Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Mahdia?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 2 min 48 s, from 10:10:28 to 10:13:16 local time. The Sun will be 56° up in the south-east.
Minute by minute
Local time in Mahdia (CET). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 08:56:55StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:10:28TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 10:11:52Mid-totality
- 10:13:16Totality endsGlasses back on
- 11:31:35EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 10:11?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 10:11 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Mahdia is on average 77% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Monastir airport, 40 km away, reported 84% in 330 weather reports (2006–2024).
2 August around 10:11, every year since 2006
- 062006: no report
- 072007: clear
- 082008: no report
- 092009: no report
- 102010: clear
- 112011: some cloud
- 122012: no report
- 132013: no report
- 142014: no report
- 152015: no report
- 162016: no report
- 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 3 of 4 years on the day itself (Monastir airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 77% 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 Mahdia with longer totality or a clearer record.
Staying in Mahdia
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.
Mahdia eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:56 and ends at 11:31 local time (CET). Totality runs from 10:10:28 to 10:13:16.
2 min 48 s. Mahdia is near the edge of the path; Sfax (90 km) gets 5 min 40 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:11 in late July and early August, the sky over Mahdia is on average 77% free of cloud, so roughly a 77% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Monastir airport's own weather reports (2006–2024), 40 km away.
The Sun will be 56° 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. During the 2 min 48 s of totality you can look without them.