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G3Peak 22 March 2026 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 22 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 24 hours.

03579 G1 G3 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 Sun 22 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 6.33 Sun 22 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 6.00 Sun 22 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 7.00 Sun 22 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Sun 22 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 6.67 Mon 23 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 23 Mar 03:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 23 Mar 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 23 Mar 09:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Mon 23 Mar 12:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Mon 23 Mar 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 23 Mar 18:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Mon 23 Mar 21:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 24 Mar 00:00 UTC · Kp 2.67 Sun 22 MarMon 23 MarTue 24 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

6,392 towns on our list had enough activity while it was dark there. Cloud cover is not included.

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
United States 2,305 Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Detroit Pittsburgh
Canada 878 Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa Leamington
United Kingdom 853 Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds Nottingham
Sweden 474 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Trelleborg
Finland 454 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Hanko
Norway 276 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Denmark 260 Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg Alholm
Germany 229 Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel, Lübeck Bremen
Poland 184 Gdańsk, Szczecin, Bydgoszcz, Białystok Bydgoszcz
Ireland 120 Dublin, Limerick, Galway, Tallaght Kilkenny
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 41 Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Rolleston Greymouth
Iceland 37 Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Reykjanesbær Vík í Mýrdal
Australia 28 Melbourne, Geelong, Hobart, Ballarat Ballarat
Greenland 14 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq Nanortalik
Faroe Islands 11 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Hoyvík, Argir Argir
Netherlands 8 Groningen, Leeuwarden, Drachten, Sneek Drachten
Kazakhstan 4 Astana, Kostanay, Petropavl, Kokshetau Astana
China 1 Mohe Mohe
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

4,179 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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