These are the nights with darkness in them.
Northern lights in iceland december 2017.
Spend the day at your leisure.
See the northern lights.
Iceland is your winter wonderland where you can experience snow covered waterfalls at every corner sunrises and sunsets that reflect pink and orange across the sky and.
Today we would love to share with you some local knowledge on visiting iceland in december during the christmastime holidays and insight into seeing northern lights.
December is one of the best months of the year and has the highest chance of seeing the northern lights.
Every tour is unique which is part of the adventure and your guide will use the most up to date weather.
To see northern lights in iceland you usually need a kp 3 or higher.
Kp is the value related to the aurora forecast and ranges from 0 to 9.
Reuters lucas jackson reuters thursday april 22 2010.
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Northern lights hunt tour is booked for late evening and takes you to the best viewing location as decided by mother nature.
Although winter in iceland can be the most challenging time of the year it is also one of the most magical to experience.
Aurora borealis season in northern polar latitudes alaska northern canada greenland iceland norway sweden finland and siberia runs from august thru april.
Thanks to the latitude of the north american continent in relation to the magnetic pole the lights have been seen as far south as new orleans.
Going on a northern lights tour is my first recommendation for northern lights as you ll have an expert scouting out the best areas in iceland to give you the absolute highest chances of seeing the lights.
The auroras might appear just outside of reykjavik or perhaps from the middle of a lava field an hour s drive into the countryside.
Below you can find a chart of historical data of the northern lights in iceland in 2017 with reykjavik as a reference.
We compare the nights with kp 3 and nights that last more than 4 hours.
The northern lights are seen above the ash plume of iceland s eyjafjallajokull volcano april 22 2010.
The northern lights are one of the biggest draws to visiting iceland in the winter the downside being that they are a natural phenomenon and thus elusive and unpredictable.
During the summer months of may june and july it is just too bright to see them in the far northland.