Northern lights tonight in Höfn

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

South Iceland, Iceland, 64.25°N 15.22°WLake Mývatn guide

Nearest webcams

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

Northern lights in Höfn: what to expect

Latitude
64.25° N
Magnetic latitude
64.6°
Kp needed
1+
Clear-night chance
~61%

Höfn lies at 64.25° N in South Iceland, about 257 km south of the Arctic Circle. With a geomagnetic latitude of about 64.6°, 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 61% chance of some visible aurora.

Nights with at least two hours of real darkness run from mid-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 (172 km away) covers the best months and clear-night odds for the wider region.

Coordinates: Wikidata. Magnetic latitude, Kp and darkness are calculated from them; the clear-night chance is a long-term average, not a forecast.