Aurores polaires, mois par mois dans le monde

Assez de nuit pour voir les aurores boréales (ou australes), si les nuages le permettent.

30 destinations sur SeasonMap, classées dans chaque mois selon le score de confort — car la question n’est pas seulement de savoir où la saison bat son plein, mais si la météo vaut le voyage pendant ce temps.

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Quand ça a lieu

Nombre de destinations concernées (aurores polaires) ce mois-là. Les périodes bougent un peu chaque année.

Aurores polaires en janvier

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora on strong nights · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.46
  2. Île de Skye 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark skies and a northern horizon over the Minch make Skye one of the better bets in Britain, on the nights the Atlantic cloud lets it through.44
  3. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr.Edmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.34
  4. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough south that it takes an active night rather than any dark one, but on those nights the lights are visible from the Bymarka hills fifteen minutes out of the centre.33
  5. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.31
  6. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.31
  7. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 20 août – 15 avr.From late August the nights are dark enough again.30
  8. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Dark enough from mid-September, and the harbour and the hot pools above the town both look north over the bay with no streetlight in the way.30
  9. Bodø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.29
  10. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough to see the lights from late August until the light comes back in spring, with a break either side of the solstice when it never really gets dark.28
  11. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 15 avr.The town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.27
  12. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 10 avr. (en général)It splits in two: late August to September, when the lights reflect off open lake water and the nights are mild, and the long cold half from November.27
  13. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 21 août – 21 avr.Sitting under the auroral oval, the town claims better than nine nights in ten over a three-night stay if you actually go out after midnight.27
  14. Parc national et réserve du Denali 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter aurora season · 21 oct. – 9 avr. (en général)The road is ploughed only to mile 3 and everything past it is skis, snowshoes or a dog team, with the winter visitor centre the one thing open.25
  15. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.24
  16. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral oval, but the city's own light and the Barents cloud work against you — the trips run out to Teriberka or the Lovozero side to get away from both.24
  17. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard et Jan MayenAurora season · 1 oct. – 28 févr.Far enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.24
  18. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.24
  19. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeAurora season · 1 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Inland and dry, which is the real advantage over the coast: fewer cloudy nights than Norway at the same latitude, and the Abisko rain shadow an hour west is better again.24
  20. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.24
  21. Parc national et réserve des Gates of the Arctic 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 1 nov. – 31 marsNovember to March is the park's own answer for the northern lights, though with no road in most people watch from Coldfoot or Bettles and fly over in daylight.23
  22. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from September to April, and you only need to walk out past the last streetlights on the Qinngorput side to be clear of the town.23
  23. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.23
  24. Parc national de Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 États-UnisNorthern lights · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.22
  25. Parc national de Wrangell–Saint-Élie 🇺🇸 États-UnisNorthern lights season · 25 août – 15 avr. (en général)Once the nights darken at the end of August the aurora can show over the park until April; the catch is that lodges, flights and visitor centres close by late September, so early autumn is the practical window.22

…et 4 de plus en janvier.

Au programme dans le monde en janvier →

Aurores polaires en février

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora on strong nights · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.54
  2. Île de Skye 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark skies and a northern horizon over the Minch make Skye one of the better bets in Britain, on the nights the Atlantic cloud lets it through.48
  3. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough south that it takes an active night rather than any dark one, but on those nights the lights are visible from the Bymarka hills fifteen minutes out of the centre.44
  4. Bodø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.42
  5. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.40
  6. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 20 août – 15 avr.From late August the nights are dark enough again.40
  7. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.40
  8. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr.Edmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.39
  9. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Dark enough from mid-September, and the harbour and the hot pools above the town both look north over the bay with no streetlight in the way.38
  10. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough to see the lights from late August until the light comes back in spring, with a break either side of the solstice when it never really gets dark.36
  11. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 10 avr. (en général)It splits in two: late August to September, when the lights reflect off open lake water and the nights are mild, and the long cold half from November.35
  12. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeAurora season · 1 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Inland and dry, which is the real advantage over the coast: fewer cloudy nights than Norway at the same latitude, and the Abisko rain shadow an hour west is better again.34
  13. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 21 août – 21 avr.Sitting under the auroral oval, the town claims better than nine nights in ten over a three-night stay if you actually go out after midnight.34
  14. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.33
  15. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 15 avr.The town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.33
  16. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.33
  17. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral oval, but the city's own light and the Barents cloud work against you — the trips run out to Teriberka or the Lovozero side to get away from both.32
  18. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.32
  19. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from September to April, and you only need to walk out past the last streetlights on the Qinngorput side to be clear of the town.31
  20. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.31
  21. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.30
  22. Parc national et réserve du Denali 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter aurora season · 21 oct. – 9 avr. (en général)The road is ploughed only to mile 3 and everything past it is skis, snowshoes or a dog team, with the winter visitor centre the one thing open.29
  23. Parc national et réserve des Gates of the Arctic 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 1 nov. – 31 marsNovember to March is the park's own answer for the northern lights, though with no road in most people watch from Coldfoot or Bettles and fly over in daylight.29
  24. Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.29
  25. Parc national de Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 États-UnisNorthern lights · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.28

…et 4 de plus en février.

Au programme dans le monde en février →

Aurores polaires en mars

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustralieAurora australis · 1 mars – 30 sept. (en général)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.90
  2. Inverness 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora on strong nights · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.65
  3. Île de Skye 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark skies and a northern horizon over the Minch make Skye one of the better bets in Britain, on the nights the Atlantic cloud lets it through.60
  4. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough south that it takes an active night rather than any dark one, but on those nights the lights are visible from the Bymarka hills fifteen minutes out of the centre.56
  5. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr.Edmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.52
  6. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.50
  7. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 20 août – 15 avr.From late August the nights are dark enough again.50
  8. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough to see the lights from late August until the light comes back in spring, with a break either side of the solstice when it never really gets dark.50
  9. Bodø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.50
  10. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.49
  11. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.47
  12. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeAurora season · 1 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Inland and dry, which is the real advantage over the coast: fewer cloudy nights than Norway at the same latitude, and the Abisko rain shadow an hour west is better again.47
  13. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 21 août – 21 avr.Sitting under the auroral oval, the town claims better than nine nights in ten over a three-night stay if you actually go out after midnight.47
  14. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Dark enough from mid-September, and the harbour and the hot pools above the town both look north over the bay with no streetlight in the way.46
  15. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral oval, but the city's own light and the Barents cloud work against you — the trips run out to Teriberka or the Lovozero side to get away from both.45
  16. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.42
  17. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from September to April, and you only need to walk out past the last streetlights on the Qinngorput side to be clear of the town.42
  18. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.42
  19. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.42
  20. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.41
  21. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 10 avr. (en général)It splits in two: late August to September, when the lights reflect off open lake water and the nights are mild, and the long cold half from November.40
  22. Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.39
  23. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 15 avr.The town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.37
  24. Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.37
  25. Parc national et réserve du Denali 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter aurora season · 21 oct. – 9 avr. (en général)The road is ploughed only to mile 3 and everything past it is skis, snowshoes or a dog team, with the winter visitor centre the one thing open.36

…et 4 de plus en mars.

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Aurores polaires en avril

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustralieAurora australis · 1 mars – 30 sept. (en général)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.84
  2. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr.Edmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.72
  3. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 20 août – 15 avr.From late August the nights are dark enough again.70
  4. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough to see the lights from late August until the light comes back in spring, with a break either side of the solstice when it never really gets dark.69
  5. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.68
  6. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 21 août – 21 avr.Sitting under the auroral oval, the town claims better than nine nights in ten over a three-night stay if you actually go out after midnight.68
  7. Bodø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.67
  8. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.64
  9. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Dark enough from mid-September, and the harbour and the hot pools above the town both look north over the bay with no streetlight in the way.59
  10. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.58
  11. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.58
  12. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral oval, but the city's own light and the Barents cloud work against you — the trips run out to Teriberka or the Lovozero side to get away from both.57
  13. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeAurora season · 1 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Inland and dry, which is the real advantage over the coast: fewer cloudy nights than Norway at the same latitude, and the Abisko rain shadow an hour west is better again.57
  14. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 10 avr. (en général)It splits in two: late August to September, when the lights reflect off open lake water and the nights are mild, and the long cold half from November.56
  15. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.55
  16. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.54
  17. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from September to April, and you only need to walk out past the last streetlights on the Qinngorput side to be clear of the town.53
  18. Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.51
  19. Parc national et réserve du Denali 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter aurora season · 21 oct. – 9 avr. (en général)The road is ploughed only to mile 3 and everything past it is skis, snowshoes or a dog team, with the winter visitor centre the one thing open.50
  20. Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.49
  21. Parc national de Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 États-UnisNorthern lights · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.44
  22. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 15 avr.The town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.44
  23. Parc national et réserve de Lake Clark 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 1 sept. – 15 avr. (en général)Once the nights darken at the end of summer the northern lights show over the lakes, and the long winter nights are the best of it.40
  24. Parc national de Wrangell–Saint-Élie 🇺🇸 États-UnisNorthern lights season · 25 août – 15 avr. (en général)Once the nights darken at the end of August the aurora can show over the park until April; the catch is that lodges, flights and visitor centres close by late September, so early autumn is the practical window.40

Au programme dans le monde en avril →

Aurores polaires en mai

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustralieAurora australis · 1 mars – 30 sept. (en général)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.73

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Aurores polaires en juin

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustralieAurora australis · 1 mars – 30 sept. (en général)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.68

Au programme dans le monde en juin →

Aurores polaires en juillet

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustralieAurora australis · 1 mars – 30 sept. (en général)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.70

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Aurores polaires en août

  1. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough to see the lights from late August until the light comes back in spring, with a break either side of the solstice when it never really gets dark.90
  2. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 10 avr. (en général)It splits in two: late August to September, when the lights reflect off open lake water and the nights are mild, and the long cold half from November.87
  3. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.85
  4. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 20 août – 15 avr.From late August the nights are dark enough again.83
  5. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 21 août – 21 avr.Sitting under the auroral oval, the town claims better than nine nights in ten over a three-night stay if you actually go out after midnight.82
  6. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 15 avr.The town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.79
  7. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustralieAurora australis · 1 mars – 30 sept. (en général)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.74
  8. Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.70
  9. Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.70
  10. Parc national de Wrangell–Saint-Élie 🇺🇸 États-UnisNorthern lights season · 25 août – 15 avr. (en général)Once the nights darken at the end of August the aurora can show over the park until April; the catch is that lodges, flights and visitor centres close by late September, so early autumn is the practical window.56

Au programme dans le monde en août →

Aurores polaires en septembre

  1. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr.Edmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.84
  2. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustralieAurora australis · 1 mars – 30 sept. (en général)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.79
  3. Inverness 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora on strong nights · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.76
  4. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough to see the lights from late August until the light comes back in spring, with a break either side of the solstice when it never really gets dark.76
  5. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough south that it takes an active night rather than any dark one, but on those nights the lights are visible from the Bymarka hills fifteen minutes out of the centre.75
  6. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 10 avr. (en général)It splits in two: late August to September, when the lights reflect off open lake water and the nights are mild, and the long cold half from November.74
  7. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 20 août – 15 avr.From late August the nights are dark enough again.73
  8. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 21 août – 21 avr.Sitting under the auroral oval, the town claims better than nine nights in ten over a three-night stay if you actually go out after midnight.73
  9. Bodø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.72
  10. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.71
  11. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.70
  12. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral oval, but the city's own light and the Barents cloud work against you — the trips run out to Teriberka or the Lovozero side to get away from both.70
  13. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 15 avr.The town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.69
  14. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.68
  15. Île de Skye 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark skies and a northern horizon over the Minch make Skye one of the better bets in Britain, on the nights the Atlantic cloud lets it through.68
  16. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeAurora season · 1 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Inland and dry, which is the real advantage over the coast: fewer cloudy nights than Norway at the same latitude, and the Abisko rain shadow an hour west is better again.68
  17. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from September to April, and you only need to walk out past the last streetlights on the Qinngorput side to be clear of the town.67
  18. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Dark enough from mid-September, and the harbour and the hot pools above the town both look north over the bay with no streetlight in the way.66
  19. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.64
  20. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.63
  21. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.63
  22. Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.60
  23. Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.59
  24. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.59
  25. Parc national de Kobuk Valley 🇺🇸 États-UnisNorthern lights · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.56

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Aurores polaires en octobre

  1. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr.Edmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.67
  2. Inverness 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora on strong nights · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.63
  3. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough south that it takes an active night rather than any dark one, but on those nights the lights are visible from the Bymarka hills fifteen minutes out of the centre.60
  4. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 20 août – 15 avr.From late August the nights are dark enough again.57
  5. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough to see the lights from late August until the light comes back in spring, with a break either side of the solstice when it never really gets dark.57
  6. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.56
  7. Île de Skye 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark skies and a northern horizon over the Minch make Skye one of the better bets in Britain, on the nights the Atlantic cloud lets it through.56
  8. Bodø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.56
  9. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.52
  10. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 10 avr. (en général)It splits in two: late August to September, when the lights reflect off open lake water and the nights are mild, and the long cold half from November.52
  11. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.52
  12. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.51
  13. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 15 avr.The town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.50
  14. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral oval, but the city's own light and the Barents cloud work against you — the trips run out to Teriberka or the Lovozero side to get away from both.50
  15. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 21 août – 21 avr.Sitting under the auroral oval, the town claims better than nine nights in ten over a three-night stay if you actually go out after midnight.50
  16. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Dark enough from mid-September, and the harbour and the hot pools above the town both look north over the bay with no streetlight in the way.50
  17. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from September to April, and you only need to walk out past the last streetlights on the Qinngorput side to be clear of the town.48
  18. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.47
  19. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.47
  20. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.46
  21. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeAurora season · 1 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Inland and dry, which is the real advantage over the coast: fewer cloudy nights than Norway at the same latitude, and the Abisko rain shadow an hour west is better again.44
  22. Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.41
  23. Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.41
  24. Parc national et réserve du Denali 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter aurora season · 21 oct. – 9 avr. (en général)The road is ploughed only to mile 3 and everything past it is skis, snowshoes or a dog team, with the winter visitor centre the one thing open.40
  25. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard et Jan MayenAurora season · 1 oct. – 28 févr.Far enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.40

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Aurores polaires en novembre

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora on strong nights · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.55
  2. Île de Skye 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark skies and a northern horizon over the Minch make Skye one of the better bets in Britain, on the nights the Atlantic cloud lets it through.51
  3. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr.Edmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.45
  4. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.43
  5. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough south that it takes an active night rather than any dark one, but on those nights the lights are visible from the Bymarka hills fifteen minutes out of the centre.42
  6. Bodø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.40
  7. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.38
  8. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.36
  9. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 20 août – 15 avr.From late August the nights are dark enough again.36
  10. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from September to April, and you only need to walk out past the last streetlights on the Qinngorput side to be clear of the town.36
  11. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral oval, but the city's own light and the Barents cloud work against you — the trips run out to Teriberka or the Lovozero side to get away from both.35
  12. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.35
  13. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.35
  14. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Dark enough from mid-September, and the harbour and the hot pools above the town both look north over the bay with no streetlight in the way.35
  15. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough to see the lights from late August until the light comes back in spring, with a break either side of the solstice when it never really gets dark.34
  16. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.34
  17. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard et Jan MayenAurora season · 1 oct. – 28 févr.Far enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.32
  18. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeAurora season · 1 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Inland and dry, which is the real advantage over the coast: fewer cloudy nights than Norway at the same latitude, and the Abisko rain shadow an hour west is better again.32
  19. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 10 avr. (en général)It splits in two: late August to September, when the lights reflect off open lake water and the nights are mild, and the long cold half from November.31
  20. Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.30
  21. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 15 avr.The town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.29
  22. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.29
  23. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 21 août – 21 avr.Sitting under the auroral oval, the town claims better than nine nights in ten over a three-night stay if you actually go out after midnight.29
  24. Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.27
  25. Parc national et réserve des Gates of the Arctic 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 1 nov. – 31 marsNovember to March is the park's own answer for the northern lights, though with no road in most people watch from Coldfoot or Bettles and fly over in daylight.25

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Aurores polaires en décembre

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora on strong nights · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.45
  2. Île de Skye 🇬🇧 Royaume-UniAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark skies and a northern horizon over the Minch make Skye one of the better bets in Britain, on the nights the Atlantic cloud lets it through.41
  3. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Far enough south that it takes an active night rather than any dark one, but on those nights the lights are visible from the Bymarka hills fifteen minutes out of the centre.35
  4. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 31 mars (en général)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.33
  5. Bodø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.33
  6. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr.Edmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.31
  7. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard et Jan MayenAurora season · 1 oct. – 28 févr.Far enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.29
  8. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 15 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.28
  9. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from September to April, and you only need to walk out past the last streetlights on the Qinngorput side to be clear of the town.28
  10. Mourmansk 🇷🇺 RussieAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral oval, but the city's own light and the Barents cloud work against you — the trips run out to Teriberka or the Lovozero side to get away from both.28
  11. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.28
  12. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.28
  13. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Dark enough from mid-September, and the harbour and the hot pools above the town both look north over the bay with no streetlight in the way.28
  14. Anchorage 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 20 août – 15 avr.From late August the nights are dark enough again.27
  15. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SuèdeAurora season · 1 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Inland and dry, which is the real advantage over the coast: fewer cloudy nights than Norway at the same latitude, and the Abisko rain shadow an hour west is better again.27
  16. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 15 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.27
  17. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandeAurora season · 1 sept. – 10 avr. (en général)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.26
  18. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 10 avr. (en général)It splits in two: late August to September, when the lights reflect off open lake water and the nights are mild, and the long cold half from November.24
  19. Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.24
  20. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorvègeAurora season · 10 sept. – 5 avr. (en général)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.24
  21. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 États-UnisAurora season · 21 août – 21 avr.Sitting under the auroral oval, the town claims better than nine nights in ten over a three-night stay if you actually go out after midnight.24
  22. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 août – 15 avr.The town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.23
  23. Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandeAurora season · 25 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.23
  24. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 août – 10 avr. (en général)Dark enough to see the lights from late August until the light comes back in spring, with a break either side of the solstice when it never really gets dark.23
  25. Parc national et réserve du Denali 🇺🇸 États-UnisWinter aurora season · 21 oct. – 9 avr. (en général)The road is ploughed only to mile 3 and everything past it is skis, snowshoes or a dog team, with the winter visitor centre the one thing open.21

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