 20 km away, reported 69% in 320 weather reports (2006–2012).
2 August around 12:32, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: cloudy
- 132013: no report
- 142014: no report
- 152015: no report
- 162016: no report
- 172017: no report
- 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 6 of 7 years on the day itself (Athens airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 69% 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 Siwa Oasis
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Siwa Oasis has 5 min 29 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.
Athens eclipse: questions
It starts at 11:16 and ends at 13:49 local time (EEST). The most is covered at 12:32.
No. Athens sees a partial eclipse with 78% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 600 km to the south-west; Siwa Oasis (990 km) gets 5 min 29 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 12:32 in late July and early August, the sky over Athens is on average 69% free of cloud, so roughly a 69% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Athens airport's own weather reports (2006–2012), 20 km away.
The Sun will be 66° above the horizon in the south-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. In a partial eclipse you need them the whole time, even at 99%.