Rukan Huippu panorama camera
Ruka, Kuusamo, Finland
Summit panorama camera at the Ruka ski resort in Kuusamo.
Northern lights tonight in Ruka
Live hourly aurora score for Ruka, Finland: NOAA activity, cloud cover, darkness and the moon, with the nearest webcams.
North Ostrobothnia, Finland, 66.20°N 29.11°ERovaniemi guide
Nearest webcams
Closest cameras first, including road and weather cameras within about 400 km.
Road 5 Ruka, Rukatunturi
Ruka, Kuusamo, Finland
Looks up at Rukatunturi fell; resort lights at its foot, sky in the top half; B/W at night.
Road 5 Kuusamo, Kitka lake
Lake Kitka, Kuusamo, Finland
Lake Kitka with a wide sky, but it faces roughly south; a wiper arm sometimes crosses the view.
Hotel Lapin Satu – LIVE 24/7 Northern Lights & Sky Cam
Posio, Finnish Lapland
24/7 sky stream from the hotel roof; shows the midnight sun in summer.
Road 82 Joutsijärvi
Joutsijärvi, Kemijärvi, Finland
Forest edge and distant fells on the road to Salla; about half the frame is sky; B/W at night.
Road 944 Lautasalmi
Lautasalmi, Kemijärvi, Finland
Lake Kemijärvi with a small islet and a big open sky; infrared B/W at night.
Pyhä north slopes panorama camera
Pyhätunturi, Finland
Panorama camera over the north slopes of Pyhätunturi fell.
Visit Pyhä-Luosto Aurora Live
Luosto Fell, Finnish Lapland
Dedicated aurora camera on top of Luosto Fell; streams 24/7, best from dusk to dawn.
Apukka Resort Live Cam
Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland
Year-round stream from a glass-igloo resort; the operator does not allow commercial use.
Northern lights in Ruka: what to expect
- Latitude
- 66.20° N
- Magnetic latitude
- 62.9°
- Kp needed
- 2+
- Clear-night chance
- ~46%
Ruka lies at 66.20° N in North Ostrobothnia, Finland, about 40 km south of the Arctic Circle. Its geomagnetic latitude of about 62.9° is just south of the usual auroral oval. Aurora is seen on many active nights, often low in the northern sky, and the oval's edge reaches this far south from about Kp 2. A dark, clear night has roughly a 46% chance of some 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 early 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. The hourly score above uses the live cloud forecast for this exact spot; for trip planning, the Rovaniemi guide (155 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.