Aurora Live • Överkalix, Sweden
Överkalix, Swedish Lapland
Live sky camera from Överkalix, north of Luleå; a live-only feed with no recordings.
Northern lights tonight in Boden
Live hourly aurora score for Boden, Sweden: NOAA activity, cloud cover, darkness and the moon, with the nearest webcams.
Norrbotten, Sweden, 65.83°N 21.69°EKiruna guide
Nearest webcams
Closest cameras first, including road and weather cameras within about 400 km.
Tornio City Webcam
Tornio near Kemi, Finland
From the town hall roof, 25 km from Kemi on the Swedish border; city lights in view.
Live Camera Arvidsjaur
Arvidsjaur, Swedish Lapland
Continuous stream from Arvidsjaur, just south of the Arctic Circle.
Norsjö Observatory live cams
Norsjö, Västerbotten, Sweden
Private observatory and weather station in Västerbotten with live sky cameras and local aurora data.
Dundret webcams – Gällivare
Gällivare, Sweden
Ski-resort cameras on Dundret mountain above Gällivare in Swedish Lapland.
Nature of Jokkmokk – Porjus cameras
Porjus, Jokkmokk, Sweden
North and west views from Porjus on the Lule River, north of the Arctic Circle.
Road 4 Petäjäskoski river view
Petäjäskoski, Rovaniemi, Finland
Kemijoki river south of Rovaniemi; sky in the top third; a lit birch dominates at night.
Seaside Nallikari aurora livestream – North
Nallikari seaside, Oulu, Finland
North-facing camera on the Gulf of Bothnia shore; the id changes if the stream restarts.
Seaside Nallikari aurora livestream – West
Nallikari, Oulu, Finland
West view from the Nallikari seaside in Oulu, beside the north camera; beach and sea in front.
Northern lights in Boden: what to expect
- Latitude
- 65.83° N
- Magnetic latitude
- 63.5°
- Kp needed
- 2+
- Clear-night chance
- ~50%
Boden lies at 65.83° N in Norrbotten, Sweden, about 82 km south of the Arctic Circle. Its geomagnetic latitude of about 63.5° is just south of the usual auroral oval. Aurora is seen on many active nights, often low in the northern sky, and the oval's edge reaches this far south from about Kp 2. A dark, clear night has roughly a 50% chance of some aurora.
Nights with at least two hours of real darkness run from late August to mid-April. Around midsummer the sun does not set at all (mid-June to late June), and the light nights either side rule out aurora. Around the winter solstice the sun is more than 12° below the horizon for about 15 hours a day.
Clouds decide most nights. The hourly score above uses the live cloud forecast for this exact spot; for trip planning, the Kiruna guide (235 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.