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G1Peak 22 January 2026 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 22 January 2026 (Kp 5.3): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5.3. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 55.8° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 51.3°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 3 hours.

03579 G1 G3 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 Thu 22 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Thu 22 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 22 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Thu 22 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 23 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 23 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Fri 23 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 23 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 23 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 23 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 23 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Fri 23 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 22 JanFri 23 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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United Kingdom 169 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Newcastle upon Tyne Middlesbrough
Sweden 148 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Canada 136 Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Quebec City Sydney Mines
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United States 101 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Duluth Bar Harbor
Denmark 93 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Nakskov
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 25 Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys Kaunas
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Ireland 2 Letterkenny, Sligo Sligo
Germany 1 Westerland Westerland
Kazakhstan 1 Petropavl Petropavl
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

2,040 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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