Northern lights in Kiruna in December
Possible, with patience — 29% of December nights offer a window.
29%of nights offer a window
12 hof darkness per night
70%of days with enough solar activity
42%of nights with a clear hour
The numbers behind it: December nights in Kiruna average about 12 dark hours, geomagnetic activity reaches local viewing levels on 70% of days, and 42% of nights offer at least one reasonably clear hour after dark.
Neither clouds nor solar activity dominates — December 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.
December against the rest of the year
December elsewhere under the oval
- Yellowknife 47% of nights
- Fairbanks 37% of nights
- Reykjavík 31% of nights
- Lofoten Islands 27% of nights
- Tromsø 21% of nights
- Rovaniemi 15% of nights
- Abisko 13% of nights