Aurora Atlas: Northern Lights

New in 2.1: personal aurora alerts, widgets and new destinations. Find where and when to see the northern lights, with nearly 600 handpicked spots from Alaska to Lapland.

Find the northern lights tonight: the best spot within your reach, and the best time to be there.

Aurora Atlas turns the aurora forecast, the clouds and the dark into one clear answer. Pick your base and how far you're happy to drive. Everything else is made for you.

WHERE TO GO, AND WHEN • Tonight's chance from 0 to 100, in plain words • The best spot within your driving range, with drive time and access notes • The best hours to be there

ALERTS MADE FOR YOU Get a notification when a night near you is worth going out for, with the best spot and time. You choose which nights and how often: one alert a night, or updates as the forecast changes. Off until you turn it on.

NEARLY 600 HANDPICKED AURORA SPOTS Chosen for aurora viewing across 59 destinations: Norway and Svalbard, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Alaska and the Great Lakes, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Anywhere else, get a forecast for the place you choose.

CLOUDS, HOUR BY HOUR Low, mid and high cloud for every spot, so you see when the sky opens, not just a percentage.

TONIGHT ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets show tonight's chance, the best spot and the time on your Home Screen and Lock Screen.

MORE FOR AURORA HUNTERS • The live aurora oval on a map of every aurora area • Live sky and road cameras where they exist • The nights ahead and Trip Mode: darkness, moon and typical sky for your dates • A short AI analysis of the outlook, on request • Share tonight's forecast or a spot with friends

PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account needed. Your exact location stays on your phone.

Weather from MET Norway, space weather from NOAA. Available in English, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Dutch, Japanese and Korean.