Northern lights tonight in Pajala

Pajala lies at 67.18° N in Norrbotten, Sweden, about 69 km north 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 late August to mid-April. Around midsummer the sun does not set at all (early June to mid-July), and the light nights either side rule out aurora. Around the winter solstice the sun is more than 12° below the horizon for about 15.5 hours a day.

Clouds decide most nights. Long-term records for Levi, 92 km away, show night-time cloud cover averaging 68% in March, the clearest month of the season, so roughly 32% of nights are clear then. Check the cloud layers in the hourly forecast above: a short drive can make the difference when cloud is patchy.