01 — Aurora forecast · Swedish Lapland
Northern lights in Sweden tonight
Chance
The best chance tonight is around Abisko.
calculated 11:25 Swedish time · Kp NOAA SWPC 3-day forecast · cloud SMHI · darkness from the sun's altitude
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02 — Place by place
Tonight in Swedish Lapland
The places visitors come to see the aurora, ranked for tonight. Each one has its own page with the hour-by-hour curve and where to watch.
Somewhere else in Sweden? All 2,108 places are on the Swedish site — county by county.
03 — Coming to Swedish Lapland
Planning a trip?
all times are Swedish time · CEST until 25 Oct
The season
Late August to mid-April
dark hours in Kiruna, month by month
Darkest November to January. Outside the season the aurora is still there — the nights are just too light to see it.
Nights to watch
coarse outlook31 Oct–1 Nov Kp 5
Abisko and Kiruna need only about Kp 0, so any dark, clear night can work up there. Further south, these are the nights to aim for.
NOAA SWPC 27-day outlook, issued 19 Oct. It follows the Sun's 27-day rotation and can't see eruptions coming.
If you go out
Dress for −20 °C even if it says −10
You'll stand still for a long time. Wool closest to the skin, then layers, then something windproof.
Look north, away from the lights. A frozen lake or an open fell is perfect.
Give your eyes twenty minutes. To the eye the aurora is often paler than in photos — it grows as you adjust.