Northern Lights February 2018 Finland

Best time to see northern lights in finland.

Northern lights february 2018 finland.

There are 12 tours to choose from that range in length from 3 days up to 10 days. The northern lights are visible between the months of september to march in lapland. In northern lapland chance of seeing the lights are about every other clear night. Just bear in mind that northern lights viewing means being outside from about 9 p m.

The northern lights are more formally known as auroras and are caused by interactions between the solar wind and the earth s magnetic field. Aurora borealis season in northern polar latitudes alaska northern canada greenland iceland norway sweden finland and siberia runs from august thru april. Until 1 a m and in finland the temperatures regularly sink to 22 fahrenheit. Find a northern lights tour that explores finland.

One of the characteristics that makes finland the best place to see the northern lights also makes finland not suited for everyone. Reuters alexander kuznetsov reuters saturday september 28 2019. These are the nights with darkness in them. One of northern scandinavia s most famous northern lights destinations tromsø adds another string to its bow in the first week of february when it hosts its annual international music centric.

During the summer months of may june and july it is just too bright to see them in the far northland. It was one of the most unique experiences of our lives and we were lucky enough to see th. The aurora borealis northern lights is seen in the sky in ivalo of lapland finland september 27 2019. This is the wild remote nature of the country.

In southern finland they are visible on about 10 20 nights a year.