Aurora Borealis in Møre og Romsdal

Norway · 62.77°, 7.01° · geomagnetic 63.0° · needs Kp 3

Tonight in Møre og Romsdal

39%

Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Møre og Romsdal needs Kp 3 before anything clears the northern horizon, and tonight the forecast peaks at Kp 5.7 — comfortably over the line.

Tonight Sun 02 Aug
39%
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22
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06
Tomorrow Mon 3 Aug
30%
Hour-by-hour for this night is in the app
Tuesday Tue 4 Aug
7%
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 Møre og Romsdal

Every night to come, scored the same way as tonight. The best of the open week is Sunday 2 Aug at 39%. 4 of the seven reach the Kp 3 that Møre og Romsdal needs, topping out at Kp 5.7. The 23 nights past the seven-day window move with the 27-day solar rotation and are updated daily in the app.

Moderate aurora activity tonight around 3 AM. Similar conditions expected on August 19th.

Sun 2
39%
Kp 5.7
Mon 3
30%
Kp 3.3
Tue 4
7%
Kp 1.9
Wed 5
32%
Kp 3.0
Thu 6
30%
Kp 3.0
Fri 7
25%
Kp 2.0
Sat 8
18%
Kp 2.0

Nights 8–30 unlock in the Revon app

See all 30 nights for Møre og Romsdal

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

How often the aurora borealis reaches Møre og Romsdal

116.7 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

You are inside the auroral oval

Møre og Romsdal sits far enough northern that quiet conditions are enough. What limits you here is cloud and moonlight, not geomagnetic activity.

Hours of true darkness, month by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
12.210.17.20.00.00.00.00.05.69.311.712.8

Solar declination and hour angle at −18°

Nothing to see from April to August

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

Getting clear of the light

The sky over Møre og Romsdal reads Bortle 6. Getting clear of the built-up area makes a visible difference on a marginal night.

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, March, September and October came out ahead in Møre og Romsdal. 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 Møre og Romsdal 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 Bodø, 608 km north-north-east in Norway.

Møre og RomsdalBodø
Kp needed33
Nights per year116.7 171.4
Geomagnetic latitude63.0° 66.0°

See the Bodø forecast

Confirmed reports from this area

237 verified sightings were logged within 300 km of Møre og Romsdal 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 Møre og Romsdal

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 Møre og Romsdal.

Places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

Where to stay

Anywhere on the outskirts of Møre og Romsdal will do; what matters is being able to step outside and check the sky without a drive first.

Places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — confirm before booking

The last nights it was visible here

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

DatePeak
2026-03-30Kp 3.0
2026-03-29Kp 3.33
2026-03-28Kp 3.67
2026-03-27Kp 3.33
2026-03-26Kp 3.0

NOAA planetary Kp

Aurora forecasts across Møre og Romsdal

All 3 places in Møre og Romsdal with a forecast page, and the Kp each one needs.

Know when it is worth going outside

Revon watches the Møre og Romsdal 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 Møre og Romsdal

Can you see the aurora borealis from Møre og Romsdal?

Yes. On the last 10.0 years of NOAA Kp records, Møre og Romsdal had about 116.7 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 Møre og Romsdal?

Kp 3. Møre og Romsdal sits at geomagnetic latitude 63.0°, and the auroral oval only reaches that far from the pole once activity hits Kp 3.

When is the best time of year to see the aurora borealis in Møre og Romsdal?

March, September and October. Those months scored highest once both conditions are counted together: geomagnetic activity and enough hours of real darkness. From April to August the sky over Møre og Romsdal never gets fully dark, so nothing is visible however strong the storm.

Where can you escape the light pollution near Møre og Romsdal?

The centre of Møre og Romsdal reads Bortle 6. The nearest sky at Bortle 3 is about 25 km north around Hustadvika. On a marginal night that drive matters more than the forecast does.

Where is the nearest place to Møre og Romsdal with reliable aurora borealis?

Bodø, Norway — 608 km north-north-east. It needs only Kp 3 and averages 171.4 viable nights a year against 116.7 in Møre og Romsdal.

Nearby towns

Forecasts for places within reach of Møre og Romsdal.