Would You See Aurora?

In order to see the Northern Lights, you need a dark, clear night. They are visible from late August to early April anytime during dark hours, which in places like Abisko or Tromsø can be nearly 24 hours a day in winter. ... The Aurora forecast said level 0 (no activity) on the night we saw them in Myvatn, Iceland.

Can aurora be seen?

1. Svalbard, Norway. The higher the latitude of a location, the better it serves as a Northern Lights viewpoint – and Svalbard is as up north as one can get. Sitting pretty and frozen between the 74th and the 81st parallel, this island – deep into the Arctic Circle, is a favourite Norway location.

Is 2021 a good year to see Northern Lights?

"The outlook is favorable as we go forward," Steenburgh said of 2021. Solar forecasters are seeing upticks in active regions as well as in the coronal mass ejections of charged particles that are key to lighting up the northern lights.