Aurora forecast tonight in Stockholm
Live northern lights outlook for Stockholm, Sweden — from NOAA's Ovation model and planetary Kp forecast, updated every 15 minutes.
Tonight's verdict
Quiet for now
2%
local probability now
1.7
max Kp next 24h
Kp 3+
what Stockholm needs
Activity looks low right now, but substorms flare with little warning. Check back after dark or watch the Kp trend.
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Updated 2026-09-29 01:52 UTC · NOAA SWPC Ovation Prime · Kp now 0.7
Kp forecast — next 24 hours
1.7
00:00
1.7
03:00
1.7
06:00
1.3
09:00
1.3
12:00
1.0
15:00
1.0
18:00
1.7
21:00
Times UTC · bright green = at/above the Kp 3 Stockholm needs
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What it takes to see the aurora from Stockholm
Stockholm sits at 59.3°N geographic, but what decides an aurora is geomagnetic latitude — 57.9°N here. That means the northern lights appear during moderate activity: from about Kp 3 they climb above the northern horizon, and a strong storm can put them overhead.
Kp 1 a camera catches itKp 3 visible to the eyeKp 5 overhead
Watching from Stockholm: get clear of streetlights with an open northern horizon, give your eyes fifteen minutes to adapt, and concentrate on the hours around local midnight, when activity statistically peaks. The season runs from late August to mid-April, and activity climbs measurably around the equinoxes.
For comparison, Tallinn, 380 km away, needs the same Kp 3 — so on a marginal night, drive toward darker skies, not toward latitude.
One rule every chaser learns the hard way: the camera sees it first. An arc that reads as grey haze to your eyes is already green in a one-second exposure, so point a camera at the northern sky before deciding there is nothing there — one tap in Aurora Lens runs that check and films whatever answers.
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Tonight's sky over Stockholm
Astronomical darkness
7.6 hours
20:51 – 04:27 local time GMT+2
Local clock times for Stockholm, between sunset-dark and first light: the sun more than 18° below the horizon, when faint aurora shows best.
Clouds tonight
Overcast98%
Mean cloud cover across tonight's dark hours. Clouds beat cameras — a clear gap is worth chasing.
Moon
94% lit
A bright moon washes out faint aurora. Strong displays cut through it without trouble.
Best spots to see the northern lights in Stockholm
Places locals and guides actually name, with what each one gives you.
Skinnarviksberget
1 km south-west · walkable
A bare rock outcrop in Södermalm, at 53 metres the highest natural point in central Stockholm, with an open view north-west over Riddarfjärden. The city glow is directly beneath you, so only a strong storm will show anything from here.
Tyresta nationalpark
20 km south-east · car
Old-growth forest twenty kilometres south-east of the city, with a car park and visitor centre at Tyresta by and no lighting inside the park. Stockholm's glow still sits on the northern horizon, so aurora here reads as a band above the trees.
Angarnssjöängen
25 km north · car
A shallow lake basin and open wetland in Vallentuna, twenty-five kilometres north of the city, with a car park at Örsta and low ground in every direction. The worst of the light dome is behind you here rather than ahead.
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Aurora in Stockholm: common questions
- What Kp does Stockholm need to see the northern lights?
- Three different numbers, depending what you mean. Stockholm sits at 57.9 geomagnetic latitude, so a long exposure picks the aurora up low on the northern horizon from about Kp 1, you can see it yourself from around Kp 3, and it stands overhead near Kp 5. Aurora glows 100–400 km up, which is why it clears the horizon from hundreds of kilometres away.
- Is it dark enough in Stockholm tonight?
- Stockholm gets about 7.6 hours of full astronomical darkness tonight, and the moon is 94% lit. Both matter: a bright moon or a sky that never fully darkens will hide a faint display.
- When is the best time of year for aurora in Stockholm?
- The season runs from late August to mid-April. Activity peaks statistically around the equinoxes, in late September and again in March, and the hours around local midnight are the most productive on any given night.
- Can an iPhone photograph the aurora in Stockholm?
- Yes, and it will usually show more than your eyes do. A long exposure gathers colour that human night vision cannot. Filming it moving needs an app built for the job; Aurora Lens does that and saves a 4K timelapse plus a still frame.
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