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G1Peak 28 January 2026 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 28 January 2026 (Kp 5): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 5. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 56.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 52.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 3 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Tue 27 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 28 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 28 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 28 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Wed 28 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Wed 28 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 28 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Wed 28 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 28 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Thu 29 Jan 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Thu 29 Jan 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Thu 29 Jan 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Thu 29 Jan 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 29 Jan 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 29 Jan 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Thu 29 Jan 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Thu 29 Jan 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Wed 28 JanThu 29 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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 220 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Charlottetown
Sweden 145 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
United States 143 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Billings Billings
Finland 123 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United Kingdom 103 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Ashington
Norway 77 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 75 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Estonia 21 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 18 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Lithuania 18 Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Mažeikiai Utena
Greenland 6 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Ireland 1 Letterkenny Letterkenny
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

1,898 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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