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Friday 30 October in Tjeldsund, 00:00
Northern lights in Tjeldsund
In Tjeldsund the aurora can show from about Kp 2.5. Tonight's forecast is Kp 5.0, and right now it is 1.3. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks best from 21:00 to 23:00, with 72 % cloud cover, so the chance is low. The best of the next seven nights looks like the day after tomorrow.
Tjeldsund and the northern lights
Tjeldsund is a municipality in Troms, Norway, with 4,144 inhabitants. It is also officially called Dielddanuorri. The municipal centre lies at 68.6° N, 6 metres above sea level. What counts for the aurora is the magnetic latitude, 66.9° here: under the auroral oval. Here the aurora can show from about Kp 2.5, against Kp 6 in Oslo. Activity was that high in 26% of the hours in 2014–2025.
It gets dark enough for the aurora from 29 August to 13 April, with up to 16 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. The polar night, when the sun does not rise, lasts from 4 December to 7 January. Counting the darkness, that makes about 690 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in December. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
Tonight in Tjeldsund, 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.
- 18:0095 %
- 19:0081 %
- 20:0085 %
- 21:0070 %
- 22:0074 %
- 23:0098 %
- 00:00100 %
- 01:00100 %
- 02:00100 %
- 03:00100 %
- 04:00100 %
- 05:00100 %
The next seven nights in Tjeldsund
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 darkBest 21:00–23:0072 % cloud coverKp max 5.0
- tomorrowLow12 hours darkOvercast all night94 % cloud coverKp max 4.7
- the day after tomorrowHigh12 hours darkBest 19:00–21:0029 % cloud coverKp max 3.7
- MondayLow12 hours darkBest 00:00–02:0078 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- TuesdayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night100 % cloud coverKp about 2.0Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- WednesdayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night95 % cloud coverKp about 2.5Rough guess from NOAA’s long-range outlook
- ThursdayLow12 hours darkOvercast all night95 % cloud coverKp about 3.0Rough 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 61 %
- 16 Nov–18 NovGood conditions · Kp ≈ 4.0 · moon 56 %
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When can you see the northern lights in Tjeldsund?
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: December, November and February. Activity peaks around the March and September equinoxes, the nights are longest in midwinter.
- 3.2 hJan
- 3.5 hFeb
- 2.4 hMar
- 0 hApr
- 0 hMay
- 0 hJun
- 0 hJul
- 0 hAug
- 2.1 hSep
- 3.4 hOct
- 4.0 hNov
- 4.3 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 Tjeldsund
Can I see the northern lights in Tjeldsund today?
In Tjeldsund the aurora can show from about Kp 2.5. Tonight's forecast is Kp 5.0, and right now it is 1.3. Tonight there are 12 hours of proper darkness. It looks best from 21:00 to 23:00, with 72 % cloud cover, so the chance is low. The best of the next seven nights looks like the day after tomorrow.
When is the northern lights season in Tjeldsund?
In Tjeldsund it gets dark enough for the aurora from 29 August to 13 April, with up to 16 hours of proper darkness a day in midwinter. The polar night, when the sun does not rise, lasts from 4 December to 7 January. The best months are December, November and February, going by darkness and activity in 2014–2025.
What Kp do you need to see the northern lights in Tjeldsund?
In Tjeldsund the aurora can show from about Kp 2.5, against Kp 6 in Oslo. Activity was that high in 26% of the hours in 2014–2025. Counting the darkness, that makes about 690 hours in a typical year with both darkness and enough activity, most of them in December. The clouds decide how many of them bring an aurora.
When is it darkest in Tjeldsund?
It is darkest in December, with 16 hours on average per day. The whole year by month: Jan 15 h, Feb 12 h, Mar 8 h, Apr 0 h, May 0 h, Jun 0 h, Jul 0 h, Aug 0 h, Sep 6 h, Oct 11 h, Nov 14 h, Dec 16 h.