Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Dubai?
Partly
53% of the Sun is covered at 14:43 local time. A partial eclipse: worth a look through eclipse glasses, but the day stays bright. Totality is 1,315 km to the south-west.
When to look
Local time in Dubai (GST).
- 13:33:35StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 14:43:47Most covered53% of the Sun
- 15:47:57EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 14:43?
A clear view is very likely. Around 14:43 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Dubai is on average 94% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. Dubai airport, 11 km away, reported 94% in 938 weather reports (2006–2025).
2 August around 14:43, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: clear
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 172017: clear
- 182018: clear
- 192019: some cloud
- 202020: clear
- 212021: no report
- 222022: no report
- 232023: no report
- 242024: clear
- 252025: clear
Clear or nearly clear in 16 of 17 years on the day itself (Dubai airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 94% 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 Al Bahah
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. Al Bahah has 5 min 11 s of totality and a 58% clear record.
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.
Dubai eclipse: questions
It starts at 13:33 and ends at 15:47 local time (GST). The most is covered at 14:43.
No. Dubai sees a partial eclipse with 53% of the Sun covered. The nearest totality is about 1,315 km to the south-west; Al Bahah (1,530 km) gets 5 min 11 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 14:43 in late July and early August, the sky over Dubai is on average 94% free of cloud, so roughly a 94% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That comes from Dubai airport's own weather reports (2006–2025), 11 km away.
The Sun will be 57° 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. In a partial eclipse you need them the whole time, even at 99%.