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Kiruna, Sweden
High 37°F, low 26°F.

Tonight

Aurora chance

Kp 2

7:00 PM – 5:52 AM

Very LowExcellent
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Aurora, cloud and light pollution around Kiruna, Sweden
7:00 PM Dark enough
12:00 AM Best chance, Kp 1.7
5:52 AM Too light

Current local time: 1:19 AM

8 PM ☁ 39% Kp 2
9 PM ☁ 38% Kp 2
10 PM ☁ 45% Kp 2
11 PM ☁ 49% Kp 1.7
12 AM ☁ 45% Kp 1.7

The best night is the highest Kp with the least cloud in the way. Kp is a planet-wide index NOAA publishes in three-hour steps, so it moves more slowly than the sky does.

Sunrise

Fair

7:49 AM

Very LowExcellent
High cloud
0%catches the color
Low cloud
0%toward the horizon, blocks the light
Rain chance
0%
Humidity
71%
6:52 AM Blue hour
7:06 AM Best color
7:49 AM Sunrise
9:16 AM Golden hour ends

Current local time: 1:19 AM

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 37 camera photos of past sunrises at Lofoten Islands, Norway, 266 km away.

Later today

Sunset

Very Low

4:58 PM

Very LowExcellent
High cloud
0%catches the color
Low cloud
39%toward the horizon, blocks the light
Rain chance
47%
Humidity
82%
3:30 PM Golden hour
4:51 PM Best color
4:58 PM Sunset
5:55 PM Blue hour ends

Current local time: 1:19 AM

No cloud overhead to catch the color, so it shows on the horizon and any distant clouds just before the sun goes - learned from 68 rated clear past sunsets across every place Sky Time tracks.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Active, around 5 an hour

Best around 5:13 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
38°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

The rate at the top is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Moon

Waxing crescent

34% lit

Below the horizon all day

Weather forecast

Morning 9 AM 32°F Partly cloudy
46% 0% 69% 10 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 37°F Mainly clear
9% 35% 65% 14 mph
Evening 7 PM 30°F Partly cloudy
36% 19% 76% 6 mph
Late Night 11 PM 27°F Mainly clear
32% 0% 80% 4 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:52 AM–7:49 AM
  • Morning best color 7:06 AM
  • Sunrise 7:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:49 AM–9:16 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:30 PM–4:58 PM
  • Evening best color 4:51 PM
  • Sunset 4:58 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:58 PM–5:55 PM
  • Night 5:55 PM–6:55 AM
  • Fully dark 8:05 PM–4:46 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:05 PM–4:46 AM

Tomorrow

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Cloud, aurora and darkness around Kiruna, Sweden

Next few days

Pick a date
Sun, Oct 18
Fair 7:35 AM–8:11 AM
Fair 4:35 PM–5:11 PM
Mon, Oct 19
Low 7:38 AM–8:14 AM
Low 4:31 PM–5:07 PM
Tue, Oct 20
Low 7:42 AM–8:18 AM
5:01 AM
Low 4:27 PM–5:03 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Kiruna, Sweden

Northern lights possible Kp 4 - could be overhead
Fri 16 Oct 2026 5:00 AM Orionids Active, around 5 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 5:13 AM Orionids Around 11 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:01 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 2:26 PM in the NE Sun 25 Oct 2026 2:26 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:13 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 5:50 PM to 4:50 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 11:59 PM Leonids Around 6 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:07 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 5:00 PM to 6:00 AM Tue 8 Dec 2026 1:50 AM Winter solstice The Sun does not rise Mon 21 Dec 2026 9:50 PM Quadrantids Around 7 an hour
Sun 3 Jan 2027 7:57 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 5:20 PM to 6:10 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 9:22 PM Full Wolf Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 1:02 PM in the NNE Fri 22 Jan 2027 1:02 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 5:10 AM Sat 6 Feb 2027 4:56 PM Full Snow Moon Rises 3:27 PM in the ENE Sat 20 Feb 2027 3:27 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:20 PM to 3:20 AM Sun 7 Mar 2027 10:31 AM Spring equinox Sunset due west, 5:53 PM Sat 20 Mar 2027 9:24 PM Full Worm Moon Rises 6:52 PM in the ESE Mon 22 Mar 2027 6:52 PM New moon No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Tue 6 Apr 2027 1:56 AM Full Pink Moon Rises 9:18 PM in the SE Tue 20 Apr 2027 9:18 PM Lyrids Around 12 an hour
Thu 22 Apr 2027 2:41 AM New moon No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Thu 6 May 2027 1:06 PM New moon No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Fri 4 Jun 2027 9:47 PM Summer solstice The Sun does not set Mon 21 Jun 2027 4:10 PM New moon (supermoon) No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Sat 3 Jul 2027 5:07 AM Full Buck Moon (micromoon) Micromoon - rises 12:06 AM in the SSE Mon 19 Jul 2027 12:06 AM New moon (supermoon) No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Mon 2 Aug 2027 12:07 PM Perseids Around 87 an hour
Thu 12 Aug 2027 2:10 AM Full Sturgeon Moon Rises 8:44 PM in the ESE Tue 17 Aug 2027 8:44 PM Black Moon (supermoon) No full darkness here tonight - the sky stays in twilight Tue 31 Aug 2027 7:39 PM Full Harvest Moon Rises 6:30 PM in the E Wed 15 Sep 2027 6:30 PM Autumn equinox Sunset due west, 6:39 PM Thu 23 Sep 2027 8:01 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 9:40 PM to 3:20 AM Wed 29 Sep 2027 4:33 AM Draconids Around 6 an hour
Fri 8 Oct 2027 7:07 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:00 PM in the NE Fri 15 Oct 2027 4:00 PM Orionids Around 6 an hour
Thu 21 Oct 2027 4:58 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 5:20 AM Fri 29 Oct 2027 3:34 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Fri 5 Nov 2027 12:10 AM Leonids A few an hour
Wed 17 Nov 2027 6:04 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 5:20 PM to 5:40 AM Sat 27 Nov 2027 4:24 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 15.2% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Jun 2029 5:17 AM Partial solar eclipse 40.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:51 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 81.1% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 7:36 PM

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