Can you see the northern lights in Kemi tonight?
Check the live forecast at the top of this page. It combines tonight’s Kp forecast from NOAA, the auroral oval and the cloud forecast for Kemi into one chance from 0 to 100, updated every few minutes.
Northern lights forecast Kemi
Can you see the aurora in Kemi tonight? Live chance, Kp forecast, cloud cover and dark hours – updated every few minutes.
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Tonight in KemiLow chanceClouds … · dark 17:33–06:43
Live forecast
Tonight’s aurora chance in Kemi
- Aurora chance
- 16/100 · Low
- Kp tonight (max)
- …
- Kp usually needed
- 2.4+
- Clouds tonight
- …
- Dark
- 17:33–06:43
- Moon
- 48 % lit
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Kp: NOAA SWPC · Clouds: Open-Meteo · The chance combines aurora activity, cloud cover and darkness.
Dashed line: with tonight’s highest forecast Kp, the aurora is typically visible north of this line (a rough rule of thumb for Finland). Open the full live aurora map.
Lapland · 65.74° N
Seeing the northern lights in Kemi
A coastal town on the Bay of Bothnia, known for its icebreaker cruises and the SnowCastle. The open sea ice gives a wide northern horizon.
At 65.7° N, Kemi sees the aurora on most active nights – a Kp of about 2 is usually enough when the sky is dark and clear. Clouds are the biggest obstacle, so always check the cloud forecast above before heading out.
In late December Kemi has about 16 hours of darkness every night, around the autumn equinox about 8 hours and around the spring equinox about 9 hours; in mid-April still about 5 hours. See when to see the northern lights for a month-by-month guide.
Quick facts
- Latitude
- 65.74° N
- Kp usually needed
- 2.4+
- From Rovaniemi
- ≈ 100 km (straight line)
- Nearest airport
- KEM
- Darkness, 21 Dec
- 16 h
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Questions
Northern lights in Kemi: FAQ
What Kp index do you need to see the aurora in Kemi?
At 65.7° N, the aurora is usually visible in Kemi with Kp 2 or more, as long as the sky is dark and clear. Stronger activity brings it higher in the sky.
When is the northern lights season in Kemi?
From late August to mid-April. In Kemi there are about 16 dark hours a night in late December, 8 in late September, 9 around the March equinox and still about 5 in mid-April.
What is the nearest airport to Kemi?
Kemi-Tornio Airport (KEM) is right next to Kemi.
Local forecasts
Aurora forecast for other places
- Rovaniemi66.5° N · Kp 2+
- Levi67.8° N · Kp 1+
- Ylläs67.6° N · Kp 1+
- Saariselkä68.4° N · Kp 0–1
- Inari68.9° N · Kp 0–1
- Ivalo68.7° N · Kp 0–1
- Kilpisjärvi69.0° N · Kp 0–1
- Sodankylä67.4° N · Kp 1+
- Kittilä67.7° N · Kp 1+
- Muonio68.0° N · Kp 0–1
- Pyhä-Luosto67.1° N · Kp 2+
- Kemijärvi66.7° N · Kp 2+
- Salla66.8° N · Kp 2+
- Pello66.8° N · Kp 2+
- Utsjoki69.9° N · Kp 0–1
- Enontekiö (Hetta)68.4° N · Kp 0–1
- Ruka & Kuusamo66.2° N · Kp 2+
- Oulu65.0° N · Kp 3+
- Helsinki60.2° N · Kp 6+