Northern lights in Kiruna in February
A solid choice — 35% of February nights offer a real viewing window.
35%of nights offer a window
12 hof darkness per night
83%of days with enough solar activity
42%of nights with a clear hour
The numbers behind it: February nights in Kiruna average about 12 dark hours, geomagnetic activity reaches local viewing levels on 83% of days, and 42% of nights offer at least one reasonably clear hour after dark.
Neither clouds nor solar activity dominates — February failures are usually bad single-night luck. Several nights in a row is the honest insurance policy.
Numbers come from 1996–2025 Kp records (GFZ Potsdam) and 2015–2024 hourly cloud history for Kiruna itself — the full method is on the methodology page. Travelling soon? Check tonight's live Kiruna forecast.
February against the rest of the year
February elsewhere under the oval
- Yellowknife 65% of nights
- Fairbanks 50% of nights
- Lofoten Islands 34% of nights
- Reykjavík 30% of nights
- Tromsø 27% of nights
- Rovaniemi 21% of nights
- Abisko 20% of nights