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About this spot
| Getting there | In Hammerfest |
|---|---|
| Without a car | on foot, in town |
| Sky | some town lightHow much artificial light brightens the northern sky at the map point. |
| Geomagnetic latitude | 68.1° |
| Map point | 70.6637, 23.6768 |
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Aurora season
In Hammerfest the nights are dark enough for aurora from about 3 September to 7 April.
Dark hours month by month, polar night and how often it is clear around North Cape and Hammerfest
How we check this
The score and the sky are for the map point. We rate the northern sky because faint aurora usually appears there. We measure the light from satellite images of night lights, and the score accounts for it. In a town or at an airport we always rate the sky as some town light.
We work out the aurora season dates for Hammerfest and use them for all our spots around North Cape and Hammerfest.
Nearest road cameras
Statens vegvesen's road cameras update every 5 minutes. Check the sky and the road before you set off.
Other spots nearby (straight-line distance)
- Hammerfest Airport · 2 km · some town light
- Kokelv · 39 km · very dark
- Skaidi · 41 km · very dark
- Olderfjord · 55 km · dark