Fv890 Kongsfjord
Kongsfjord, Berlevåg, Finnmark
Colour camera on the treeless Varanger peninsula; dark hills, a band of sky and few lights.
Northern lights tonight in Båtsfjord
Live hourly aurora score for Båtsfjord, Norway: NOAA activity, cloud cover, darkness and the moon, with the nearest webcams.
Finnmark, Norway, 70.63°N 29.72°EAlta guide
Nearest webcams
Closest cameras first, including road and weather cameras within about 400 km.
Fv890 Gednje
Gednje, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark
Very dark tundra plateau; a nearby lamp can partly wash out the sky.
E75 Svartnes
Svartnes, Vardø, Finnmark
Colour coastal camera looking towards Vardø; low horizon and an open Barents Sea sky.
E6 Tana bru
Tana bru, Finnmark
Colour view of the floodlit Tana bridge and river, with a band of dark sky above.
Fv888 Mehamnelv bru
Mehamn, Nordkinn peninsula, Finnmark
Dark, treeless Nordkinn plateau with a low horizon and plenty of sky; infrared B/W at night.
Mehamn.net Webkamera
Mehamn, Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway
Stream from Mehamn near mainland Europe's northern tip, right under the auroral oval.
Mehamn weather cameras (Yr)
Mehamn, Finnmark, Norway
Air-ambulance weather cameras at Mehamn, facing west and north-west over the Barents coast.
Road 970 Nuorgam, Teno river
Nuorgam, Utsjoki, Finland
From Finland's northernmost village across the Teno river to the Norwegian fells; B/W at night.
Sør-Varanger Kirkenes – Himmelstigen
Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway
Municipal camera in Kirkenes, close to the Russian border and inside the auroral zone.
Northern lights in Båtsfjord: what to expect
- Latitude
- 70.63° N
- Magnetic latitude
- 66.9°
- Kp needed
- Any
- Clear-night chance
- ~75%
Båtsfjord lies at 70.63° N in Finnmark, Norway, about 453 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 early September to early April. Between mid-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 16.5 hours a day.
Clouds decide most nights. The hourly score above uses the live cloud forecast for this exact spot; for trip planning, the Alta guide (253 km away) covers the best months and clear-night odds for the wider region.
Coordinates: Wikipedia. Magnetic latitude, Kp and darkness are calculated from them; the clear-night chance is a long-term average, not a forecast.