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Northern Lights in Lofoten — Tonight

The tonight check for Lofoten, Norway: the live Kp, tonight's darkness window, and 6 public cameras within 40 km. Free, no signup.

6
cameras within 40 km of Lofoten
16 h 46 min
of darkness tonight
68.2° N
latitude

Lofoten's wall is six cameras within 40 km of Svolvær — ferry quays and E10 bridges strung along the archipelago — facing the scenery that makes this the aurora photographer's Norway: sea, steep peaks, and fishing villages under the oval's southern edge.

Six is the real count and the page prints it. The feeds are sparse because Lofoten is sparse; what they frame is not. A display over Raftsundet or the Svolvær harbour is the postcard with the lights actually on.

LIVE GEOMAGNETIC INDEX (NOAA SWPC)

Reading the live Kp index…

Late-October outlook: NOAA's outlooks for the final week of October 2026 have flagged possible G1 (minor) storm periods, including a window around October 31. Treat that as an outlook, never a promise — geomagnetic forecasts only firm up one to three days ahead, coronal holes and CMEs permitting, and the live Kp above is the verdict on any given night.

Tonight in Lofoten: darkness and the Kp it needs

Lofoten sits at the oval's southern reach: Kp 3 gives its cameras a real chance on dark, clear nights, and Kp 4–5 is display weather over the peaks and the sea.

3:38 PM
sunset today (local)
8:24 AM
sunrise tomorrow (local)
16 h 46 min
of darkness between them

Sun times are computed for Lofoten's coordinates (68.23, 14.57) in its local timezone — astronomy, not a forecast. The Kp panel above is the live NOAA reading; for tonight's verdict, read the two together and check the sky itself on the cameras.

Best time to watch in Lofoten

Work the wall westward as the evening deepens — the E10 cameras step along the islands, and cloud over one fjord is not cloud over the next. The ferry-quay feeds face open water: the darkest horizons in the set.

All 6 Lofoten cameras, live

Every catalogue camera within 40 km of Svolvær, Lofoten, nearest first — the wall this page's count comes from. Pick feeds facing dark landscapes, confirm the timestamp is current, and give the sky a minute.

Loading live cameras…Fetching the live index for Lofoten.

Every card is the camera's real live feed: snapshot cards refresh about every 15 seconds, stream cards play live in the grid (a few at a time, the same budget the map tiles use) and in full when you open a camera. Feeds are provided by their operators and public sources; a camera whose stream has gone off air shows as unavailable rather than playing a recording.

Featured cameras around Lofoten

How to run the Lofoten aurora check

  1. 1Read the live Kp at the top of this page first, and hold it against the band this place needs (above) — below it, even perfect cameras mostly show darkness.
  2. 2Check tonight's darkness window: the display needs real dark, and the window's edges are twilight, not watching time.
  3. 3Check the weather panel and the frames themselves for cloud — no Kp sees through overcast.
  4. 4Open the darkest-facing feeds, confirm the timestamp is current, and give the sky a minute; recheck in five.
  5. 5If Lofoten is clouded out, switch walls — cloud is local, the oval is not. The nearest other places in this set are linked below.

Lofoten northern lights — FAQ

What Kp do the Lofoten cameras need?+
Kp 3 gives a real chance; Kp 4–5 is the reliable band. Lofoten sits slightly south of Tromsø's near-overhead position, so it asks one band more — and repays it with the scenery.
Which Lofoten camera faces the best sky?+
The water-facing ones: Svolvær's ferry quay and the bridge cameras, whose horizons are sea rather than street light. On a clear, active night, start there.
How many aurora cameras are there around Lofoten, and how is the count worked out?+
This page's wall holds 6 cameras: every camera in the WorldEye catalogue within 40 km of Svolvær, Lofoten, nearest first — the same rule the explorer below serves, so the number you read is the number you get. They are road, weather and scenic cameras in aurora country, not dedicated aurora feeds, and the page labels them that way.
Is the Kp on this page a forecast?+
It is the live planetary K index from NOAA SWPC — the current measured state of geomagnetic activity, read through the site's own space-weather feed, not a prediction for this place. What this page adds is the local half of the judgement: the Kp band this latitude needs, tonight's actual darkness window here, and the cameras. A display still needs all three: activity, darkness and a clear sky.
Is it free to watch?+
Yes — every camera on this page opens free on WorldEye, with no account and no signup. A free WorldEye account raises your daily camera-open limit, and the globe's Pro tools are a separate matter; the aurora walls themselves are free, full stop.

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