Aurora Borealis in Kungsbacka

Sweden · 57.49°, 12.08° · geomagnetic 57.1° · needs Kp 7

Tonight in Kungsbacka

34%

Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Kungsbacka needs Kp 7 to see anything at all, and tonight the forecast peaks at Kp 5.7. Short of the threshold, which is what most nights look like here.

Tonight Sun 02 Aug
34%
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22
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Tomorrow Mon 3 Aug
2%
Hour-by-hour for this night is in the app
Tuesday Tue 4 Aug
2%
Hour-by-hour for this night is in the app

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Updated 2026-08-02 20:20 UTC

The next 30 nights in Kungsbacka

Every night to come, scored the same way as tonight. The best of the open week is Sunday 2 Aug at 34%. Not one of the seven reaches the Kp 7 that Kungsbacka needs, which is normal rather than unlucky — it averages 2.4 viable nights a year. The 23 nights past the seven-day window move with the 27-day solar rotation and are updated daily in the app.

Moderate aurora possible tonight around 11 PM. Quiet skies expected after that.

Sun 2
34%
Kp 5.7
Mon 3
2%
Kp 3.3
Tue 4
2%
Kp 1.9
Wed 5
4%
Kp 3.0
Thu 6
2%
Kp 3.0
Fri 7
2%
Kp 2.0
Sat 8
2%
Kp 2.0

Nights 8–30 unlock in the Revon app

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Revon aurora model over the NOAA Kp forecast and 27-day outlook

How often the aurora borealis reaches Kungsbacka

2.4 nights a year, averaged across 10.0 years of records

Storm levelNights / year
Kp 483.4
Kp 528.7
Kp 69.3
Kp 73.2
Kp 81.2

NOAA planetary Kp, 2016-04-02 to 2026-03-30

Wait for an alert; do not book a week

At Kp 7, Kungsbacka needs a severe geomagnetic storm before anything shows above the northern horizon. Storms that size arrive a handful of times per solar cycle and announce themselves a day or two ahead. Watching for one beats picking dates and hoping.

Hours of true darkness, month by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
11.910.38.04.30.00.00.01.86.89.611.512.4

Solar declination and hour angle at −18°

Nothing to see from May to July

Through those months the sun never falls more than 18° below the Kungsbacka horizon, so the sky never darkens fully. Plan around the darker half of the year.

Getting clear of the light

Kungsbacka is small enough that its own lights are a minor problem — the centre reads Bortle 7. Walking to the edge of town is often escape enough.

Falchi 2016 World Atlas (DOI: 10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2016.001)

The months that actually deliver

Counting only nights that were both stormy enough and dark enough, September, November and March came out ahead in Kungsbacka. That is storm season and darkness overlapping — the equinoxes tend to be geomagnetically active, and the nights are already long by then.

Darkest nights of the coming year

A bright moon washes out a weak display as effectively as street lighting. These new moons fall inside the Kungsbacka viewing season.

Where it is close to a certainty

If you would rather plan a trip than wait for a storm, the nearest place with genuinely frequent aurora is Inverness, 972 km west in United Kingdom.

KungsbackaInverness
Kp needed75
Nights per year2.4 28.7
Geomagnetic latitude57.1° 59.8°

See the Inverness forecast

Confirmed reports from this area

21 verified sightings were logged within 300 km of Kungsbacka between 2015-01-01 and 2016-12-31. Rare is not the same as impossible.

Aurorasaurus verified positive reports

Where the horizon opens up near Kungsbacka

The display sits low on the northern horizon, so what beats a better forecast is open ground facing that way. Height gets you above the town glow; water gives you an unbroken skyline. These are within a short drive of Kungsbacka.

Places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

What to do with the daylight

Aurora watching is a night job, and in winter that leaves a short, bright day to fill. Close to Kungsbacka you will find HVDC Kontiskan - Lindome Branch Tower and Gothemburg DGPS-Transmitter, and for a day when the cloud sits low, Äskhult are indoors and near by.

Keep the daylight loose: the sky decides the evening, and the forecast can turn within a few hours.

Places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

The last nights it was visible here

Nights in the last decade when the storm was strong enough for Kungsbacka and the sky was dark enough to show it.

DatePeak
2026-03-20Kp 7.0
2026-01-20Kp 7.67
2026-01-19Kp 8.67
2025-11-12Kp 7.33
2025-11-11Kp 8.67

NOAA planetary Kp

Know when it is worth going outside

Revon watches the Kungsbacka forecast and pushes an alert when the odds for tonight clear your threshold — no checking, no guessing.

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Common questions about the aurora borealis in Kungsbacka

Can you see the aurora borealis from Kungsbacka?

Yes. On the last 10.0 years of NOAA Kp records, Kungsbacka had about 2.4 nights a year when the storm was strong enough and the sky dark enough at the same time.

What Kp index do you need to see the aurora borealis in Kungsbacka?

Kp 7. Kungsbacka sits at geomagnetic latitude 57.1°, and the auroral oval only reaches that far from the pole once activity hits Kp 7. Storms that size occur about 3.2 nights a year.

When is the best time of year to see the aurora borealis in Kungsbacka?

September, November and March. Those months scored highest once both conditions are counted together: geomagnetic activity and enough hours of real darkness. From May to July the sky over Kungsbacka never gets fully dark, so nothing is visible however strong the storm.

Where can you escape the light pollution near Kungsbacka?

The centre of Kungsbacka reads Bortle 7. The nearest sky at Bortle 4 is about 28 km south-south-east around Varbergs kommun. On a marginal night that drive matters more than the forecast does.

Where is the nearest place to Kungsbacka with reliable aurora borealis?

Inverness, United Kingdom — 972 km west. It needs only Kp 5 and averages 28.7 viable nights a year against 2.4 in Kungsbacka.

Nearby towns

Forecasts for places within reach of Kungsbacka.