Kiruna, Sweden

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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Kiruna, Sweden
High 47°F, low 32°F.

Meteor shower

Orionids

Around 11 an hour

Best around 5:01 AM

From 6:16 PM to 6:35 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.

That morning

Sunrise

Low

8:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
74%around 9 AM
Rain chance
7%around 9 AM
Humidity
82%
Wind
8 mph
7:02 AM Blue hour
7:18 AM Best color
8:00 AM Sunrise
9:31 AM Golden hour ends

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.

Sunset

Low

4:45 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
1%around 7 PM
Rain chance
0%around 7 PM
Humidity
91%
Wind
5 mph
3:13 PM Golden hour
4:39 PM Best color
4:45 PM Sunset
5:43 PM Blue hour ends

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.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

66% lit

5:09 PM – 11:40 PM

SSE SSW
5:09 PM Moonrise
6:18 PM 4°
8:24 PM Highest, 7°
10:29 PM 4°
11:40 PM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Weather forecast

Morning 9 AM 43°F Overcast
74% 7% 82% 8 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 46°F Mainly clear
33% 2% 75% 8 mph
Evening 7 PM 39°F Clear sky
1% 0% 91% 5 mph
Late Night 11 PM 32°F Clear sky
27% 0% 97% 4 mph

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:02 AM–8:00 AM
  • Morning best color 7:18 AM
  • Sunrise 8:00 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:00 AM–9:31 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:13 PM–4:45 PM
  • Evening best color 3:40 PM
  • Sunset 4:45 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:45 PM–5:43 PM
  • Moonrise 5:09 PM
  • Fully dark 7:53 PM–4:57 AM
  • Moonset 11:40 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:43 PM–4:57 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kiruna, Sweden

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 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it