Clear Sky Iceland

South Coast

Northern lights at Vík í Mýrdal

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Unlikely tonight

Best around 04:00 UTC · 59% cloud · Kp 1.67 · moon down

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

A small village on the south coast near Reynisfjara black sand beach. If you go to the beach at night, stay well back from the water: waves can run far up the sand without warning.

The next 7 nights

NightChanceBest time (UTC)CloudKpBasis
Sat 17.10Unlikely 2804:0059%1.67cloud + Kp
Sun 18.10Poor 020:00100%1.67cloud + Kp
Mon 19.10Poor 020:00100%4cloud + Kp
Tue 20.10Possible 5706:006%-cloud only
Wed 21.10Poor 1320:0071%-cloud only
Thu 22.10Possible 4706:0022%-cloud only
Fri 23.10Unlikely 2206:0048%-cloud only

Nights marked "cloud only" are beyond NOAA's three day Kp forecast, so they assume a middling Kp: a rough outlook. Updated 2026-10-17 22:20 UTC. How this is worked out.

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