Northern lights tonight in Egilsstaðir

Live hourly aurora score for Egilsstaðir, Iceland: NOAA activity, cloud cover, darkness and the moon, with the nearest webcams.

East Iceland, Iceland, 65.28°N 14.38°WLake Mývatn guide

Nearest webcams

Closest cameras first, including road and weather cameras within about 400 km.

Northern lights in Egilsstaðir: what to expect

Latitude
65.28° N
Magnetic latitude
65.5°
Kp needed
1+
Clear-night chance
~70%

Egilsstaðir lies at 65.28° N in East Iceland, about 142 km south of the Arctic Circle. With a geomagnetic latitude of about 65.5°, 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 70% chance of some visible aurora.

Nights with at least two hours of real darkness run from late August to late April; in the light summer nights between, the aurora cannot be seen. 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 Lake Mývatn guide (126 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.