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G4Peak 19 January 2026 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 19 January 2026 (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 42 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 18 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 18 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 19 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 19 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 19 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Mon 19 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Mon 19 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 19 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Mon 19 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 8.33 Mon 19 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 8.67 Tue 20 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Tue 20 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Tue 20 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Tue 20 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Tue 20 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Tue 20 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Tue 20 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Tue 20 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 7.67 Wed 21 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 7.33 Wed 21 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Wed 21 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Wed 21 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Wed 21 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 21 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Wed 21 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 21 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Thu 22 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 22 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Thu 22 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 22 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 19 JanTue 20 JanWed 21 JanThu 22 Jan
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

8,900 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 3,510 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens Lexington
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 29 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Albany
France 28 Lille, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing Charleville
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
China 7 Daxing’anling, Jiagedaqi District, Genhe, Oroqen Zizhiqi Jiagedaqi District
Luxembourg 7 Diekirch, Grevenmacher, Wiltz, Echternach Grevenmacher
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
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

2,902 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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