Bardufoss weather camera (Yr)
Bardufoss, Troms, Norway
Air-ambulance weather camera in the Målselv valley, inland and often clearer than the coast.
Northern lights tonight in Bardufoss
Live hourly aurora score for Bardufoss, Norway: NOAA activity, cloud cover, darkness and the moon, with the nearest webcams.
Troms, Norway, 69.06°N 18.52°ESenja guide
Nearest webcams
Closest cameras first, including road and weather cameras within about 400 km.Finnsnes weather camera (Yr)
Finnsnes, Senja, Norway
Air-ambulance weather camera at Finnsnes, the mainland gateway to Senja.
E6 Gratangsfjellet
Gratangsfjellet, Troms, Norway
Mountain pass with a large fell and open sky above the road; infrared B/W at night.
E8 Lavangsdalen
Lavangsdalen near Tromsø, Norway
Colour road camera with a wide strip of sky along the valley; street-light glare is possible.
Fv7862 Kaperskaret
Kaperskaret pass, Senja, Norway
Mountain pass at 364 m; the top half of the frame is open sky, in colour at night.
Vervet Live
Vervet, Tromsø, Norway
Long-running stream from the Vervet waterfront in Tromsø, over the strait and mountains.
Tromsø Havn – Livestream Sentrum
Tromsø city centre, Norway
Port authority view of the city centre; city lights, but strong auroras show through.
UiT weather cameras – Breivika, Tromsø
Breivika, Tromsø, Norway
Four rooftop cameras (north, east, south, west) on the UiT campus in Tromsø.
E10 Pettersenbakken
Pettersenbakken on the E10, Narvik–Abisko road
Bare mountain plateau on the E10 towards Abisko with a wide sky; infrared B/W at night.
Northern lights in Bardufoss: what to expect
- Latitude
- 69.06° N
- Magnetic latitude
- 66.9°
- Kp needed
- Any
- Clear-night chance
- ~75%
Bardufoss lies at 69.06° N in Troms, Norway, about 279 km north of the Arctic Circle. With a geomagnetic latitude of about 66.9°, it sits under the auroral oval: even quiet nights (Kp 1–2) can bring aurora overhead. Over the long term, a dark, clear night here has roughly a 75% chance of some visible aurora.
Darkness is never the problem in winter: the sun stays below the horizon from late November to mid-January, and nights with at least two hours of real darkness run from late August to mid-April. Between late May and late July the midnight sun makes aurora impossible to see. Around the winter solstice the sun is more than 12° below the horizon for about 16 hours a day.
Clouds decide most nights. Long-term records for Senja, 55 km away, show night-time cloud cover averaging 74% in September, the clearest month of the season, so roughly 26% of nights are clear then. Check the cloud layers in the hourly forecast above: a short drive can make the difference when cloud is patchy.
Coordinates: Wikipedia. Magnetic latitude, Kp and darkness are calculated from them; the clear-night chance is a long-term average, not a forecast.