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G1Peak 20 April 2026 at 15:00 UTC

Northern Lights on 20 April 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 9 hours.

03579 G1 G3 Sun 19 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 3.00 Sun 19 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 2.33 Sun 19 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 1.33 Mon 20 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.33 Mon 20 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Mon 20 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Mon 20 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 20 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Mon 20 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 20 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 5.00 Mon 20 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 21 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 4.67 Tue 21 Apr 03:00 UTC · Kp 4.00 Tue 21 Apr 06:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Tue 21 Apr 09:00 UTC · Kp 1.67 Tue 21 Apr 12:00 UTC · Kp 3.67 Tue 21 Apr 15:00 UTC · Kp 4.33 Tue 21 Apr 18:00 UTC · Kp 3.33 Tue 21 Apr 21:00 UTC · Kp 2.00 Wed 22 Apr 00:00 UTC · Kp 0.67 Mon 20 AprTue 21 AprWed 22 Apr
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

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

CountryPlacesExamplesFurthest from the pole
Canada 245 Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton Le Sud-Ouest
Sweden 142 Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala Oxie
Finland 122 Helsinki, Espoon keskus, Tampere urban area, Vantaa Raseborg
United States 101 Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Fargo, Duluth Manitowoc
Norway 69 Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger Mandal
Latvia 39 Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava Daugavpils
Denmark 31 Copenhagen, Aalborg, Frederiksberg, Hvidovre Køge
United Kingdom 24 Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth St Andrews
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
New Zealand 7 Dunedin, Invercargill, Mosgiel, Gore Oamaru
Australia 5 Hobart, Launceston, Bruny Island (Alonnah), Southport / Cockle Creek Launceston
Greenland 5 Nuuk, Sisimiut, Qaqortoq, Aasiaat Qaqortoq
Faroe Islands 4 Tórshavn, Klaksvík, Fuglafjørður, Miðvágur Tórshavn
Based on each place's Kp threshold (terrain included) and the Sun's position during each 3-hour Kp block.

Only in photos

1,661 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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