Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Jazan?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 3 min 00 s, from 13:38:16 to 13:41:15 local time. The Sun will be 70° up in the west.
Minute by minute
Local time in Jazan (UTC+3). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 12:15:33StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 13:38:16TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 13:39:46Mid-totality
- 13:41:15Totality endsGlasses back on
- 14:56:08EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 13:39?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 13:39 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Jazan is on average 72% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Jazan airport, 4 km away, reported 72% in 873 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 13:39, every year since 2006
- 062006: some cloud
- 072007: cloudy
- 082008: some cloud
- 092009: cloudy
- 102010: some cloud
- 112011: clear
- 122012: some cloud
- 132013: cloudy
- 142014: some cloud
- 152015: clear
- 162016: cloudy
- 172017: some cloud
- 182018: clear
- 192019: cloudy
- 202020: some cloud
- 212021: some cloud
- 222022: cloudy
- 232023: clear
- 242024: cloudy
- 252025: clear
Clear or nearly clear in 5 of 20 years on the day itself (Jazan airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 72% 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.
Longer or clearer nearby
Towns within 160 km of Jazan with longer totality or a clearer record.
Staying in Jazan
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. If clouds threaten, a car lets you move along the path.
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.
Jazan eclipse: questions
It starts at 12:15 and ends at 14:56 local time (UTC+3). Totality runs from 13:38:16 to 13:41:15.
3 min 00 s. Jazan is near the edge of the path; Abha (150 km) gets 6 min 03 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 13:39 in late July and early August, the sky over Jazan is on average 72% free of cloud, so roughly a 72% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Jazan airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 4 km away.
The Sun will be 70° above the horizon in the 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. During the 3 min 00 s of totality you can look without them.