Noorderlicht, maand voor maand over de hele wereld

Donker genoeg voor het noorder- (of zuider)licht, als de wolken meewerken.

30 bestemmingen op SeasonMap, binnen elke maand gerangschikt op de comfortscore — want het gaat er niet alleen om waar het seizoen speelt, maar of het weer de reis ondertussen waard is.

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Aantal bestemmingen waar het noorderlicht die maand speelt. De periodes schuiven elk jaar een beetje.

Noorderlicht in januari

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.46
  2. Skye 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.31
  6. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.31
  7. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.30
  8. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora 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 National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.24
  16. Moermansk 🇷🇺 RuslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇸🇯 Spitsbergen en 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 (meestal)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.24
  19. Kiruna 🇸🇪 ZwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.24
  21. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 1 nov – 31 mrtNovember 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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.23
  24. Kobuk Valley National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenNorthern lights · 15 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.22
  25. Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenNorthern lights season · 25 aug – 15 apr (meestal)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

…en nog 4 in januari.

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Noorderlicht in februari

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.54
  2. Skye 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.42
  5. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.40
  6. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.40
  7. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇸🇪 ZwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora 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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.33
  17. Moermansk 🇷🇺 RuslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.31
  21. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.30
  22. Denali National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (meestal)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 National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 1 nov – 31 mrtNovember 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 (meestal)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.29
  25. Kobuk Valley National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenNorthern lights · 15 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.28

…en nog 4 in februari.

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Noorderlicht in maart

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliëAurora australis · 1 mrt – 30 sep (meestal)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.90
  2. Inverness 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.65
  3. Skye 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.50
  7. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.50
  8. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.50
  10. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.47
  12. Kiruna 🇸🇪 ZwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora 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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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. Moermansk 🇷🇺 RuslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.42
  17. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.42
  20. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 (meestal)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. Rukatunturi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (meestal)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

…en nog 4 in maart.

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Noorderlicht in april

  1. Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliëAurora australis · 1 mrt – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.70
  4. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.68
  6. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora 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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.64
  9. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.58
  11. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.58
  12. Moermansk 🇷🇺 RuslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇸🇪 ZwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.55
  16. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.54
  17. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.51
  19. Denali National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (meestal)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. Rukatunturi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenNorthern lights · 15 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 1 sep – 15 apr (meestal)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 National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenNorthern lights season · 25 aug – 15 apr (meestal)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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Noorderlicht in mei

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

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Noorderlicht in juni

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

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Noorderlicht in juli

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

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Noorderlicht in augustus

  1. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 (meestal)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.85
  4. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.83
  5. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora 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 🇦🇺 AustraliëAurora australis · 1 mrt – 30 sep (meestal)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.74
  8. Rukatunturi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.70
  10. Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenNorthern lights season · 25 aug – 15 apr (meestal)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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Noorderlicht in 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 🇦🇺 AustraliëAurora australis · 1 mrt – 30 sep (meestal)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.79
  3. Inverness 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.73
  8. Fairbanks 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora 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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.71
  11. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.70
  12. Moermansk 🇷🇺 RuslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.68
  15. Skye 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇸🇪 ZwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.64
  20. Svolvær 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.60
  23. Rukatunturi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.59
  25. Kobuk Valley National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenNorthern lights · 15 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.56

…en nog 2 in september.

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Noorderlicht in oktober

  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 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.63
  3. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.57
  5. Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.56
  7. Skye 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.56
  9. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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. Moermansk 🇷🇺 RuslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora 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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.47
  20. Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 15 sep – 10 apr (meestal)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.46
  21. Kiruna 🇸🇪 ZwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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. Rukatunturi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.41
  24. Denali National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (meestal)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 🇸🇯 Spitsbergen en 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

…en nog 3 in oktober.

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Noorderlicht in november

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.55
  2. Skye 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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. Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.43
  5. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.40
  7. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.38
  8. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.36
  9. Anchorage 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.36
  10. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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. Moermansk 🇷🇺 RuslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.35
  14. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.34
  17. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Spitsbergen en 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 🇸🇪 ZwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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. Rukatunturi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora 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 (meestal)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.27
  25. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 1 nov – 31 mrtNovember 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

…en nog 4 in november.

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Noorderlicht in december

  1. Inverness 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.45
  2. Skye 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mrt (meestal)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.33
  5. Bodø 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇸🇯 Spitsbergen en 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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (meestal)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.28
  9. Nuuk 🇬🇱 GroenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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. Moermansk 🇷🇺 RuslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.28
  12. Akureyri 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.28
  13. Húsavík 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.27
  15. Kiruna 🇸🇪 ZwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 sep – 10 apr (meestal)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.27
  17. Vík í Mýrdal 🇮🇸 IJslandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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. Rukatunturi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAurora 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 (meestal)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 (meestal)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 National Park and Preserve 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (meestal)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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