Norrsken, månad för månad runt om i världen
Mörkt nog att se norrsken (eller sydsken), om molnen tillåter.
30 resmål på SeasonMap, rankade inom varje månad efter komfortpoängen — för poängen är inte bara var säsongen pågår, utan om vädret är värt resan medan den gör det.
När det pågår
Norrsken i januari
- Inverness 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.46
- Isle of Skye 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.34
- Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.31
- Akureyri 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.31
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.30
- Húsavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Bodø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.29
- Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 15 aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.27
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.24
- Murmansk 🇷🇺 RussiaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard and 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
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.24
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.24
- Gates of the Arctic National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Nuuk 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Vík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.23
- Kobuk Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern lights · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.22
- Wrangell-St Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern lights season · 25 aug – 15 apr (vanligtvis)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
…och 4 till i januari.
Norrsken i februari
- Inverness 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.54
- Isle of Skye 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Bodø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.42
- Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.40
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.40
- Akureyri 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.40
- Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.39
- Húsavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.33
- Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 15 aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.33
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.33
- Murmansk 🇷🇺 RussiaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.32
- Nuuk 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.31
- Vík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.30
- Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Gates of the Arctic National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.29
- Kobuk Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern lights · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.28
…och 4 till i februari.
Norrsken i mars
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1 mar – 30 sep (vanligtvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.90
- Inverness 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.65
- Isle of Skye 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.52
- Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.50
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.50
- Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Bodø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.50
- Akureyri 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.49
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.47
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Húsavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Murmansk 🇷🇺 RussiaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.42
- Nuuk 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.42
- Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.42
- Vík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.41
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.39
- Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 15 aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.37
- Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.37
- Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (vanligtvis)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
…och 4 till i mars.
Norrsken i april
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1 mar – 30 sep (vanligtvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.84
- Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.72
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.70
- Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Akureyri 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.68
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Bodø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.67
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.64
- Húsavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.58
- Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.58
- Murmansk 🇷🇺 RussiaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.55
- Vík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.54
- Nuuk 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.51
- Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.49
- Kobuk Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern lights · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.44
- Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 15 aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.44
- Lake Clark National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora season · 1 sep – 15 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Wrangell-St Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern lights season · 25 aug – 15 apr (vanligtvis)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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Norrsken i juni
Norrsken i juli
Norrsken i augusti
- Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.85
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.83
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 15 aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.79
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1 mar – 30 sep (vanligtvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.74
- Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.70
- Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.70
- Wrangell-St Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern lights season · 25 aug – 15 apr (vanligtvis)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
Norrsken i september
- Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.84
- Hobart 🇦🇺 AustraliaAurora australis · 1 mar – 30 sep (vanligtvis)Tasmania faces the pole, so a strong geomagnetic storm shows from the south-facing beaches below the city.79
- Inverness 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.76
- Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.73
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Bodø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.72
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.71
- Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.70
- Murmansk 🇷🇺 RussiaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 15 aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.69
- Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.68
- Isle of Skye 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Nuuk 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Húsavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Akureyri 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.64
- Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.63
- Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.63
- Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.60
- Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.59
- Vík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.59
- Kobuk Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesNorthern lights · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Long dark nights bring the aurora from late autumn to early spring.56
…och 2 till i september.
Norrsken i oktober
- Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.67
- Inverness 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.63
- Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.57
- Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.56
- Isle of Skye 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Bodø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.56
- Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.52
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Akureyri 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.52
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.51
- Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 15 aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.50
- Murmansk 🇷🇺 RussiaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Húsavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Nuuk 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.47
- Vík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.47
- Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.46
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.41
- Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.41
- Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard and 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
…och 3 till i oktober.
Norrsken i november
- Inverness 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.55
- Isle of Skye 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.45
- Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.43
- Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Bodø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.40
- Akureyri 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.38
- Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.36
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.36
- Nuuk 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Murmansk 🇷🇺 RussiaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.35
- Vík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.35
- Húsavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.34
- Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard and 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
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.30
- Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 15 aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.29
- Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.29
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.27
- Gates of the Arctic National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
…och 4 till i november.
Norrsken i december
- Inverness 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora on strong nights · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Far enough north that a decent solar storm shows over the Moray Firth, but not far enough that it is routine.45
- Isle of Skye 🇬🇧 United KingdomAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Trondheim 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)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
- Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 31 mar (vanligtvis)Dark enough to see them from roughly September to mid-April, cloud permitting, which is the part nobody can book.33
- Bodø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well north of the Arctic Circle, so the lights are overhead rather than on the horizon from September to early April.33
- Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 aprEdmonton sits far enough north to catch the lights on active nights from September through the spring.31
- Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard and 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
- Tromsø 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 15 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Directly under the auroral oval, so a quiet night still shows something from September to early April.28
- Nuuk 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 10 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Murmansk 🇷🇺 RussiaAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Rovaniemi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Sitting on the Arctic Circle, the lights are a regular event rather than a rare one from late August to April.28
- Akureyri 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from early September to April, and the fjord walls block the town's own light better than most places.28
- Húsavík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Anchorage 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora season · 20 aug – 15 aprFrom late August the nights are dark enough again.27
- Kiruna 🇸🇪 SwedenAurora season · 1 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Ilulissat 🇬🇱 GreenlandAurora season · 15 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)The lights come back with the dark in late September and stay until the sun does in April.27
- Vík 🇮🇸 IcelandAurora season · 1 sep – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark from September to April with sea and glacier on either side and almost no town light.26
- Yellowknife 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Far enough north and far enough from anything that the lights are routine on a clear night from late August to April.24
- Svolvær 🇳🇴 NorwayAurora season · 10 sep – 5 apr (vanligtvis)Well inside the auroral zone from September to early April, and the mountains across the Vestfjord give it something to sit behind.24
- Fairbanks 🇺🇸 United StatesAurora 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
- Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 15 aug – 15 aprThe town sits under the auroral oval and gets displays on a majority of clear nights.23
- Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandAurora season · 25 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)Dark enough from late August to April, and far enough north that a quiet night still shows something.23
- Whitehorse 🇨🇦 CanadaAurora season · 20 aug – 10 apr (vanligtvis)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
- Denali National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesWinter aurora season · 21 okt – 9 apr (vanligtvis)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
…och 4 till i december.