Northern Lights Iceland October 2020
This creates a lot of northern lights activity.
Northern lights iceland october 2020. Iceland is one of the best places in the world to see the aurora borealis or northern lights. Find the best iceland northern lights tours in october 2020 with tourradar. Northern lights city break departures on sale late aug 2020 mar 2021 subject to availability. Iceland weather october northern lights possibility northern lights in iceland are easy to sight in october as it experiences an average of 15 hours of darkness.
Advertised lead price per person is based on lowest available airfare and two persons sharing a standard guest room at hotel cabin for three night s duration. However the rains are more of a drizzle than heavy monsoon sort of rain. In order to see the northern lights two conditions need to be met. Aurora borealis season in northern polar latitudes alaska northern canada greenland iceland norway sweden finland and siberia runs from august thru april.
Darkness a week long stay good clear weather picking your location and planning your itinerary. Compare 11 tours with 103 real tour reviews. These are the best places to see the northern lights in 2020. With an average of 15 hours of darkness october is ideal to see the northern lights.
While they are famous for dazzling across the night sky the northern lights are actually influenced by the activity of the sun. These are the nights with darkness in them. Here at 65 n on the southern edge of the arctic circle you can see auroras almost every night. October is in fact one of the best months to see the northern lights in iceland.
Rodney viereck of the national oceanic and atmosphere administration noaa in the us explained to lonely planet that the sun goes through a roughly 11 year cycle which includes three to four years of solar maximum. This about completes the guide to seeing the northern lights in iceland. Rain in iceland october in iceland is the wettest month with 14 days of rain on the southern coast. Northern lights scotland forecast northern lights my telegraph june 21st 2013 11 56 pm forecasting scotland does not have any forecasting service so probably the northern lights forecast in iceland is the closest.
Lead price travel period sep 2020 mar 2021 with limited availability on selected dates. Take in a bit of everything and you are sure to have a fabulous stay in this country northern lights or no northern lights.