Where to watch: every place we calculated

Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Calculated with Astronomy Engine 2.1.19 (MIT licence), SearchLocalSolarEclipse.

Totality lasts longest near Luxor and shrinks as you move towards the edge of the path. This table shows what each place gets, and which well-known places miss it.

How to read it. Lengths are for the point we calculated, usually the town centre. A few kilometres can change them by several seconds, and near the edge of the path by a lot. Times are local, using the time-zone rules known today. The eclipse is on 2 August 2027. We have not ranked places by cloud, because we have no checked cloud figures yet.

The Sun’s corona during a total eclipse, with fine streamers spreading out from the dark Moon
The corona in fine detail, processed from many exposures. Photo: 2009 Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol, Vojtech Rušin, Ľubomír Klocok, Karel Martišek, Martin Dietzel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Places inside the path

Places inside the path of totality, longest first
PlaceTotalityStarts (local)Sun height
LuxorEgypt6 min 22 s13:01 (UTC+3)82°
BenghaziLibya6 min 10 s11:27 (UTC+2)68°
AsyutEgypt6 min 07 s12:56 (UTC+3)81°
JeddahSaudi Arabia6 min 00 s13:22 (UTC+3)76°
SfaxTunisia5 min 40 s10:08 (UTC+1)56°
Siwa OasisEgypt5 min 34 s12:42 (UTC+3)75°
Marsa AlamEgypt5 min 30 s13:07 (UTC+3)81°
OranAlgeria5 min 08 s09:50 (UTC+1)43°
MeccaSaudi Arabia5 min 08 s13:24 (UTC+3)75°
TangierMorocco4 min 51 s08:44 (UTC+0)38°
CeutaSpain4 min 48 s10:45 (UTC+2)38°
TarifaSpain4 min 38 s10:44 (UTC+2)38°
GibraltarGibraltar4 min 26 s10:45 (UTC+2)38°
ChefchaouenMorocco4 min 17 s08:45 (UTC+0)39°
BosasoSomalia4 min 06 s13:58 (UTC+3)58°
MarbellaSpain3 min 15 s10:46 (UTC+2)39°
CádizSpain2 min 51 s10:45 (UTC+2)37°
SanaaYemen2 min 34 s13:43 (UTC+3)67°
MálagaSpainNear the edge of the path: a few kilometres either way changes the length a lot.1 min 47 s10:48 (UTC+2)39°
NerjaSpainNear the edge of the path: a few kilometres either way changes the length a lot.1 min 35 s10:48 (UTC+2)40°
TripoliLibyaNear the edge of the path: a few kilometres either way changes the length a lot.0 min 38 s11:16 (UTC+2)60°

Well-known places that miss totality

These get a deep partial eclipse. It is worth seeing with eclipse glasses, but the sky does not go dark.

Places outside the path, closest first
PlaceSun covered at mostGreatest eclipse (local)Sun height
AswanEgyptJust outside the path. 99.8% covered still looks like a bright Sun, not night.99.8%13:08 (UTC+3)83°
AlgiersAlgeriaJust outside the path. 99.8% covered still looks like a bright Sun, not night.99.8%09:58 (UTC+1)47°
GranadaSpainOutside the path. A partial eclipse only, 99.2% of the Sun covered at most.99.2%10:50 (UTC+2)40°
HurghadaEgyptOutside the path. A partial eclipse only, 98.5% of the Sun covered at most.98.5%13:04 (UTC+3)80°
SevilleSpainOutside the path. A partial eclipse only, 98.3% of the Sun covered at most.98.3%10:47 (UTC+2)38°
TunisTunisiaOutside the path. A partial eclipse only, 97.0% of the Sun covered at most.97.0%10:09 (UTC+1)55°
AdenYemenOutside the path. A partial eclipse only, 96.1% of the Sun covered at most.96.1%13:51 (UTC+3)64°
Cairo and GizaEgyptOutside the path. A partial eclipse only, 94.8% of the Sun covered at most.94.8%12:55 (UTC+3)78°
AlexandriaEgyptOutside the path. A partial eclipse only, 93.3% of the Sun covered at most.93.3%12:51 (UTC+3)76°

Notes on the numbers

  • Our code runs a few seconds long, so we subtract the difference measured at one published point. At three other published points it then agrees within two seconds. The test is on this page.
  • Mecca is on the path, but non-Muslims are not allowed to enter it. Check entry rules for every place before you plan.
  • Libya and Yemen, among others, may have travel warnings from your government. We list them because they are on the path, not because we recommend going.

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