Get away from lights
Drive at least 20 km from town lights, switch off your headlights and give your eyes 10–15 minutes to adjust.
Live conditions
Tonight's Aurora Forecast
Real-time conditions for Reykjavík, updated every 2 minutes from NOAA space weather data.
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Northern Lights Tonight in Reykjavík
🟢 Good conditions for aurora tonight
Cloud Cover
4%
Dark Hours
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Bz
-2.6 nT
↓ Weakly southward
Solar Wind
347 km/s
Slow
Tonight's forecast
Best time
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Updating live conditions…
Clouds after dark
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Expected KP
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Live — updated every ~2 min · Updated 12:45 UTC
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Solar wind right now
Measured by NOAA's satellites at the L1 point, roughly 30–60 minutes before the solar wind reaches Earth.
- Kp Index
- 2
- Bz
- -2.6 nT
- Speed
- 347 km/s
- Density
- 5.5 p/cm³
- Bt (total field)
- 9.9 nT
Tips for tonight
Dress warmer than you think
Standing still at night is far colder than it feels from the car: thermal layers, a windproof shell, insulated gloves and boots.
Check again later
Conditions change fast and aurora often comes in bursts. The hour-by-hour chart above shows when tonight's forecast peaks.
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The AuroraVision app notifies you when activity rises and the sky clears near you.
Want a guided aurora hunt tonight?
Local guides follow live conditions and drive you to the darkest, clearest spots.