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G3Peak 21 March 2026 at 00:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 21 March 2026 (Kp 7): Where They Were Visible

Kp reached 7. At that level the edge of the auroral oval reaches about 52.5° magnetic latitude, so the aurora could be seen low on the horizon down to roughly 48.0°. Activity stayed at storm level (Kp 5 or more) for 15 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Thu 19 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 0.00 Thu 19 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 0.00 Fri 20 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Fri 20 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Fri 20 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 20 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Fri 20 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Fri 20 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Fri 20 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.33 Fri 20 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Sat 21 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Sat 21 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 5.67 Sat 21 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Sat 21 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Sat 21 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Sat 21 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sat 21 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sat 21 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 22 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Sun 22 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Sun 22 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Fri 20 MarSat 21 MarSun 22 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

7,532 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 3,069 New York City, Brooklyn, Chicago, Queens St. Louis
Canada 957 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Yarmouth
United Kingdom 944 Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield Luton
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Germany 310 Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover Kreisfreie Stadt Münster
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Poland 261 Warsaw, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin Zielona Góra
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Ireland 126 Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway Cork
Netherlands 100 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht Rotterdam
Latvia 76 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Lithuania 73 Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda City Municipality, Šiauliai Druskininkai
Estonia 65 Tallinn, Tartu, Narva, Pärnu Võru
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 20 Hobart, Launceston, Devonport, Burnie Smithton
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Kazakhstan 3 Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Kostanay
New Zealand 1 Stewart Island/Rakiura (Oban) Stewart Island/Rakiura (Oban)
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

3,298 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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