Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Cairo?
So close
Cairo is just outside the path: 95% of the Sun is covered at 12:55, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 175 km to the south-west.
When to look
Local time in Cairo (EEST).
- 11:33:07StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 12:55:48Most covered95% of the Sun
- 14:16:10EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 12:55?
A clear view is very likely. Around 12:55 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Cairo is on average 90% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Cairo airport, 19 km away, reported 90% in 528 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 12:55, 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: some cloud
- 192019: clear
- 202020: clear
- 212021: clear
- 222022: clear
- 232023: clear
- 242024: no report
- 252025: some cloud
Clear or nearly clear in 17 of 19 years on the day itself (Cairo airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 90% 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 Cairo: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
Staying in Asyut
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Asyut has 6 min 07 s of totality and a 99% 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.
Cairo eclipse: questions
It starts at 11:33 and ends at 14:16 local time (EEST). The most is covered at 12:55.
No. Cairo sees a partial eclipse with 95% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 175 km to the south-west; Asyut (320 km) gets 6 min 07 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 12:55 in late July and early August, the sky over Cairo is on average 90% free of cloud, so roughly a 90% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Cairo airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 19 km away.
The Sun will be 78° above the horizon in the south, 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%.