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Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Vienna?

Monday 2 August 2027 · Vienna

Partly

47% of the Sun is covered at 11:17 local time. A partial eclipse: worth a look through eclipse glasses, but the day stays bright. Totality is 1,445 km to the south.

45%chance of a clear view at 11:17, from 20+ years of weather records
47%of the Sun covered
11:17most covered (CEST)
53°Sun height, south-east
1,445 kmto totality (south)
Make it a trip to MahdiaMahdia is 1,480 km away and gets 2 min 48 s of totality.
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When to look

Local time in Vienna (CEST).

  1. 10:14:03StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
  2. 11:17:16Most covered47% of the Sun
  3. 12:22:23EndsThe Sun is whole again
For the real thing, the path of totality runs 1,445 km to the south. Nearest town in it on our list: Mahdia (2 min 48 s).
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Lines show how much of the Sun is covered at the peak. Gold band: the path of totality.

Will the Sun be clear at 11:17?

Close to a coin flip. Around 11:17 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Vienna is on average 45% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Vienna airport, 18 km away, reported 45% in 1,275 weather reports (2006–2025).

2 August around 11:17, every year since 2006

  • 062006: cloudy
  • 072007: clear
  • 082008: cloudy
  • 092009: clear
  • 102010: some cloud
  • 112011: some cloud
  • 122012: clear
  • 132013: clear
  • 142014: clear
  • 152015: cloudy
  • 162016: some cloud
  • 172017: some cloud
  • 182018: clear
  • 192019: cloudy
  • 202020: cloudy
  • 212021: cloudy
  • 222022: cloudy
  • 232023: cloudy
  • 242024: cloudy
  • 252025: clear
clear (up to 2/8 cloud)some cloudcloudy (6/8 or more)

Clear or nearly clear in 7 of 20 years on the day itself (Vienna airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 45% 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 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.

Vienna eclipse: questions

It starts at 10:14 and ends at 12:22 local time (CEST). The most is covered at 11:17.

No. Vienna sees a partial eclipse with 47% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 1,445 km to the south; Mahdia (1,480 km) gets 2 min 48 s.

Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 11:17 in late July and early August, the sky over Vienna is on average 45% free of cloud, so roughly a 45% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Vienna airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 18 km away.

The Sun will be 53° 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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