Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Tozeur?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 1 min 42 s, from 10:06:22 to 10:08:03 local time. The Sun will be 54° up in the east.
Minute by minute
Local time in Tozeur (CET). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 08:52:57StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 10:06:22TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 10:07:12Mid-totality
- 10:08:03Totality endsGlasses back on
- 11:27:08EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 10:07?
A clear view is very likely. Around 10:07 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Tozeur is on average 88% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Tozeur airport, 3 km away, reported 88% in 558 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 10:07, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: some cloud
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: clear
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 172017: clear
- 182018: no report
- 192019: clear
- 202020: clear
- 212021: clear
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: no report
- 252025: some cloud
Clear or nearly clear in 14 of 16 years on the day itself (Tozeur airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 88% 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.
Staying in Tozeur
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.
Tozeur eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:52 and ends at 11:27 local time (CET). Totality runs from 10:06:22 to 10:08:03.
1 min 42 s. Tozeur is near the edge of the path; nearby towns closer to the centre line get a little longer.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 10:07 in late July and early August, the sky over Tozeur is on average 88% free of cloud, so roughly a 88% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Tozeur airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 3 km away.
The Sun will be 54° above the horizon in the 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 1 min 42 s of totality you can look without them.