Northern lights tonight in Ilulissat

Ilulissat lies at 69.22° N in Avannaata, Greenland, about 296 km north of the Arctic Circle. Its geomagnetic latitude of about 76.9° puts it poleward of the usual auroral oval. Aurora here is often seen low in the southern sky, and a moderate night can show more than a big storm, which pushes the oval south. Over the long term, a dark, clear night has roughly a 52% chance of some 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 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. The hourly score above uses the live cloud forecast for this exact spot; for trip planning, the Kangerlussuaq guide (246 km away) covers the best months and clear-night odds for the wider region.