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G1Peak 3 March 2026 at 21:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 3 March 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 Mon 2 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Tue 3 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Tue 3 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Tue 3 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 3 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 3 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 3 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Tue 3 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 3 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Wed 4 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 4 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Wed 4 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Wed 4 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 4 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 1.00 Wed 4 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Wed 4 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Wed 4 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Tue 3 MarWed 4 Mar
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

1,991 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Sweden 469 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
United Kingdom 278 Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee Ashington
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 204 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederiksberg Esbjerg
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Canada 74 Winnipeg, Brandon, Corner Brook, Yorkton Bonavista
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Lithuania 29 Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Mažeikiai Utena
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Ireland 3 Letterkenny, Buncrana, Gweedore 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

1,897 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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