All destinations · Kairouan
Kairouan
A holy city and World Heritage site near the northern limit of the path: totality is short here and lengthens quickly towards the south.
The eclipse at this site
Total eclipse Totality is visible from this location.
- Duration of totality
- 2 min 41 s
- Magnitude
- 1.005
- Obscuration
- 100%
- Distance to the nearest limit of totality
- 15 km
| Event | Tunisian time (UTC+1) | Sun position |
|---|---|---|
| Partial eclipse begins (C1) | 08:55:47 | 40° / 97° |
| Totality begins (C2) | 10:08:53 | 55° / 111° |
| Maximum eclipse | 10:10:13 | 55° / 112° |
| Totality ends (C3) | 10:11:34 | 55° / 112° |
| Partial eclipse ends (C4) | 11:29:38 | 68° / 142° |
About the destination
Kairouan is famous for its Great Mosque and its medina. The city centre lies about 15 km inside the northern limit, so totality lasts under three minutes and the exact value is sensitive to the precise position and to the lunar limb profile. Moving 20–30 km south adds more than a minute.
Access and transport
By road from Tunis, Sousse or Sfax. Nearest airports: Monastir and Enfidha–Hammamet.
Nearby
Great Mosque of Kairouan; Aghlabid basins; medina.
UNESCO World Heritage
Climate at the time of the eclipse
Over 2000–2024, at 10:00 between 26 July and 9 August: mean cloud cover 7%, clear sky on 85% of mornings, mean temperature 32 °C. Climate statistics, not a forecast. Weather