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Когда идёт
Северное сияние — январь
- Инвернесс 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora on strong nights · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.46
- Скай 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апрEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.34
- Тронхейм 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Рейкьявик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.31
- Акюрейри 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.31
- Анкоридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 20 авг – 15 апрFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.30
- Хусавик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Будё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.29
- Уайтхорс 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 20 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Черчилл 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 15 апрThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.27
- Йеллоунайф 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 21 авг – 21 апрSitting 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
- Денали 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWinter aurora season · 21 окт – 9 апр (обычно)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
- Тромсё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.24
- Мурманск 🇷🇺 РоссияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Лонгйир 🇸🇯 Шпицберген и Ян-МайенAurora season · 1 окт – 28 февFar enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.24
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.24
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияAurora season · 1 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Илулиссат 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.24
- Гейтс-оф-те-Арктик 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 1 ноя – 31 марNovember 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
- Нуук 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 10 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Вик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.23
- Кобук-Валли 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNorthern lights · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.22
- Рангел-Сент-Элайас 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNorthern lights season · 25 авг – 15 апр (обычно)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
…и ещё 4 в этом месяце (январь).
Северное сияние — февраль
- Инвернесс 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora on strong nights · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.54
- Скай 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Тронхейм 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Будё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.42
- Рейкьявик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.40
- Анкоридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 20 авг – 15 апрFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.40
- Акюрейри 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.40
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апрEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.39
- Хусавик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Уайтхорс 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 20 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Йеллоунайф 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияAurora season · 1 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 21 авг – 21 апрSitting 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
- Тромсё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.33
- Черчилл 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 15 апрThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.33
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.33
- Мурманск 🇷🇺 РоссияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Свольвер 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.32
- Нуук 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 10 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Илулиссат 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.31
- Вик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.30
- Денали 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWinter aurora season · 21 окт – 9 апр (обычно)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
- Гейтс-оф-те-Арктик 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 1 ноя – 31 марNovember 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
- Леви 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.29
- Кобук-Валли 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNorthern lights · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.28
…и ещё 4 в этом месяце (февраль).
Северное сияние — март
- Хобарт 🇦🇺 АвстралияAurora australis · 1 мар – 30 сен (обычно)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.90
- Инвернесс 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora on strong nights · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.65
- Скай 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Тронхейм 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апрEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.52
- Рейкьявик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.50
- Анкоридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 20 авг – 15 апрFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.50
- Уайтхорс 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 20 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Будё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.50
- Акюрейри 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.49
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.47
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияAurora season · 1 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 21 авг – 21 апрSitting 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
- Хусавик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Мурманск 🇷🇺 РоссияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Тромсё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.42
- Нуук 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 10 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Свольвер 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.42
- Илулиссат 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.42
- Вик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.41
- Йеллоунайф 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Леви 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.39
- Черчилл 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 15 апрThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.37
- Рука 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.37
- Денали 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWinter aurora season · 21 окт – 9 апр (обычно)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
…и ещё 4 в этом месяце (март).
Северное сияние — апрель
- Хобарт 🇦🇺 АвстралияAurora australis · 1 мар – 30 сен (обычно)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.84
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апрEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.72
- Анкоридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 20 авг – 15 апрFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.70
- Уайтхорс 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 20 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Акюрейри 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.68
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 21 авг – 21 апрSitting 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
- Будё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.67
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.64
- Хусавик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Тромсё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.58
- Свольвер 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.58
- Мурманск 🇷🇺 РоссияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияAurora season · 1 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Йеллоунайф 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Илулиссат 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.55
- Вик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.54
- Нуук 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 10 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Леви 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.51
- Денали 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWinter aurora season · 21 окт – 9 апр (обычно)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
- Рука 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.49
- Кобук-Валли 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNorthern lights · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.44
- Черчилл 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 15 апрThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.44
- Лейк-Кларк 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 1 сен – 15 апр (обычно)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
- Рангел-Сент-Элайас 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNorthern lights season · 25 авг – 15 апр (обычно)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
Северное сияние — май
Северное сияние — июнь
Северное сияние — июль
Северное сияние — август
- Уайтхорс 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 20 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Йеллоунайф 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.85
- Анкоридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 20 авг – 15 апрFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.83
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 21 авг – 21 апрSitting 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
- Черчилл 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 15 апрThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.79
- Хобарт 🇦🇺 АвстралияAurora australis · 1 мар – 30 сен (обычно)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.74
- Рука 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.70
- Леви 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.70
- Рангел-Сент-Элайас 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNorthern lights season · 25 авг – 15 апр (обычно)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
Северное сияние — сентябрь
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апрEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.84
- Хобарт 🇦🇺 АвстралияAurora australis · 1 мар – 30 сен (обычно)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.79
- Инвернесс 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora on strong nights · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.76
- Уайтхорс 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 20 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Тронхейм 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Йеллоунайф 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Анкоридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 20 авг – 15 апрFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.73
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 21 авг – 21 апрSitting 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
- Будё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.72
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.71
- Тромсё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.70
- Мурманск 🇷🇺 РоссияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Черчилл 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 15 апрThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.69
- Рейкьявик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.68
- Скай 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияAurora season · 1 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Нуук 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 10 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Хусавик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Акюрейри 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.64
- Свольвер 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.63
- Илулиссат 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.63
- Леви 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.60
- Рука 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.59
- Вик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.59
- Кобук-Валли 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNorthern lights · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.56
…и ещё 2 в этом месяце (сентябрь).
Северное сияние — октябрь
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апрEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.67
- Инвернесс 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora on strong nights · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.63
- Тронхейм 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Анкоридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 20 авг – 15 апрFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.57
- Уайтхорс 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 20 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Рейкьявик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.56
- Скай 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Будё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.56
- Тромсё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.52
- Йеллоунайф 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Акюрейри 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.52
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.51
- Черчилл 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 15 апрThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.50
- Мурманск 🇷🇺 РоссияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 21 авг – 21 апрSitting 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
- Хусавик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Нуук 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 10 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Свольвер 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.47
- Вик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.47
- Илулиссат 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.46
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияAurora season · 1 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Рука 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.41
- Леви 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.41
- Денали 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWinter aurora season · 21 окт – 9 апр (обычно)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
- Лонгйир 🇸🇯 Шпицберген и Ян-МайенAurora season · 1 окт – 28 февFar enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.40
…и ещё 3 в этом месяце (октябрь).
Северное сияние — ноябрь
- Инвернесс 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora on strong nights · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.55
- Скай 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апрEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.45
- Рейкьявик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.43
- Тронхейм 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Будё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.40
- Акюрейри 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.38
- Тромсё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.36
- Анкоридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 20 авг – 15 апрFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.36
- Нуук 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 10 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Мурманск 🇷🇺 РоссияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.35
- Вик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.35
- Хусавик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Уайтхорс 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 20 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Илулиссат 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.34
- Лонгйир 🇸🇯 Шпицберген и Ян-МайенAurora season · 1 окт – 28 февFar enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.32
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияAurora season · 1 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Йеллоунайф 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Рука 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.30
- Черчилл 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 15 апрThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.29
- Свольвер 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.29
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 21 авг – 21 апрSitting 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
- Леви 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.27
- Гейтс-оф-те-Арктик 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 1 ноя – 31 марNovember 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
…и ещё 4 в этом месяце (ноябрь).
Северное сияние — декабрь
- Инвернесс 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora on strong nights · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.45
- Скай 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Тронхейм 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 31 мар (обычно)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
- Рейкьявик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 31 мар (обычно)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.33
- Будё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.33
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апрEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.31
- Лонгйир 🇸🇯 Шпицберген и Ян-МайенAurora season · 1 окт – 28 февFar enough north that the lights appear in the middle of the day as well as at night through the darkest months.29
- Тромсё 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 15 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.28
- Нуук 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 10 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Мурманск 🇷🇺 РоссияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Рованиеми 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.28
- Акюрейри 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.28
- Хусавик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Анкоридж 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 20 авг – 15 апрFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.27
- Кируна 🇸🇪 ШвецияAurora season · 1 сен – 5 апр (обычно)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
- Илулиссат 🇬🇱 ГренландияAurora season · 15 сен – 10 апр (обычно)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.27
- Вик 🇮🇸 ИсландияAurora season · 1 сен – 10 апр (обычно)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.26
- Йеллоунайф 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Рука 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.24
- Свольвер 🇳🇴 НорвегияAurora season · 10 сен – 5 апр (обычно)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.24
- Фэрбанкс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAurora season · 21 авг – 21 апрSitting 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
- Черчилл 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 15 авг – 15 апрThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.23
- Леви 🇫🇮 ФинляндияAurora season · 25 авг – 10 апр (обычно)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.23
- Уайтхорс 🇨🇦 КанадаAurora season · 20 авг – 10 апр (обычно)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
- Денали 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиWinter aurora season · 21 окт – 9 апр (обычно)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
…и ещё 4 в этом месяце (декабрь).