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Northern lights at Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon

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Poor tonight

Best around 22:00 UTC · 100% cloud · Kp 0.33 · moon down

Hour by hour, tonight (UTC). Grey bars are daylight or twilight.

The glacier lagoon on the southeast coast. On clear nights with some aurora activity the lights can reflect in the lagoon. It is a long drive from Reykjavik, so most people stay nearby.

The next 7 nights

NightChanceBest time (UTC)CloudKpBasis
Sun 18.10Poor 022:00100%0.33cloud + Kp
Mon 19.10Poor 020:00100%4.67cloud + Kp
Tue 20.10Poor 806:0091%3cloud + Kp
Wed 21.10Poor 1006:0084%-cloud + Kp
Thu 22.10Possible 5406:0010%-cloud only
Fri 23.10Poor 1420:0067%-cloud only
Sat 24.10Poor 020:00100%-cloud only

Nights marked "cloud only" are beyond NOAA's three day Kp forecast, so they assume a middling Kp: a rough outlook. Updated 2026-10-19 01:20 UTC. How this is worked out.

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