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Northern lights forecast tonight

Know which nights are worth it. One honest forecast a day for the far north, with ten winters of camera and sky data behind every destination.

Best chance tonight 60% Levi Good tonight · A good night to plan around.
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Tonight · Friday 30 October

Tonight across the north

Map of the aurora destinations around the Arctic, with tonight's chanceIceland 50%Fairbanks 30%Yellowknife 45%Tromsø 10%Abisko 25%Kiruna 15%Alta 35%Lofoten 15%Kirkenes 25%Rovaniemi 40%Levi 60%Saariselkä 15%
Map of northern Norway, Sweden and Finland, with tonight's chanceTromsø 10%Abisko 25%Kiruna 15%Alta 35%Lofoten 15%Kirkenes 25%Rovaniemi 40%Levi 60%Saariselkä 15%
Northern Scandinavia

Good or ExcellentPossibleLowNot issued

TromsøNorway 10%LowBest month: JanuaryAbiskoSweden 25%LowBest month: NovemberKirunaSweden 15%LowBest month: JanuaryAltaNorway 35%PossibleBest month: DecemberLofotenNorway 15%LowBest month: DecemberKirkenesNorway 25%LowBest month: JanuaryRovaniemiFinland 40%PossibleBest month: MarchLeviFinland 60%GoodBest month: MarchSaariselkäFinland 15%LowBest month: JanuaryIcelandIceland 50%GoodBest month: DecemberFairbanksUnited States 30%PossibleBest month: JanuaryYellowknifeCanada 45%PossibleBest month: March

Each forecast is issued once a day in the afternoon before the night. The app updates it through the evening.

Waning gibbous, 76% lit

Moon phase tonight · Friday 30 October

Waning gibbous, 76% lit

A bright moon washes out faint aurora, while strong displays still show through. The darkest skies come in the week around new moon.

Next new moon
Monday 9 November
Next full moon
Tuesday 24 November

Does a full moon ruin the northern lights? What our camera data shows

  1. Waning gibbous, 76% litToday76%
  2. Last quarter, 54% litSun 154%
  3. Last quarter, 32% litTue 332%
  4. Waning crescent, 14% litThu 514%
  5. New moon, 3% litSat 73%
  6. New moon, 0% litMon 90%
  7. Waxing crescent, 5% litWed 115%
  8. Waxing crescent, 16% litFri 1316%
  9. First quarter, 32% litSun 1532%
  10. First quarter, 50% litTue 1750%
  11. Waxing gibbous, 70% litThu 1970%
  12. Waxing gibbous, 87% litSat 2187%
  13. Full moon, 98% litMon 2398%
  14. Full moon, 99% litWed 2599%
  15. Waning gibbous, 88% litFri 2788%

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Northern lights calendar 2026–27: dark, moon-free nights

Aurora itself can only be forecast a few days ahead. What you can plan months ahead is darkness and the moon. Each night shows how many dark hours have no moonlight at your destination.

October 2026

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November 2026

MoTuWeThFrSaSu13h25h38h413h513h613h713h813h914h1014h1114h1214h1314h1414h1514h1611h179h187h195h203h211h220h230h240h250h260h270h280h294h306h

December 2026

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January 2027

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February 2027

MoTuWeThFrSaSu114h213h313h413h513h613h713h813h913h1012h1111h123h130h140h150h160h170h180h190h200h210h221h233h246h2510h2610h2710h2810h

March 2027

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From the blog

Northern lights guides, from our data

PlanningBest time to see the northern lights: month by month, from ten winters of dataThe best months are the ones that are both dark and clear. Here is when aurora cameras saw it most often, and when low cloud was rarest at twelve destinations, from ten winters of airport reports.The moonDoes a full moon ruin the northern lights? What our camera data showsA full moon does not ruin the northern lights, but it hides the faint ones. When we checked moonlit camera frames by eye, about half of the aurora the cameras recorded was still worth seeing for a person.

What the percentage means

The chance that clearly visible aurora appears during the dark hours tonight at that place, if skies allow and you're watching. It combines space weather, cloud layers, darkness and moonlight. Kp alone can't tell good nights from bad at these latitudes. How we know

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