E75 Svartnes
Svartnes, Vardø, Finnmark
Colour coastal camera looking towards Vardø; low horizon and an open Barents Sea sky.
Northern lights tonight in Vardø
Live hourly aurora score for Vardø, Norway: NOAA activity, cloud cover, darkness and the moon, with the nearest webcams.
Finnmark, Norway, 70.37°N 31.11°EAlta guide
Nearest webcams
Closest cameras first, including road and weather cameras within about 400 km.
Fv890 Gednje
Gednje, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark
Very dark tundra plateau; a nearby lamp can partly wash out the sky.
Fv890 Kongsfjord
Kongsfjord, Berlevåg, Finnmark
Colour camera on the treeless Varanger peninsula; dark hills, a band of sky and few lights.
Sør-Varanger Kirkenes – Himmelstigen
Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway
Municipal camera in Kirkenes, close to the Russian border and inside the auroral zone.
E6 Tana bru
Tana bru, Finnmark
Colour view of the floodlit Tana bridge and river, with a band of dark sky above.
Road 970 Nuorgam, Teno river
Nuorgam, Utsjoki, Finland
From Finland's northernmost village across the Teno river to the Norwegian fells; B/W at night.
Fv888 Mehamnelv bru
Mehamn, Nordkinn peninsula, Finnmark
Dark, treeless Nordkinn plateau with a low horizon and plenty of sky; infrared B/W at night.
Mehamn.net Webkamera
Mehamn, Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway
Stream from Mehamn near mainland Europe's northern tip, right under the auroral oval.
Mehamn weather cameras (Yr)
Mehamn, Finnmark, Norway
Air-ambulance weather cameras at Mehamn, facing west and north-west over the Barents coast.
Northern lights in Vardø: what to expect
- Latitude
- 70.37° N
- Magnetic latitude
- 66.5°
- Kp needed
- Any
- Clear-night chance
- ~75%
Vardø lies at 70.37° N in Finnmark, Norway, about 424 km north of the Arctic Circle. With a geomagnetic latitude of about 66.5°, 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.
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 early April. Between mid-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 16.5 hours a day.
Clouds decide most nights. The hourly score above uses the live cloud forecast for this exact spot; for trip planning, the Alta guide (299 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.