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Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Monastir?

Monday 2 August 2027 · Monastir

So close

Monastir is just outside the path: 99.9% of the Sun is covered at 10:11, but the sky never goes dark. Totality starts 7 km to the south.

84%chance of a clear view at 10:11, from 20+ years of weather records
99.9%of the Sun covered
10:11most covered (CET)
56°Sun height, south-east
7 kmto totality (south)
Make it a trip to MahdiaMahdia is 35 km away and gets 2 min 48 s of totality.
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When to look

Local time in Monastir (CET).

  1. 08:56:39StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
  2. 10:11:21Most covered99.9% of the Sun
  3. 11:30:51EndsThe Sun is whole again
Missed by about 7 km. The edge of the path runs just south of Monastir. The exact line is uncertain by up to a kilometre, so don't gamble on the outskirts: go at least 10 km into the path, where totality lasts long enough to enjoy.
Gold band: the path of totality. Dashed line: the centre of the path, where totality lasts longest.

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 Monastir is on average 84% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Monastir airport, 5 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 (up to 2/8 cloud)some cloudcloudy (6/8 or more)no report

Clear or nearly clear in 3 of 4 years on the day itself (Monastir airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 84% 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 Monastir: totality length and how often the sky was clear.

Sfax

5m 40s
of totality · Tunisia 82% chance of a clear view · 115 km away

Djerba

4m 40s
of totality · Tunisia 81% chance of a clear view · 210 km away

Gabès

4m 05s
of totality · Tunisia 80% chance of a clear view · 220 km away

Kairouan

2m 44s
of totality · Tunisia 82% chance of a clear view · 65 km away

Staying in Mahdia

Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Mahdia has 2 min 48 s of totality and a 77% clear record.

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Keep your eyes safe

Before and after totality

Look at the Sun only through eclipse glasses or a solar viewer made to ISO 12312-2. Sunglasses are not enough, even at 99%.

During totality

Once the last bead of sunlight disappears, take the glasses off and look. Put them back on the moment the Sun's edge reappears.

Cameras and binoculars

Never point binoculars, a telescope or a camera lens at the partial Sun without a solar filter on the front.

Monastir eclipse: questions

It starts at 08:56 and ends at 11:30 local time (CET). The most is covered at 10:11.

No. Monastir sees a partial eclipse with 99.9% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 7 km to the south; Mahdia (35 km) gets 2 min 48 s.

Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:11 in late July and early August, the sky over Monastir is on average 84% free of cloud, so roughly a 84% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Monastir airport's own weather reports (2006–2024), 5 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. In a partial eclipse you need them the whole time, even at 99%.

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