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Aurora locations / Punta Arenas

Aurora tonight in Punta Arenas

Southern Ocean & Patagonia, Chile · 53.16°S, 70.91°W

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Why Punta Arenas

On the Strait of Magellan in Chilean Patagonia, a high-latitude southern outpost for the aurora australis.

How much activity you need here

At 53.2° geographic latitude, aurora typically becomes visible here once the planetary Kp index reaches about 6. 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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