Aurora over Tromsø, Norway

Nordics · September – April

Tromsø, Norway

The gateway to the Arctic aurora

The destination

Why chase the aurora from Nordics?

Tromsø, deep inside the auroral zone, is a launch point for fjord and mountain aurora tours across northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

  • Fjord tours put mirror-calm water beneath the lights.
  • The polar night gives long viewing windows from afternoon onward.
  • Consider a short drive inland for clearer coastal-cloud-free skies.

Live now

Current space weather

The global drivers apply everywhere — but at 67° magnetic latitude, even moderate activity can light up the sky here.

Primed · Aurora status

Storm-favorable — watch now

PRIMEDG3 Watch
  • The solar wind is storm-favorable right now: southward Bz (−12 nT sustained ~20 min) + elevated speed (642 km/s). You have roughly 39 minutes of lead time before conditions may worsen.
  • NOAA has issued a G3 geomagnetic storm watch valid from 2026 Feb 01 1800 UTC.
~39 minlead time ·642 km/s·SOLAR-1
high confidence

Kp Gauge

04.596KP INDEX
Data table
MetricValue
Kp Index6
Scale max9

IMF Bz — Last 30 min

+200−20-12 nT
Data table
MetricValue
Current Bz-12 nT
DirectionSouthward

3-Day Kp Forecast

G1D1345D2676D354433203579
Data table
PeriodKp
T+6h3
T+12h4
T+18h5
T+24h6
T+30h7
T+36h6
T+42h5
T+48h4
T+54h4
T+60h3
T+66h3
T+72h2

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