Aurora forecast by city
110 places where people go to see the northern or southern lights, grouped by country, with the Kp each one needs to see an aurora on its horizon. The ones the current Kp already reaches light up.
Right now
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Northern lights
Greenland
Svalbard
Canada
- Iqaluit Kp 0
- Inuvik Kp 0
- Yellowknife Kp 0
- Churchill Kp 0
- Dawson City Kp 0
- Whitehorse Kp 1
- Fort McMurray Kp 1
- Edmonton Kp 2
- Saskatoon Kp 3
- Jasper Kp 3
- Winnipeg Kp 3
- Calgary Kp 4
- Banff Kp 4
- Thunder Bay Kp 4
- St. John's Kp 4
- Quebec City Kp 4
- Montreal Kp 5
- Ottawa Kp 5
- Vancouver Kp 5
- Halifax Kp 6
- Toronto Kp 6
Iceland
Alaska
Norway
- Hammerfest Kp 0
- Tromso Kp 0
- Alta Kp 0
- Svolvaer Kp 0
- Narvik Kp 0
- Kirkenes Kp 0
- Bodo Kp 0
- Trondheim Kp 1
- Bergen Kp 2
- Oslo Kp 3
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Faroe Islands
Scotland
- Lerwick Kp 2
- Kirkwall Kp 2
- Thurso Kp 2
- Isle of Skye Kp 3
- Inverness Kp 3
- Aberdeen Kp 3
- Glasgow Kp 3
- Edinburgh Kp 3
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Estonia
England
Minnesota
Michigan
Denmark
Montana
North Dakota
Latvia
Maine
Germany
Washington
Vermont
Netherlands
Poland
Massachusetts
Illinois
Southern lights
New Zealand
Tasmania
Argentina
Australia
Chile
How to read this
Kp needed is for an aurora low on the horizon on a clear dark night; overhead takes a couple of steps more. Each city page has the dark season, the live forecast and a free push alert.
Kp observed and forecast: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, read live by your browser. Kp threshold: centred-dipole geomagnetic latitude and NOAA's ~2° per Kp oval rule, an estimate that shifts with each storm; the aurora map shows the OVATION oval as it is now.