Can you see the northern lights in Anadyr in January?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 31 of 31 nights at Anadyr have civil darkness, and 48% of past January days reached Kp 3.

How dark is Anadyr in January?

Anadyr averages 16.2 hours of civil night a night in January 2027, from 17 h 2 min on the 1st to 15 h 1 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Anadyr in January?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Anadyr's 1 degree cell 58% mean cloud in January, against 67% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in January 2027 for aurora in Anadyr?

By darkness and moon alone, Jan 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Anadyr. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.

Is January or February better in Anadyr?

By civil night times the clear share, January scores 6.8 hours at Anadyr and February 5.4. January comes out ahead.

Anadyr · January 2027

Northern lights in Anadyr in January 2027

Answer

January gives Anadyr 16.3 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 2nd darkest of its 12 months, under 58% mean cloud. 48% of January days since 1996 reached Kp 3, enough for the oval edge to reach Anadyr.

16.2 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 64.73, 177.51; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

January against the rest of the year

6.8

5.4

4.3

2.2

0.0

1.5

2.8

3.0

4.5

6.9

January cloud at Anadyr averages 58% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 9 points clearer than its yearly mean. No month at Anadyr is clearer. By civil night times clear sky, January scores 6.8 hours at Anadyr, 2nd of 12. Fairbanks, 1,626 km away, averages 55%, clearer by 3 points.

Civil night at Anadyr starts January at 17 h 2 min and reaches 15 h 1 min by January 31, 2.0 hours shorter. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 12.2 hours on the 15th.

January night by night

January opens toward a new moon on Jan 8, with full moon on Jan 23, in Asia/Anadyr dates. Anadyr gets 286 hours of civil night with the moon below the horizon across the month. The best of them for moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM: Jan 1 (4 h), Jan 2 (4 h), Jan 3 (4 h).

1
33% lit
12.5 h
2
24% lit
14.4 h
3
16% lit
17.0 h
4
10% lit
16.9 h
5
5% lit
16.9 h
6
2% lit
16.8 h
7
0% lit
16.8 h
8
0% lit
16.7 h
New
9
2% lit
16.7 h
10
6% lit
15.2 h
11
12% lit
13.5 h
12
18% lit
11.9 h
13
27% lit
10.3 h
14
36% lit
8.7 h
15
46% lit
6.9 h
16
57% lit
5.0 h
17
68% lit
2.8 h
18
78% lit
0.0 h
19
87% lit
0.0 h
20
94% lit
0.0 h
21
98% lit
0.0 h
22
100% lit
0.0 h
23
99% lit
0.0 h
Full
24
94% lit
1.9 h
25
88% lit
3.8 h
26
79% lit
5.5 h
27
70% lit
7.3 h
28
60% lit
9.0 h
29
50% lit
10.9 h
30
40% lit
13.4 h
31
31% lit
15.0 h

Each cell is the night that starts on that date. Hours are civil-dark time with the moon below the horizon; the green rule scales with them. Green outline: new moon. Bone outline: full moon.

Activity in past Januarys

Anadyr needs Kp 3 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 443 of the 930 January days from 1996 to 2025 (48%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 8th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 6%. Anadyr sits at 60.4 degrees geomagnetic, inside SWPC's 60 to 75 degree band, where aurora can be seen on more than half of all nights. No storm is needed: by SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 3.

January across Russia

Anadyr ranks 18th in Russia for civil night on January 15, behind Norilsk at 17.7 hours. Coming from December (17.2 hours at Anadyr), January loses darkness, and February brings shorter nights (13.6 hours on the 15th).

Civil night on January 15 and January cloud, month-page towns in Russia
Town	Civil night	Cloud
Norilsk	17.7 h	55%
Talnakh	17.7 h	55%
Kayyerkan	17.7 h	56%
Dudinka	17.7 h	56%
Zapolyarnyy	17.7 h	81%
Nikel	17.7 h	81%
Severomorsk	17.6 h	83%
Murmansk	17.5 h	78%
Monchegorsk	17.2 h	75%
Olenegorsk	17.2 h	78%
Apatity	17.1 h	75%
Narian-Mar	17.1 h	70%
Anadyr	16.3 h	58%

Darkness and moon, every night

Anadyr, January 2027: each night from local noon to the next noon
Night	Civil	Astronomical	Moon-free dark	Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM	Moon lit
Fri Jan 1	17 h 2 min	12 h 43 min	12 h 29 min	4 h	33%
Sat Jan 2	17 h	12 h 41 min	14 h 25 min	4 h	24%
Sun Jan 3	16 h 58 min	12 h 39 min	16 h 58 min	4 h	16%
Mon Jan 4	16 h 55 min	12 h 38 min	16 h 55 min	4 h	10%
Tue Jan 5	16 h 53 min	12 h 36 min	16 h 53 min	4 h	5%
Wed Jan 6	16 h 50 min	12 h 34 min	16 h 50 min	4 h	2%
Thu Jan 7	16 h 47 min	12 h 32 min	16 h 47 min	4 h	0%
Fri Jan 8	16 h 44 min	12 h 29 min	16 h 44 min	4 h	0%
Sat Jan 9	16 h 41 min	12 h 27 min	16 h 41 min	4 h	2%
Sun Jan 10	16 h 37 min	12 h 24 min	15 h 14 min	4 h	6%
Mon Jan 11	16 h 34 min	12 h 22 min	13 h 32 min	4 h	12%
Tue Jan 12	16 h 30 min	12 h 19 min	11 h 55 min	4 h	18%
Wed Jan 13	16 h 27 min	12 h 16 min	10 h 18 min	3 h 47 min	27%
Thu Jan 14	16 h 23 min	12 h 13 min	8 h 40 min	2 h 10 min	36%
Fri Jan 15	16 h 19 min	12 h 10 min	6 h 56 min	28 min	46%
Sat Jan 16	16 h 15 min	12 h 7 min	5 h	0 min	57%
Sun Jan 17	16 h 10 min	12 h 4 min	2 h 46 min	0 min	68%
Mon Jan 18	16 h 6 min	12 h	0 min	0 min	78%
Tue Jan 19	16 h 1 min	11 h 57 min	0 min	0 min	87%
Wed Jan 20	15 h 57 min	11 h 53 min	0 min	0 min	94%
Thu Jan 21	15 h 52 min	11 h 49 min	0 min	0 min	98%
Fri Jan 22	15 h 48 min	11 h 46 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Sat Jan 23	15 h 43 min	11 h 42 min	0 min	0 min	99%
Sun Jan 24	15 h 38 min	11 h 38 min	1 h 52 min	0 min	94%
Mon Jan 25	15 h 33 min	11 h 33 min	3 h 45 min	0 min	88%
Tue Jan 26	15 h 28 min	11 h 29 min	5 h 31 min	9 min	79%
Wed Jan 27	15 h 23 min	11 h 25 min	7 h 15 min	1 h 56 min	70%
Thu Jan 28	15 h 17 min	11 h 21 min	9 h 1 min	3 h 44 min	60%
Fri Jan 29	15 h 12 min	11 h 16 min	10 h 54 min	4 h	50%
Sat Jan 30	15 h 7 min	11 h 12 min	13 h 24 min	4 h	40%
Sun Jan 31	15 h 1 min	11 h 7 min	15 h 1 min	4 h	31%

Moon lit: SunCalc illuminated fraction at the middle of the 10 PM to 2 AM window.

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Anadyr in January?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 31 of 31 nights at Anadyr have civil darkness, and 48% of past January days reached Kp 3.
How dark is Anadyr in January?: Anadyr averages 16.2 hours of civil night a night in January 2027, from 17 h 2 min on the 1st to 15 h 1 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Anadyr in January?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Anadyr's 1 degree cell 58% mean cloud in January, against 67% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in January 2027 for aurora in Anadyr?: By darkness and moon alone, Jan 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Anadyr. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is January or February better in Anadyr?: By civil night times the clear share, January scores 6.8 hours at Anadyr and February 5.4. January comes out ahead.

Sources and verification

SunCalchttps://github.com/mourner/suncalc
NASA POWER climatologyhttps://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/services/api/temporal/climatology/
GFZ Potsdam Kp indexhttps://kp.gfz.de/en/data
NOAA SWPC, Tips on viewing the aurorahttps://www.spaceweather.gov/content/tips-viewing-aurora

Quoted figures last checked against their sources on 2026-09-30; next review 2026-12-31. Computed figures come from SunCalc and the IGRF-14 dipole as described in the methodology. Every quote is listed in the sources ledger.