Can you see the aurora in Pyhä-Luosto tonight? Live chance, Kp forecast, cloud cover and dark hours – updated every few minutes.
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.
Two fell resorts, Pyhä and Luosto, linked by Pyhä-Luosto National Park and a long chain of fells. Luosto is known for its amethyst mine.
At 67.1° N, Pyhä-Luosto 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 Pyhä-Luosto has about 17 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 4 hours. See when to see the northern lights for a month-by-month guide.
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👑 Private ExperienceCheck 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 Pyhä-Luosto into one chance from 0 to 100, updated every few minutes.
At 67.1° N, the aurora is usually visible in Pyhä-Luosto with Kp 2 or more, as long as the sky is dark and clear. Stronger activity brings it higher in the sky.
From late August to mid-April. In Pyhä-Luosto there are about 17 dark hours a night in late December, 8 in late September, 9 around the March equinox and still about 4 in mid-April.
Rovaniemi Airport (RVN), about 80 km away in a straight line.