Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Hammamet?
So close
Hammamet is just outside the path: 98% of the Sun is covered at 10:10, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 70 km to the south.
When to look
Local time in Hammamet (CET).
- 08:56:35StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:10:51Most covered98% of the Sun
- 11:29:52EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 10:10?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 10:10 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Hammamet is on average 75% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks.
2 August around 10:10, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: clear
- 132013: some cloud
- 142014: some cloud
- 152015: cloudy
- 162016: clear
- 172017: clear
- 182018: clear
- 192019: clear
- 202020: clear
- 212021: clear
- 222022: some cloud
- 232023: clear
- 242024: no report
- 252025: some cloud
Clear or nearly clear in 14 of 19 years on the day itself (Tunis-Carthage airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 75% 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 Hammamet: totality length and how often the sky was clear.
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.
Hammamet eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:56 and ends at 11:29 local time (CET). The most is covered at 10:10.
No. Hammamet sees a partial eclipse with 98% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 70 km to the south; Kairouan (95 km) gets 2 min 44 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:10 in late July and early August, the sky over Hammamet is on average 75% free of cloud, so roughly a 75% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That is NASA satellite-based cloud data corrected with nearby airports' weather reports.
The Sun will be 55° 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%.