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Nordlys i januar

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora on strong nights · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.46
  2. Skye 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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. sep – 10. aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.34
  4. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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. Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.31
  6. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.31
  7. Anchorage 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 20. aug – 15. aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.30
  8. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 15. aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.27
  12. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 21. aug – 21. aprSitting 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. Denali nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USAWinter aurora season · 21. okt – 9. apr (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.24
  16. Murmansk 🇷🇺 RusslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 og Jan MayenAurora season · 1. okt – 28. febFar enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.24
  18. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.24
  19. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SverigeAurora season · 1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.24
  21. Gates of the Arctic nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 1. nov – 31. marNovember 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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 10. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.23
  24. Kobuk Valley nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USANorthern lights · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.22
  25. Wrangell-St. Elias nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USANorthern lights season · 25. aug – 15. apr (vanligvis)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

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Nordlys i februar

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora on strong nights · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.54
  2. Skye 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.42
  5. Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.40
  6. Anchorage 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 20. aug – 15. aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.40
  7. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. sep – 10. aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.39
  9. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇸🇪 SverigeAurora season · 1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 21. aug – 21. aprSitting 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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.33
  15. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15. aug – 15. aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.33
  16. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.33
  17. Murmansk 🇷🇺 RusslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 10. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.31
  21. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.30
  22. Denali nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USAWinter aurora season · 21. okt – 9. apr (vanligvis)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. Gates of the Arctic nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 1. nov – 31. marNovember 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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.29
  25. Kobuk Valley nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USANorthern lights · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.28

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Nordlys i mars

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1. mar – 30. sep (vanligvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.90
  2. Inverness 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora on strong nights · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.65
  3. Skye 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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. sep – 10. aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.52
  6. Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.50
  7. Anchorage 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 20. aug – 15. aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.50
  8. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.50
  10. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.49
  11. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.47
  12. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SverigeAurora season · 1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 21. aug – 21. aprSitting 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 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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. Murmansk 🇷🇺 RusslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.42
  17. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 10. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.42
  20. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.41
  21. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.39
  23. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15. aug – 15. aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.37
  24. Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.37
  25. Denali nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USAWinter aurora season · 21. okt – 9. apr (vanligvis)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

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Nordlys i april

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1. mar – 30. sep (vanligvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.84
  2. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1. sep – 10. aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.72
  3. Anchorage 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 20. aug – 15. aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.70
  4. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.68
  6. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 21. aug – 21. aprSitting 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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.67
  8. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.64
  9. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.58
  11. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.58
  12. Murmansk 🇷🇺 RusslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇸🇪 SverigeAurora season · 1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.55
  16. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.54
  17. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 10. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.51
  19. Denali nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USAWinter aurora season · 21. okt – 9. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.49
  21. Kobuk Valley nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USANorthern lights · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.44
  22. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15. aug – 15. aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.44
  23. Lake Clark nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 1. sep – 15. apr (vanligvis)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. Wrangell-St. Elias nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USANorthern lights season · 25. aug – 15. apr (vanligvis)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

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Nordlys i mai

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1. mar – 30. sep (vanligvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.73

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Nordlys i juni

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1. mar – 30. sep (vanligvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.68

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Nordlys i juli

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1. mar – 30. sep (vanligvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.70

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Nordlys i august

  1. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.85
  4. Anchorage 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 20. aug – 15. aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.83
  5. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 21. aug – 21. aprSitting 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. aug – 15. aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.79
  7. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1. mar – 30. sep (vanligvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.74
  8. Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.70
  10. Wrangell-St. Elias nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USANorthern lights season · 25. aug – 15. apr (vanligvis)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

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Nordlys i september

  1. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1. sep – 10. aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.84
  2. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1. mar – 30. sep (vanligvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.79
  3. Inverness 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora on strong nights · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 20. aug – 15. aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.73
  8. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 21. aug – 21. aprSitting 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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.72
  10. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.71
  11. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.70
  12. Murmansk 🇷🇺 RusslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 15. aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.69
  14. Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.68
  15. Skye 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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 🇸🇪 SverigeAurora season · 1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 10. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.64
  20. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.63
  22. Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.60
  23. Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.59
  25. Kobuk Valley nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USANorthern lights · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.56

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  1. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1. sep – 10. aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.67
  2. Inverness 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora on strong nights · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.63
  3. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 20. aug – 15. aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.57
  5. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.56
  7. Skye 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.56
  9. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.52
  10. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.52
  12. Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 15. aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.50
  14. Murmansk 🇷🇺 RusslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 21. aug – 21. aprSitting 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 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 10. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.47
  20. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.46
  21. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SverigeAurora season · 1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.41
  24. Denali nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USAWinter aurora season · 21. okt – 9. apr (vanligvis)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 og Jan MayenAurora season · 1. okt – 28. febFar 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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Nordlys i november

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora on strong nights · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.55
  2. Skye 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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. sep – 10. aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.45
  4. Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.43
  5. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.40
  7. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.38
  8. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.36
  9. Anchorage 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 20. aug – 15. aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.36
  10. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 10. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. Murmansk 🇷🇺 RusslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.35
  14. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.34
  17. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard og Jan MayenAurora season · 1. okt – 28. febFar enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.32
  18. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SverigeAurora season · 1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. aug – 15. aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.29
  22. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 21. aug – 21. aprSitting 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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.27
  25. Gates of the Arctic nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 1. nov – 31. marNovember 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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Nordlys i desember

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora on strong nights · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.45
  2. Skye 🇬🇧 StorbritanniaAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)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. Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 31. mar (vanligvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.33
  5. Bodø 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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. sep – 10. aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.31
  7. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard og Jan MayenAurora season · 1. okt – 28. febFar enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.29
  8. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 15. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.28
  9. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 10. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. Murmansk 🇷🇺 RusslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.28
  12. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.28
  13. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 20. aug – 15. aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.27
  15. Kiruna 🇸🇪 SverigeAurora season · 1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇬🇱 GrønlandAurora season · 15. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.27
  17. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IslandAurora season · 1. sep – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.26
  18. Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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 🇳🇴 NorgeAurora season · 10. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)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 🇺🇸 USAAurora season · 21. aug – 21. aprSitting 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. aug – 15. aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.23
  23. Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.23
  24. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20. aug – 10. apr (vanligvis)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. Denali nasjonalpark 🇺🇸 USAWinter aurora season · 21. okt – 9. apr (vanligvis)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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