Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Berlin?
Partly
34% of the Sun is covered at 11:13 local time. A partial eclipse: worth a look through eclipse glasses, but the day stays bright. Totality is 1,850 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Berlin (CEST).
- 10:17:28StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 11:13:52Most covered34% of the Sun
- 12:11:54EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 11:13?
Cloud is a real risk. Around 11:13 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Berlin is on average 30% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Berlin airport, 18 km away, reported 30% in 351 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 11:13, every year since 2006
- 062006: some cloud
- 072007: some cloud
- 082008: cloudy
- 092009: no report
- 102010: cloudy
- 112011: some cloud
- 122012: no report
- 132013: no report
- 142014: no report
- 152015: no report
- 162016: clear
- 172017: no report
- 182018: no report
- 192019: no report
- 202020: clear
- 212021: no report
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: no report
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 2 of 7 years on the day itself (Berlin airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 30% 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 Kairouan
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Kairouan has 2 min 44 s of totality and a 82% 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.
Berlin eclipse: questions
It starts at 10:17 and ends at 12:11 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 11:13.
No. Berlin sees a partial eclipse with 34% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 1,850 km to the south; Kairouan (1,890 km) gets 2 min 44 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 11:13 in late July and early August, the sky over Berlin is on average 30% free of cloud, so roughly a 30% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Berlin airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 18 km away.
The Sun will be 48° 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%.