Aurora locations / Invercargill

Aurora tonight in Invercargill

Name: Invercargill
Address: New Zealand, New Zealand

New Zealand, New Zealand · 46.41°S, 168.35°E

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Sky is too bright for aurora visibility. Wait for deeper darkness after sunset.

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Visibility score0/100
Current Kp1.0
Cloud cover100%

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Why Invercargill

New Zealand's southernmost city, with Oreti Beach's flat southern horizon over the Southern Ocean.

How much activity you need here

At 46.4° geographic latitude, aurora typically becomes visible here once the planetary Kp index reaches about 8. Stronger geomagnetic storms push the oval overhead and light up more of the sky.

Best time to go

The southern aurora season runs from mid-March to late September, when the long southern-hemisphere nights give real darkness. Midsummer (December–January) is too bright for aurora at these latitudes.

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