Nuuk Airport North
Nuuk Airport, Greenland
North-facing camera at the airport of Greenland's capital; runway lights in view.
Northern lights tonight in Nuuk
Live hourly aurora score for Nuuk, Greenland: NOAA activity, cloud cover, darkness and the moon, with the nearest webcams.
Sermersooq, Greenland, 64.18°N 51.74°WKangerlussuaq guide
Nearest webcams
Closest cameras first, including road and weather cameras within about 400 km.
Nuuk Airport South
Nuuk, Greenland
South-facing companion to the Nuuk Airport North camera, over the capital's fjord landscape.
Kangerlussuaq Airport West
Kangerlussuaq Airport, West Greenland
Airport weather camera; strong aurora can show in Kangerlussuaq's often clear sky.
Kangerlussuaq Airport East
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
The airport's east camera, looking inland; a dry climate with frequent clear skies.
Sisimiut Airport Southwest
Sisimiut, Greenland
Sisimiut airport on the Davis Strait coast, just north of the Arctic Circle; looks south-west.
Sisimiut Airport Southeast
Sisimiut, Greenland
Second Sisimiut airport camera, looking south-east towards the mountains inland.
Northern lights in Nuuk: what to expect
- Latitude
- 64.18° N
- Magnetic latitude
- 72.0°
- Kp needed
- Any
- Clear-night chance
- ~75%
Nuuk lies at 64.18° N in Sermersooq, Greenland, about 265 km south of the Arctic Circle. With a geomagnetic latitude of about 72.0°, 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.
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 Kangerlussuaq guide (319 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.