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Northern Lights in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

In Møre og Romsdal the aurora is visible from about Kp 0.7, first near Kristiansund. Kristiansund has the darkest skies among the larger places.

Next chance in Møre og Romsdal

Good chance · Kristiansund · Reliability: medium

Place	Kp needed	Kp for photos	Look towards	Light pollution	Population
Kristiansund	1	0	N	Suburban sky	24,013
Ålesund	1.3	0	N	Suburban sky	52,626
Molde	1.3	0	N	Bright suburban sky	22,410
Volda	2	0.3	N	Suburban sky	10,809

Best months in Møre og Romsdal

Share of nights 2005–2025 that were dark, active enough here and mostly clear.

September has been the best month (23% of nights), followed by April (20%).

All years Near solar maximum Near solar minimum

Kp 0–2 Quiet eye in Kristiansund camera in Kristiansund 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 Overhead in the Arctic; low in the north from southern Norway, Sweden, Finland and northern Scotland.
Kp 5 Minor storm (G1) 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).

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