Aurora locations / Melbourne

Aurora tonight in Melbourne

Tasmania & Southern Australia, Australia · 37.81°S, 144.96°E

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Why Melbourne

Head to the coast south of the city — Phillip Island or the Great Ocean Road — for aurora during strong storms.

How much activity you need here

At 37.8° geographic latitude, aurora typically becomes visible here once the planetary Kp index reaches about 9. 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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