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eclipseando · Total solar eclipse · 2 August 2027

The total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 in Saudi Arabia

The total eclipse of 2 August 2027 crosses western Saudi Arabia in the early afternoon. In Jeddah the Sun will be completely covered for 6 min, from 13:22 to 13:28, Saudi Arabia time (UTC+3); in Mecca, for 5 min 6 s.

The path of totality comes in from the Red Sea at Jeddah and runs south-east over the Hejaz and Asir mountains to Jizan and Najran. 1,313 of the country’s 1,429 places see it, in 5 of its 13 provinces. Elsewhere the eclipse is partial: 75.8% in Riyadh, 94.5% in Medina and 62.2% in Dammam.

It happens in the early afternoon of the hottest month, with the Sun high in the sky (76° in Jeddah). Read the heat page before planning anything.

More on the eclipse in Saudi Arabia

The provinces

Each province with all its towns and villages.

Eclipse merch

Shipping to Saudi Arabia: €19.99. Prices: no VAT (export).

It's made in another country and enters your country as an import. On delivery, the carrier will charge you the import taxes (VAT and duties, if any) and a handling fee. They're not included in the price.

The whole shop

Places: the provinces from the UN administrative boundaries (OCHA COD-AB for Saudi Arabia, from GADM, CC BY-IGO), towns and villages from GeoNames (geonames.org, CC BY 4.0) and names from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia. Times and durations: our own calculation with JPL’s DE440s ephemeris, in Saudi Arabia time (UTC+3, all year round, with no daylight saving time).