Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Taif?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 3 min 53 s, from 13:26:01 to 13:29:54 local time. The Sun will be 75° up in the west.
Minute by minute
Local time in Taif (UTC+3). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 12:03:31StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 13:26:01TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 13:27:58Mid-totality
- 13:29:54Totality endsGlasses back on
- 14:45:42EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 13:27?
Good odds of a clear view. Around 13:27 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Taif is on average 81% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Taif airport, 27 km away, reported 81% in 566 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 13:27, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: clear
- 152015: some cloud
- 162016: some cloud
- 172017: clear
- 182018: clear
- 192019: clear
- 202020: no report
- 212021: clear
- 222022: some cloud
- 232023: no report
- 242024: some cloud
- 252025: some cloud
Clear or nearly clear in 13 of 18 years on the day itself (Taif airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 81% 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 Taif with longer totality or a clearer record.
Staying in Taif
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.
Taif eclipse: questions
It starts at 12:03 and ends at 14:45 local time (UTC+3). Totality runs from 13:26:01 to 13:29:54.
3 min 53 s. Taif is near the edge of the path; Jeddah (130 km) gets 5 min 59 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 13:27 in late July and early August, the sky over Taif is on average 81% free of cloud, so roughly a 81% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Taif airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 27 km away.
The Sun will be 75° 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 53 s of totality you can look without them.