Northern lights in Yellowknife in July
No — the midnight sun keeps Yellowknife's sky bright all July.
0%of nights offer a window
0 hof darkness per night
99%of days with enough solar activity
0%of nights with a clear hour
At Yellowknife's latitude the sun never drops far enough below the horizon in July for the sky to go properly dark. Aurora may well be happening overhead — you just cannot see it against a bright sky.
If your dates are fixed to July, no viewing spot or tour can fix the physics. Shift the trip toward the season edges instead — late August at the earliest, or spring before the light returns.
Numbers come from 1996–2025 Kp records (GFZ Potsdam) and 2015–2024 hourly cloud history for Yellowknife itself — the full method is on the methodology page. Travelling soon? Check tonight's live Yellowknife forecast.
July against the rest of the year
- Jan54% of nights
- Feb65% of nights
- Mar61% of nights
- Apr59% of nights
- May10% of nights
- Junmidnight sun
- Julmidnight sun
- Aug50% of nights
- Sep59% of nights
- Oct41% of nights
- Nov35% of nights
- Dec47% of nights
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