Northern lights in Levi tonight and this season

1Aurora over Levi right now

2The Kp index Levi needs

Levi lies at 67.8° N, which is 65.0° N geomagnetic latitude on the WMM2025 dipole. NOAA's viewing tips put the edge of the auroral oval at about 66° geomagnetic for Kp 0 and move it about 2° closer to the equator with each Kp level, down to 48° at Kp 9. So the oval reaches Levi from Kp 1, the threshold the cards on this site compare with the Kp measured right now. NOAA also notes that aurora can often be observed hundreds of kilometres equatorward of the oval's edge, so a bright display can show low on the northern horizon one Kp level earlier.

3Kp forecast for the next 3 days

Data: NOAA SWPC. Slots before now are NOAA estimates, the rest are predicted values.

4When the sky over Levi is dark enough

The aurora needs a dark sky as much as it needs Kp, and darkness is a matter of latitude and date. Fully dark nights in Levi (sun 18° below the horizon) run from 12 September to 30 March. From 16 April to 26 August the sky never gets darker than nautical twilight, so only a strong display shows, low on the horizon. The polar night lasts from 12 December to 31 December, 20 days with the sun below the horizon all day, when the aurora can show in the afternoon. The midnight sun lasts from 28 May to 15 July, 49 days. Dates are an own calculation from the sun's declination for the latitude of Levi, with the US Naval Observatory definitions of twilight, and can be a day off at the edges. Clouds and moonlight are the other half of the question: the home page shows the moon phase for each of the next 27 days.

5Why Finland for the northern lights

Finnish Lapland sells the aurora with glass igloos and husky farms. Rovaniemi sits on the Arctic Circle with the airport and the second longest tour list on this site, Levi is a ski resort further north, and Saariselkä is the quietest of the three with the darkest sky. Rovaniemi is just outside the oval's quiet edge, so it needs Kp 2 rather than 1.

All places in Finland with their odds tonight.

6Levi compared with the other places in Finland

The table ranks the 3 places in Finland on this site by the Kp they need. Saariselkä and Levi share the lowest figure, Kp 1.

7Northern lights tours in Levi

7 guided tours from Levi pass the catalogue filter (at least 4.3 stars, 20 reviews and the aurora in the title), from 135 USD per person. Prices are starting prices read from the booking catalogue and change with the date. All tours in the country.

Levi Northern lights by snowmobile4.5 · 88 reviews · 3 hfrom 182 USDLevi Northern Lights Experience4.9 · 62 reviews · 2 hfrom 135 USDNorthern Lights Adventure in the Wild with Campfire Treats4.9 · 60 reviews · 3 h 30 minfrom 170 USDNorthern Lights Hunting Photography Tour in Levi4.4 · 44 reviews · 4 hfrom 166 USD3-Hour Snowmobile Safari to Search Northern Lights in Levi4.9 · 36 reviews · 3 hfrom 193 USD3 Hours Snowmobiling under Auroras and Night Sky4.8 · 36 reviews · 3 hfrom 166 USD