Can you see the northern lights in Anadyr in November?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Anadyr have civil darkness, and 51% of past November days reached Kp 3.

How dark is Anadyr in November?

Anadyr averages 15.4 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 14 h 8 min on the 1st to 16 h 32 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Anadyr in November?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Anadyr's 1 degree cell 71% mean cloud in November, against 67% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Anadyr?

By darkness and moon alone, Nov 5, 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 November or December better in Anadyr?

By civil night times the clear share, November scores 4.5 hours at Anadyr and December 6.9. December comes out ahead.

Anadyr · November 2026

Northern lights in Anadyr in November 2026

Answer

November gives Anadyr 15.4 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 3rd darkest of its 12 months, under 71% mean cloud. 51% of November days since 1996 reached Kp 3, enough for the oval edge to reach Anadyr.

15.4 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 64.73, 177.51; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

November 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

November cloud at Anadyr averages 71% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 4 points cloudier than its yearly mean. January is Anadyr's clearest month at 58%. By civil night times clear sky, November scores 4.5 hours at Anadyr, 4th of 12. Fairbanks, 1,626 km away, averages 67%, clearer by 4 points.

Civil night at Anadyr starts November at 14 h 8 min and reaches 16 h 32 min by November 30 as the nights lengthen by 2.4 hours. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 11.4 hours on the 15th.

November night by night

November opens toward a new moon on Nov 9, with full moon on Nov 25, in Asia/Anadyr dates. Anadyr gets 239 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: Nov 5 (4 h), Nov 6 (4 h), Nov 7 (4 h).

1
54% lit
3.3 h
2
43% lit
5.5 h
3
32% lit
7.4 h
4
23% lit
9.2 h
5
14% lit
10.9 h
6
8% lit
12.7 h
7
3% lit
14.5 h
8
1% lit
14.8 h
9
0% lit
14.9 h
New
10
2% lit
15.0 h
11
5% lit
15.1 h
12
10% lit
15.2 h
13
16% lit
15.3 h
14
23% lit
15.3 h
15
32% lit
13.3 h
16
41% lit
11.4 h
17
50% lit
9.7 h
18
60% lit
8.1 h
19
70% lit
6.5 h
20
79% lit
4.8 h
21
87% lit
3.0 h
22
94% lit
1.1 h
23
98% lit
0.0 h
24
100% lit
0.0 h
25
99% lit
0.0 h
Full
26
95% lit
0.0 h
27
88% lit
0.0 h
28
79% lit
1.7 h
29
69% lit
4.1 h
30
58% lit
6.1 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 Novembers

Anadyr needs Kp 3 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 455 of the 900 November days from 1996 to 2025 (51%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 6th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 10%. 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.

November across Russia

Anadyr ranks 18th in Russia for civil night on November 15, behind Talnakh at 16.6 hours. Coming from October (12.4 hours at Anadyr), November adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into December (17.2 hours on the 15th).

Civil night on November 15 and November cloud, month-page towns in Russia
Town	Civil night	Cloud
Talnakh	16.6 h	60%
Zapolyarnyy	16.6 h	85%
Nikel	16.6 h	85%
Norilsk	16.5 h	60%
Severomorsk	16.5 h	85%
Kayyerkan	16.5 h	62%
Dudinka	16.5 h	62%
Murmansk	16.4 h	85%
Monchegorsk	16.2 h	82%
Olenegorsk	16.2 h	85%
Apatity	16.1 h	82%
Narian-Mar	16.1 h	82%
Anadyr	15.4 h	71%

Darkness and moon, every night

Anadyr, November 2026: each night from local noon to the next noon
Night	Civil	Astronomical	Moon-free dark	Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM	Moon lit
Sun Nov 1	14 h 8 min	10 h 19 min	3 h 16 min	0 min	54%
Mon Nov 2	14 h 14 min	10 h 24 min	5 h 27 min	15 min	43%
Tue Nov 3	14 h 19 min	10 h 30 min	7 h 24 min	2 h 9 min	32%
Wed Nov 4	14 h 25 min	10 h 35 min	9 h 12 min	3 h 54 min	23%
Thu Nov 5	14 h 31 min	10 h 40 min	10 h 57 min	4 h	14%
Fri Nov 6	14 h 37 min	10 h 45 min	12 h 41 min	4 h	8%
Sat Nov 7	14 h 42 min	10 h 50 min	14 h 29 min	4 h	3%
Sun Nov 8	14 h 48 min	10 h 55 min	14 h 48 min	4 h	1%
Mon Nov 9	14 h 53 min	11 h	14 h 53 min	4 h	0%
Tue Nov 10	14 h 59 min	11 h 4 min	14 h 59 min	4 h	2%
Wed Nov 11	15 h 4 min	11 h 9 min	15 h 4 min	4 h	5%
Thu Nov 12	15 h 9 min	11 h 14 min	15 h 9 min	4 h	10%
Fri Nov 13	15 h 15 min	11 h 18 min	15 h 15 min	4 h	16%
Sat Nov 14	15 h 20 min	11 h 23 min	15 h 20 min	4 h	23%
Sun Nov 15	15 h 25 min	11 h 27 min	13 h 20 min	4 h	32%
Mon Nov 16	15 h 30 min	11 h 31 min	11 h 23 min	4 h	41%
Tue Nov 17	15 h 35 min	11 h 35 min	9 h 40 min	3 h 57 min	50%
Wed Nov 18	15 h 40 min	11 h 39 min	8 h 3 min	2 h 17 min	60%
Thu Nov 19	15 h 45 min	11 h 43 min	6 h 27 min	38 min	70%
Fri Nov 20	15 h 49 min	11 h 47 min	4 h 48 min	0 min	79%
Sat Nov 21	15 h 54 min	11 h 51 min	3 h 2 min	0 min	87%
Sun Nov 22	15 h 59 min	11 h 54 min	1 h 5 min	0 min	94%
Mon Nov 23	16 h 3 min	11 h 58 min	0 min	0 min	98%
Tue Nov 24	16 h 8 min	12 h 2 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Wed Nov 25	16 h 12 min	12 h 5 min	0 min	0 min	99%
Thu Nov 26	16 h 16 min	12 h 8 min	0 min	0 min	95%
Fri Nov 27	16 h 20 min	12 h 11 min	0 min	0 min	88%
Sat Nov 28	16 h 24 min	12 h 14 min	1 h 43 min	0 min	79%
Sun Nov 29	16 h 28 min	12 h 17 min	4 h 4 min	0 min	69%
Mon Nov 30	16 h 32 min	12 h 20 min	6 h 5 min	0 min	58%

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 November?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Anadyr have civil darkness, and 51% of past November days reached Kp 3.
How dark is Anadyr in November?: Anadyr averages 15.4 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 14 h 8 min on the 1st to 16 h 32 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Anadyr in November?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Anadyr's 1 degree cell 71% mean cloud in November, against 67% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Anadyr?: By darkness and moon alone, Nov 5, 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 November or December better in Anadyr?: By civil night times the clear share, November scores 4.5 hours at Anadyr and December 6.9. December 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.