Alaska is in the aurora.
Northern lights iceland july august.
The best season to see the northern lights in iceland is from september to mid april these are the months where there are full dark nights.
Northern lights cruise alaska.
That being said you ll leave with a great excuse to come back to iceland in the winter.
An alaska cruise with cunard on the queen elizabeth is one of the best ways to see the northern lights especially in august or september.
Iceland is the perfect vacation spot in july.
The best time to see the northern lights in iceland.
7 wonders of iceland.
Seeing iceland in august and the northern lights.
The northern lights can only be viewed when it is very dark outside whereas july is one of the lightest times of the year.
Seeing iceland in august and the northern lights.
Not because it s warmer although it does sometimes reach a scorching 15 degrees but because the roads are open the weather is comparatively mild and all manner of tour are open to visitors except of course for northern lights tours since the northern lights are not visible in july although they re still above you dancing.
Start of the northern lights many people visit iceland with the hopes of viewing the of the northern lights one of the most amazing natural phenomenon in the world the start of the northern lights season begins in august and lasts until the beginning of may with the peak season being november to march.
You ll be kept awake all night through by the midnight sun in the months of june and july but in august there s simply enough of daylight for 16 hours.
Below you can find a chart of historical data of the northern lights in iceland in 2017 with reykjavik as a reference.
Leave a comment iceland the blog by louis.
Guaranteed darkness is the first important factor.
To see northern lights in iceland you usually need a kp 3 or higher.
Along with july august is the warmest month of the year in iceland.
The average temperature in august in iceland lurks around 10 15 c 50 59 f but we do have the occasional super warm summer days when the temperature can shoot to a whopping 20 c degrees.
Kp is the value related to the aurora forecast and ranges from 0 to 9.
3 2 hunting the northern lights on a guided tour in iceland the most common way to hunt for the aurora borealis is by taking a guided minibus tour.
We compare the nights with kp 3 and nights that last more than 4 hours.