Best Aurora Viewing Locations
Best Aurora Viewing Locations is a structured travel dataset with 13 entries. Its fields include Location, Country, Latitude. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 13 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Not provided
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Location, Country, Latitude, Best Season, Aurora Frequency, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Country groups
- 8 distinct values
- Across 13 preview rows
- Best Season groups
- 7 distinct values
- Across 13 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Location, Country, and Best Season across travel entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 13 downloadable records
Location↕ | Country↕ | Latitude↕ | Best Season↕ | Aurora Frequency↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tromso | Norway | 69.6N | September-March | 200+ nights/year | Inside aurora oval, fjord backdrop, whale watching combo, dog sledding |
| Yellowknife | Canada | 62.4N | November-April | 240 nights/year | Aurora capital of North America, flat clear horizon, tipi viewing camps |
| Abisko National Park | Sweden | 68.3N | October-March | 200+ nights/year | Lake Tornetrask rain shadow = clearest skies, Aurora Sky Station chairlift |
| Reykjavik / Thingvellir | Iceland | 64.1N | September-April | 150 nights/year | Volcanic landscapes, Golden Circle tours, hot springs under aurora |
| Rovaniemi / Lapland | Finland | 66.5N | September-March | 200 nights/year | Glass igloo hotels, Santa's village, reindeer safaris, Kakslauttanen |
| Fairbanks | United States (Alaska) | 64.8N | August-April | 240 nights/year | Chena Hot Springs, Aurora Ice Museum, University of Alaska forecasts |
| Kiruna | Sweden | 67.9N | September-March | 200 nights/year | ICEHOTEL, Esrange space center, Sami culture, mining town |
| Svalbard | Norway | 78.2N | November-February | Polar night 24/7 | Only place with daytime aurora (polar night), arctic wilderness, polar bears |
| Churchill | Canada | 58.8N | January-March | 300 nights/year | Polar bear capital combo, tundra buggies, remote Hudson Bay shore |
| Lofoten Islands | Norway | 68.1N | September-April | 150+ nights/year | Red fishermen's cabins, dramatic jagged peaks over fjords, Instagram favorite |
| Ilulissat | Greenland | 69.2N | September-April | 300 nights/year | UNESCO icefjord, icebergs under aurora, Inuit culture, dog sledding |
| Utsjoki | Finland | 69.9N | September-March | 200+ nights/year | Northernmost Finnish village, extremely dark, no light pollution |
| Murmansk / Kola Peninsula | Russia | 68.9N | September-March | 180 nights/year | Arctic Russia, Teriberka coast, Lovozero Sami land |
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