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G4Peak 12 November 2025 at 00:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 12 November 2025 (Kp 8.7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 8.7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 49.2° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 44.7°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 30 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 11 Nov 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Tue 11 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Tue 11 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 11 Nov 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 11 Nov 12:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Tue 11 Nov 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 11 Nov 18:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Tue 11 Nov 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Wed 12 Nov 00:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Wed 12 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Wed 12 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Wed 12 Nov 09:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Wed 12 Nov 12:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Wed 12 Nov 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 12 Nov 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Wed 12 Nov 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 13 Nov 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Thu 13 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Thu 13 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Thu 13 Nov 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 13 Nov 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Thu 13 Nov 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 13 Nov 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 13 Nov 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Fri 14 Nov 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Fri 14 Nov 03:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Fri 14 Nov 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Fri 14 Nov 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Fri 14 Nov 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 11 NovWed 12 NovThu 13 NovFri 14 Nov
Kp 0–3 Kp 4 Kp 5–6 (G1–G2) Kp 7+ (G3+) Times in UTC; faded bars are forecasts.

Three-hourly Kp from GFZ, one day either side of the storm.

Where the aurora could be seen

9,219 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 3,834 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Virginia Beach
United Kingdom 1,150 London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester Falmouth
Canada 957 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Yarmouth
Germany 577 Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Frankfurt Worms
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Poland 422 Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź Nowy Targ
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Netherlands 149 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Maastricht
Ireland 126 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Belgium 102 Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi Arlon
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
New Zealand 46 Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill Wellington
Czechia 43 Prague, Ostrava, Pilsen, Liberec Olomouc
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 28 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
France 28 Lille, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing Charleville
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Luxembourg 7 Diekirch, Grevenmacher, Wiltz, Echternach Grevenmacher
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
China 3 Daxing’anling, Tahe Town, Mohe Daxing’anling
Ukraine 2 Kyiv, Kharkiv Kharkiv
Svalbard & Jan Mayen 1 Longyearbyen Longyearbyen
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

2,514 more towns could have caught a faint red or green glow low on the horizon with a phone or camera.

Whether the aurora was actually seen also depended on the weather. Use this as a guide to where it was possible.

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