Chasing Eclipses

The 2027 total solar eclipse in Saudi Arabia

The path crosses western Saudi Arabia from the Red Sea coast at Jeddah to the Asir highlands around Abha, with totality close to six minutes. Mecca lies inside the path but is open to Muslims only.

6m 08slongest totality, in Abha

Among the places we cover, totality lasts longest in Abha, at 6m 08s, starting at 13:34:05 local time (UTC+3).

Totality in each town

  1. AbhaSaudi Arabia6m 08s
  2. JeddahSaudi Arabia6m 03s
  3. TaifSaudi Arabia3m 56s
Sorted from longest to shortest totality.

Weather in early August

The Red Sea coastal plain is mostly clear, with a little more cloud risk in the Asir mountains in summer.