Eclipse 2027 in Algeria: From Oran to the Aurès

On Monday 2 August 2027, 168 of the Algerian towns in the simulator’s list fall inside the path of totality, from Ghazaouet on the Moroccan border to Bir el Ater on the Tunisian one, by way of Tlemcen, Oran, the Chélif valley, the Hodna and the Aurès. The shadow crosses the country in about a quarter of an hour: totality starts at 09:49:50 in Ghazaouet and at 10:04:14 in Bir el Ater. Oran is the city loaded below; pick another from the buttons, search for a town, or type the coordinates of your viewing spot.

The big cities on the northern edge

The path’s northern limit runs close to the coast in the middle of the country, and three of the largest cities sit just outside it. Algiers gets 99.8%, Constantine 99.9% and Annaba 98.0%: a deep partial eclipse, but at those figures the sky only dims, the Sun stays a dazzling crescent and the corona never appears. From Algiers the nearest totality is in the Mitidja: Blida has 2 min 53 s, and Médéa, further into the Atlas, about 4 minutes. From Constantine, El Khroub is just inside the edge, and the plains towards Oum el Bouaghi and Batna give four to five minutes.

The west and the high plateaus

Oran and its suburbs get about 5 min 8 s, with the Sun 43° high in the east. Mostaganem, Relizane, Mascara and Tiaret all get around five minutes, Sidi Bel Abbès 4 min 30 s and Tlemcen 3 min 8 s, closer to the southern edge. In the east, Batna, Biskra and Tébessa get over five minutes with the Sun 51° to 53° high. To the south, Djelfa (3 min 25 s) is inside, while Laghouat (98.2%), El Oued (98.1%) and Ghardaïa (93.4%) stay partial.

One clock, two kinds of viewing

A single time zone covers the whole country: UTC+1 (CET), unchanged since May 1981 and without summer time, so a time read on this page is the time an Algerian phone shows. What changes from town to town is how the morning is spent. In Algiers, Constantine or Ghardaïa the eclipse never becomes total, and the thin sliver of Sun left at 99.8% can still harm the eyes: filters stay in place from start to finish there. Inside the path, the filter comes off only at second contact (C2), when the last bead of sunlight disappears, and goes back on at third contact (C3); the simulator’s timeline and countdown give both for the town you pick.

Places in Algeria that see totality

The 60 listed towns in Algeria with the longest totality (of 168 inside the path) and this page's quick picks, longest first; search above for any other. Totality times are to the second; the partial phase to the minute.

Nearby places that see a partial eclipse

Any other place: use the search above, enter coordinates, or open the eclipse simulator for the whole path.