Thursday 29 October in Kittilä, 16:51
Northern lights in Kittilä
In Kittilä the aurora can show from about Kp 3.5. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.3. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks overcast all night (100 % cloud cover even in the clearest hours), so the chance is low. The best of the next seven nights looks like tomorrow.
Kittilä and the northern lights
Kittilä is a municipality in Lappi, Finland, with 6,822 inhabitants. The municipal centre lies at 67.7° N. What counts for the aurora is the magnetic latitude, 64.8° here. Here the aurora can show from about Kp 3.5, against Kp 7 in Helsinki. Activity was that high in 10% of the hours in 2014–2025.
It gets dark enough for the aurora from 26 August to 15 April, with up to 16 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. The polar night, when the sun does not rise, lasts from 14 December to 29 December. Counting the darkness, that makes about 270 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in November. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
Tonight in Kittilä, hour by hour
When it is dark enough, how cloudy it is, and the chance each hour from the Kp forecast and the cloud cover. Hours already gone have no forecast.
- 18:00–
- 19:00–
- 20:00–
- 21:00100 %
- 22:00100 %
- 23:00100 %
- 00:00100 %
- 01:00100 %
- 02:00100 %
- 03:00100 %
- 04:00100 %
- 05:00100 %
The next seven nights in Kittilä
Darkness, cloud and the chance for each night. The Kp forecast reaches three nights; the dashed nights after rest on NOAA’s long-range outlook and are only a pointer.
- tonightLow12 hours darkOvercast all night100 % cloud coverKp max 2.3
- tomorrowModerate12 hours darkBest 23:00–01:0052 % cloud coverKp max 5.0
- the day after tomorrowLow12 hours darkOvercast all night83 % cloud coverKp max 4.5
- SundayModerate12 hours darkBest 02:00–04:008 % cloud coverKp about 3.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- MondayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night82 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- TuesdayLow12 hours darkBest 19:00–21:0016 % cloud coverKp about 2.0Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- WednesdayLow12 hours darkBest 01:00–03:0030 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
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The next four weeks, night by night: activity, darkness and moon
- 30 Oct–1 NovGood conditions · Kp ≈ 5.0 · moon 62 %
- 16 Nov–18 NovGood conditions · Kp ≈ 4.0 · moon 55 %
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When can you see the northern lights in Kittilä?
The aurora needs both darkness and enough activity on the sun. Each column is a day: dark blue is the hours that are dark enough, green those of them when activity has been high enough here, on average 2014–2025.
Best here: November, December and October. Activity peaks around the March and September equinoxes, the nights are longest in midwinter.
- 0.9 hJan
- 1.4 hFeb
- 1.2 hMar
- 0.1 hApr
- 0 hMay
- 0 hJun
- 0 hJul
- 0 hAug
- 1.0 hSep
- 1.4 hOct
- 1.5 hNov
- 1.5 hDec
Clouds are left out: on average cloud cover varies little from month to month, while it decides each single night. See the forecast above.
Questions about the northern lights in Kittilä
Can I see the northern lights in Kittilä today?
In Kittilä the aurora can show from about Kp 3.5. Tonight's forecast is Kp 2.3, and right now it is 0.3. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks overcast all night (100 % cloud cover even in the clearest hours), so the chance is low. The best of the next seven nights looks like tomorrow.
When is the northern lights season in Kittilä?
In Kittilä it gets dark enough for the aurora from 26 August to 15 April, with up to 16 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. The polar night, when the sun does not rise, lasts from 14 December to 29 December. The best months are November, December and October, going by darkness and activity in 2014–2025.
What Kp do you need to see the northern lights in Kittilä?
In Kittilä the aurora can show from about Kp 3.5, against Kp 7 in Helsinki. Activity was that high in 10% of the hours in 2014–2025. Counting the darkness, that makes about 270 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in November. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
When is it darkest in Kittilä?
It is darkest in December, with 16 hours on average per day. The whole year by month: Jan 15 h, Feb 12 h, Mar 9 h, Apr 1 h, May 0 h, Jun 0 h, Jul 0 h, Aug 0 h, Sep 6 h, Oct 10 h, Nov 14 h, Dec 16 h.