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Northern Lights in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
In Schleswig-Holstein the aurora is visible from about Kp 5.3, first near Westerland. Fehmarn has the darkest skies among the larger places.
| Place | Kp needed | Kp for photos | Look towards | Light pollution | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westerland | 5.3 | 3.7 | N | Suburban sky | 12,500 |
| Kiel | 5.7 | 4 | N | Bright suburban sky | 252,668 |
| Flensburg | 5.7 | 4 | N | Suburban sky | 85,838 |
| Rendsburg | 5.7 | 4 | N | Suburban sky | 28,323 |
| Schleswig | 5.7 | 4 | N | Dark rural sky | 24,114 |
| Eckernförde | 5.7 | 4 | N | Dark rural sky | 21,563 |
| Husum | 5.7 | 4 | N | Dark rural sky | 20,841 |
| Fehmarn | 5.7 | 4 | N | Pristine dark sky | 13,200 |
| Kronshagen | 5.7 | 4 | N | Suburban sky | 11,856 |
| Harrislee | 5.7 | 4 | N | Rural to suburban | 11,596 |
| Büdelsdorf | 5.7 | 4 | N | Rural to suburban | 10,144 |
| Lübeck | 6 | 4.3 | N | City sky | 212,207 |
| Norderstedt | 6 | 4.3 | N | Suburban sky | 82,844 |
| Neumünster | 6 | 4.3 | N | City sky | 80,196 |
| Elmshorn | 6 | 4.3 | N | Bright suburban sky | 48,703 |
| Itzehoe | 6 | 4.3 | N | Suburban sky | 33,047 |
| Bad Oldesloe | 6 | 4.3 | N | Bright suburban sky | 24,322 |
| Heide | 6 | 4.3 | N | Suburban sky | 20,599 |
| Quickborn | 6 | 4.3 | N | Rural to suburban | 20,410 |
| Kaltenkirchen | 6 | 4.3 | N | Suburban sky | 19,747 |
| Bad Schwartau | 6 | 4.3 | N | Suburban sky | 19,722 |
| Uetersen | 6 | 4.3 | N | Suburban sky | 17,921 |
| Elmschenhagen | 6 | 4.3 | N | Rural to suburban | 17,097 |
| Eutin | 6 | 4.3 | N | Bright suburban sky | 16,984 |
| Stockelsdorf | 6 | 4.3 | N | Suburban sky | 16,562 |
| Bad Segeberg | 6 | 4.3 | N | Suburban sky | 16,052 |
| Neustadt in Holstein | 6 | 4.3 | N | Pristine dark sky | 15,930 |
| Ratekau | 6 | 4.3 | N | Dark rural sky | 15,921 |
| Preetz | 6 | 4.3 | N | Rural to suburban | 15,768 |
| Brunsbüttel | 6 | 4.3 | N | Dark rural sky | 13,950 |
| Bargteheide | 6 | 4.3 | N | Bright suburban sky | 13,640 |
| Ratzeburg | 6 | 4.3 | N | Pristine dark sky | 13,623 |
| Bad Bramstedt | 6 | 4.3 | N | Suburban sky | 13,177 |
| Tornesch | 6 | 4.3 | N | Rural to suburban | 13,079 |
| Plön | 6 | 4.3 | N | Rural to suburban | 13,068 |
| Glückstadt | 6 | 4.3 | N | Bright suburban sky | 12,121 |
| Scharbeutz | 6 | 4.3 | N | Dark rural sky | 12,087 |
| Malente | 6 | 4.3 | N | Pristine dark sky | 10,817 |
| Brachenfeld-Ruthenberg | 6 | 4.3 | N | Suburban sky | 10,573 |
| Pinneberg | 6.3 | 4.7 | N | Suburban sky | 40,577 |
| Wedel | 6.3 | 4.7 | N | Rural to suburban | 34,912 |
| Ahrensburg | 6.3 | 4.7 | N | City sky | 30,103 |
| Geesthacht | 6.3 | 4.7 | N | Rural to suburban | 29,487 |
| Reinbek | 6.3 | 4.7 | N | Rural to suburban | 25,261 |
| Halstenbek | 6.3 | 4.7 | N | Rural to suburban | 16,212 |
| Rellingen | 6.3 | 4.7 | N | Rural to suburban | 13,707 |
Best months in Schleswig-Holstein
Share of nights 2005–2025 that were dark, active enough here and mostly clear.
September has been the best month (3% of nights), followed by March (2%).
All years Near solar maximum Near solar minimum
- Kp 0–2 Quiet Only under the auroral oval: northern Norway, Swedish and Finnish Lapland, Iceland, Alaska, northern Canada.
- Kp 3 Unsettled Bright in the Arctic; low on the horizon in central Scandinavia and southern Iceland.
- Kp 4 Active camera in Westerland Overhead in the Arctic; low in the north from southern Norway, Sweden, Finland and northern Scotland.
- Kp 5 Minor storm (G1) eye in Westerland Scotland, southern Scandinavia, the Baltic states, the northern US states and southern Canada.
- Kp 6 Moderate storm (G2) Northern England, Denmark, northern Germany and Poland, the US Midwest — often clearer in photos than to the eye.
- Kp 7 Strong storm (G3) Most of the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Czechia; red glow in photos from France and the northern Alps.
- Kp 8 Severe storm (G4) Central Europe to the eye; red sky in photos from northern Italy, Spain, the Balkans and Turkey's Black Sea coast.
- Kp 9 Extreme storm (G5) Seen across Europe and the US; in photos as far south as the Mediterranean, Turkey and North Africa (May 2024).
The town pages in this region also cover 1,067 villages and districts nearby.
Smaller places
- AchtrupKp 5.7
- AhrensbökKp 6
- AlbersdorfKp 6
- Alt DuvenstedtKp 5.7
- AltenholzKp 5.7
- AltenkrempeKp 6
- AlvesloheKp 6
- AppenKp 6.3
- AschebergKp 6
- AukrugKp 6
- Bargfeld-StegenKp 6
- BarkKp 6
- BarkelsbyKp 5.7
- BarmstedtKp 6
- BarsbüttelKp 6.3
- BerkenthinKp 6
- BlekendorfKp 6
- Böcklersiedlung-BugenhagenKp 6
- Bokholt-HanredderKp 6
- BollingstedtKp 5.7
- BönebüttelKp 6
- BönningstedtKp 6.3
- BoostedtKp 6
- BordelumKp 5.7
- BordesholmKp 6
- BorgstedtKp 5.7
- BornhövedKp 6
- Borstel-HohenradenKp 6
- BosauKp 6
- BösdorfKp 6
- BovenauKp 5.7
- Brande-HörnerkirchenKp 6
- BredenbekKp 5.7
- BredstedtKp 5.7
- BreiholzKp 6
- BreitenburgKp 6
- BrekendorfKp 5.7
- BreklumKp 5.7
- BrokdorfKp 6
- BrokstedtKp 6
- BrüggeKp 6
- BuchholzKp 6
- BurgKp 6
- BüsumKp 6
- DägelingKp 6
- DahmeKp 6
- DampKp 5.7
- DänischenhagenKp 5.7
- DannewerkKp 5.7
- DelingsdorfKp 6
- DobersdorfKp 5.7
- DollerupKp 5.7
- DrelsdorfKp 5.7
- EddelakKp 6
- EggebekKp 5.7
- EinfeldKp 6
- EllerauKp 6
- EllerbekKp 6.3
- EllerhoopKp 6
- ElmenhorstKp 6
- Elsdorf-WestermühlenKp 6
- EmkendorfKp 6
- Emmelsbüll-HorsbüllKp 5.3
- ErfdeKp 5.7
- FahrdorfKp 5.7
- FahrenkrugKp 6
- FalderaKp 6
- FeldeKp 5.7
- FelmKp 5.7
- FleckebyKp 5.7
- FlintbekKp 6
- FockbekKp 5.7
- FreienwillKp 5.7
- FriedrichskoogKp 6
- FriedrichsortKp 5.7
- FriedrichstadtKp 5.7
- GadelandKp 6
- GardingKp 5.7
- GartenstadtKp 6
- GeltingKp 5.7
- GettorfKp 5.7
- GiekauKp 5.7
- GlindeKp 6.3
- GlücksburgKp 5.3
- GnutzKp 6
- GoelKp 6
- GrebinKp 6
- GremersdorfKp 5.7
- GrömitzKp 6
- GrönwohldKp 6.3
- Groß GrönauKp 6
- Groß KummerfeldKp 6
- Groß RheideKp 5.7
- Groß WittenseeKp 5.7
- GroßenaspeKp 6
- GrossenbrodeKp 5.7
- GroßenwieheKp 5.7
- GroßhansdorfKp 6.3
- GroßsoltKp 5.7
- GrubeKp 6
- HambergeKp 6
- HamdorfKp 6
- HammoorKp 6
- HandewittKp 5.7
- Hanerau-HademarschenKp 6
- HartenholmKp 6
- HaselauKp 6.3
- HaseldorfKp 6.3
- HaslohKp 6
- HasseldieksdammKp 5.7
- HattstedtKp 5.7
- HeidgrabenKp 6
- HeikendorfKp 5.7
- HeiligenhafenKp 5.7
- HeiligenstedtenKp 6
- HeistKp 6.3
- HelgolandKp 6
- HemdingenKp 6
- HemmingstedtKp 6
- HennstedtKp 5.7
- HeringsdorfKp 5.7
- HerzhornKp 6
- HitzhusenKp 6
- HochdonnKp 6
- HohenaspeKp 6
- HohenfeldeKp 5.7
- HohenlockstedtKp 6
- HohenwestedtKp 6
- HohnKp 5.7
- HoisdorfKp 6.3
- HollingstedtKp 5.7
- HoltseeKp 5.7
- HorstKp 6
- HürupKp 5.7
- ItzstedtKp 6
- Jarplund-WedingKp 5.7
- JerrishoeKp 5.7
- JersbekKp 6
- JevenstedtKp 6
- JübekKp 5.7
- KappelnKp 5.7
- KasseedorfKp 6
- KastorfKp 6
- KayhudeKp 6
- KeitumKp 5.3
- KellenhusenKp 6
- KellinghusenKp 6
- KiebitzreiheKp 6
- KisdorfKp 6
- KlausdorfKp 5.7
- Klein NordendeKp 6
- Klein Offenseth-SparrieshoopKp 6
- Klein RönnauKp 6
- KollmarKp 6
- Kölln-ReisiekKp 6
- KoselKp 5.7
- KrempeKp 6
- KremperheideKp 6
- KroppKp 5.7
- KrummesseKp 6
- KummerfeldKp 6
- LaboeKp 5.7
- LadelundKp 5.3
- LägerdorfKp 6
- LangballigKp 5.7
- LangenhornKp 5.7
- LangstedtKp 5.7
- LangwedelKp 6
- LasbekKp 6
- LauenburgKp 6.3
- LeckKp 5.7
- LeezenKp 6
- LeheKp 5.7
- LehmkuhlenKp 6
- LensahnKp 6
- LentföhrdenKp 6
- LinauKp 6.3
- LindauKp 5.7
- LindewittKp 5.7
- ListKp 5.3
- Lohe-RickelshofKp 6
- LundenKp 5.7
- LürschauKp 5.7
- LütjenburgKp 6
- LütjenseeKp 6.3
- MartensradeKp 6
- MeldorfKp 6
- MelsdorfKp 5.7
- MielkendorfKp 6
- MildstedtKp 5.7
- MohrkirchKp 5.7
- MolfseeKp 6
- MöllnKp 6.3
- MönkebergKp 5.7
- MoorregeKp 6.3
- MorsumKp 5.3
- MunkbrarupKp 5.7
- MünsterdorfKp 6
- NaheKp 6
- NegernbötelKp 6
- NeuberendKp 5.7
- Neudorf-BornsteinKp 5.7
- NeukirchenKp 5.3
- NeukirchenKp 6
- NeuwittenbekKp 5.7
- NiebüllKp 5.7
- NindorfKp 6
- NordhastedtKp 6
- NortorfKp 6
- NübbelKp 6
- NusseKp 6.3
- NützenKp 6
- OelixdorfKp 6
- OeverseeKp 5.7
- Oldenburg in HolsteinKp 6
- OldendorfKp 6
- OldenswortKp 5.7
- OsdorfKp 5.7
- OstenfeldKp 5.7
- OsterrönfeldKp 5.7
- OwschlagKp 5.7
- PadenstedtKp 6
- PahlenKp 6
- PankerKp 5.7
- PellwormKp 5.7
- PölitzKp 6
- PrisdorfKp 6
- ProbsteierhagenKp 5.7
- PronstorfKp 6
- QuarnbekKp 5.7
- QuernKp 5.7
- RaisdorfKp 6
- RantrumKp 5.7
- ReinfeldKp 6
- RickertKp 5.7
- RicklingKp 6
- RiepsdorfKp 6
- RiesebyKp 5.7
- Risum-LindholmKp 5.7
- RuhwinkelKp 6
- RümpelKp 6
- SandesnebenKp 6
- SankelmarkKp 5.7
- Sankt MargarethenKp 6
- Sankt MichaelisdonnKp 6
- Sankt Peter-OrdingKp 5.7
- SatrupKp 5.7
- SchaalbyKp 5.7
- Schacht-AudorfKp 5.7
- SchafflundKp 5.7
- SchashagenKp 6
- SchellhornKp 6
- SchenefeldKp 6
- SchilkseeKp 5.7
- SchmalfeldKp 6
- SchobüllKp 5.7
- SchönbergKp 6
- SchönkirchenKp 5.7
- Schönwalde am BungsbergKp 6
- SchubyKp 5.7
- SchülpKp 6
- SchwabstedtKp 5.7
- SchwarzenbekKp 6.3
- SeedorfKp 6
- SelentKp 6
- SethKp 6
- SiekKp 6.3
- SierksdorfKp 6
- SievershüttenKp 6
- SieverstedtKp 5.7
- SilberstedtKp 5.7
- SörupKp 5.7
- StadumKp 5.7
- SteinbergKp 5.7
- SteinbergkircheKp 5.7
- SterupKp 5.7
- StolpeKp 6
- StrandeKp 5.7
- StruvenhüttenKp 6
- SüderbrarupKp 5.7
- SüderlügumKp 5.3
- SüderstapelKp 5.7
- SülfeldKp 6
- SüselKp 6
- TangstedtKp 6
- TangstedtKp 6
- TarpKp 5.7
- TatingKp 5.7
- TellingstedtKp 6
- TimmaspeKp 6
- Timmendorfer StrandKp 6
- TinnumKp 5.3
- TodenbüttelKp 6
- TodendorfKp 6
- TodesfeldeKp 6
- TolkKp 5.7
- TönningKp 5.7
- TrappenkampKp 6
- TreiaKp 5.7
- TremsbüttelKp 6
- TungendorfKp 6
- TüttendorfKp 5.7
- VaaleKp 6
- ViölKp 5.7
- WaabsKp 5.7
- WackenKp 6
- WahlstedtKp 6
- WanderupKp 5.7
- WangelsKp 6
- WankendorfKp 6
- WasbekKp 6
- WattenbekKp 6
- WeddelbrookKp 6
- WeddingstedtKp 6
- WeesKp 5.7
- WendtorfKp 5.7
- Wentorf bei HamburgKp 6.3
- WesselburenKp 6
- WesselnKp 6
- WestenseeKp 6
- Wester-OhrstedtKp 5.7
- WesterhornKp 6
- WesterrönfeldKp 6
- WewelsflethKp 6
- WiemersdorfKp 6
- WilsterKp 6
- WindebyKp 5.7
- WittorfKp 6
- WöhrdenKp 6
- WristKp 6
- Wyk auf FöhrKp 5.7
- ZarpenKp 6