Can you see the northern lights in Beloyarskiy in November?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Beloyarskiy have civil darkness, and 10% of past November days reached Kp 5.

How dark is Beloyarskiy in November?

Beloyarskiy averages 15.3 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 14 h 3 min on the 1st to 16 h 18 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Beloyarskiy in November?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Beloyarskiy's 1 degree cell 75% mean cloud in November, against 70% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

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

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

Is November or December better in Beloyarskiy?

By civil night times the clear share, November scores 3.8 hours at Beloyarskiy and December 5.6. December comes out ahead.

Beloyarskiy · November 2026

Northern lights in Beloyarskiy in November 2026

Answer

November gives Beloyarskiy 15.3 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 3rd darkest of its 12 months, under 75% mean cloud. 10% of November days since 1996 reached Kp 5, enough for the oval edge to reach Beloyarskiy.

15.3 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 63.71, 66.67; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

November against the rest of the year

5.6

5.5

3.5

2.1

0.6

0.0

1.5

2.2

1.9

3.8

5.6

November cloud at Beloyarskiy averages 75% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 5 points cloudier than its yearly mean. February is Beloyarskiy's clearest month at 59%. By civil night times clear sky, November scores 3.8 hours at Beloyarskiy, 4th of 12. Vorkuta, 439 km away, averages 74%, clearer by 1 points.

Civil night at Beloyarskiy starts November at 14 h 3 min and reaches 16 h 18 min by November 30 as the nights lengthen by 2.3 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 24, in Asia/Yekaterinburg dates. Beloyarskiy gets 237 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 4 (4 h), Nov 5 (4 h), Nov 6 (4 h).

1
51% lit
4.1 h
2
40% lit
6.1 h
3
29% lit
8.0 h
4
20% lit
9.7 h
5
12% lit
11.4 h
6
6% lit
13.1 h
7
2% lit
14.6 h
8
0% lit
14.7 h
9
0% lit
14.8 h
New
10
2% lit
14.8 h
11
6% lit
14.9 h
12
11% lit
15.0 h
13
18% lit
15.1 h
14
26% lit
14.3 h
15
34% lit
12.3 h
16
43% lit
10.6 h
17
53% lit
9.0 h
18
63% lit
7.4 h
19
72% lit
5.8 h
20
81% lit
4.2 h
21
89% lit
2.5 h
22
95% lit
0.5 h
23
99% lit
0.0 h
24
100% lit
0.0 h
Full
25
98% lit
0.0 h
26
93% lit
0.0 h
27
86% lit
0.2 h
28
77% lit
2.6 h
29
66% lit
4.7 h
30
55% lit
6.6 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

Beloyarskiy needs Kp 5 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 93 of the 900 November days from 1996 to 2025 (10%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 7th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 10%. Beloyarskiy sits at 56.2 degrees geomagnetic. By SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 5, and aurora is usually visible on the northern horizon at G1 (Kp 5) or less.

November across Russia

Beloyarskiy ranks 22nd in Russia for civil night on November 15, behind Talnakh at 16.6 hours. Coming from October (12.4 hours at Beloyarskiy), November adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into December (16.9 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%
Beloyarskiy	15.3 h	75%

Darkness and moon, every night

Beloyarskiy, 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 3 min	10 h 22 min	4 h 8 min	0 min	51%
Mon Nov 2	14 h 8 min	10 h 27 min	6 h 8 min	1 h 21 min	40%
Tue Nov 3	14 h 14 min	10 h 32 min	7 h 58 min	3 h 9 min	29%
Wed Nov 4	14 h 19 min	10 h 37 min	9 h 42 min	4 h	20%
Thu Nov 5	14 h 24 min	10 h 42 min	11 h 23 min	4 h	12%
Fri Nov 6	14 h 30 min	10 h 47 min	13 h 4 min	4 h	6%
Sat Nov 7	14 h 35 min	10 h 52 min	14 h 35 min	4 h	2%
Sun Nov 8	14 h 40 min	10 h 56 min	14 h 40 min	4 h	0%
Mon Nov 9	14 h 46 min	11 h 1 min	14 h 46 min	4 h	0%
Tue Nov 10	14 h 51 min	11 h 5 min	14 h 51 min	4 h	2%
Wed Nov 11	14 h 56 min	11 h 10 min	14 h 56 min	4 h	6%
Thu Nov 12	15 h 1 min	11 h 14 min	15 h 1 min	4 h	11%
Fri Nov 13	15 h 6 min	11 h 18 min	15 h 6 min	4 h	18%
Sat Nov 14	15 h 11 min	11 h 23 min	14 h 20 min	4 h	26%
Sun Nov 15	15 h 16 min	11 h 27 min	12 h 19 min	4 h	34%
Mon Nov 16	15 h 20 min	11 h 31 min	10 h 35 min	4 h	43%
Tue Nov 17	15 h 25 min	11 h 35 min	8 h 58 min	2 h 57 min	53%
Wed Nov 18	15 h 30 min	11 h 38 min	7 h 25 min	1 h 21 min	63%
Thu Nov 19	15 h 34 min	11 h 42 min	5 h 51 min	0 min	72%
Fri Nov 20	15 h 39 min	11 h 46 min	4 h 13 min	0 min	81%
Sat Nov 21	15 h 43 min	11 h 49 min	2 h 27 min	0 min	89%
Sun Nov 22	15 h 47 min	11 h 53 min	30 min	0 min	95%
Mon Nov 23	15 h 51 min	11 h 56 min	0 min	0 min	99%
Tue Nov 24	15 h 55 min	11 h 59 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Wed Nov 25	15 h 59 min	12 h 3 min	0 min	0 min	98%
Thu Nov 26	16 h 3 min	12 h 6 min	0 min	0 min	93%
Fri Nov 27	16 h 7 min	12 h 9 min	11 min	0 min	86%
Sat Nov 28	16 h 11 min	12 h 11 min	2 h 38 min	0 min	77%
Sun Nov 29	16 h 14 min	12 h 14 min	4 h 44 min	0 min	66%
Mon Nov 30	16 h 18 min	12 h 17 min	6 h 37 min	51 min	55%

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

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Beloyarskiy in November?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Beloyarskiy have civil darkness, and 10% of past November days reached Kp 5.
How dark is Beloyarskiy in November?: Beloyarskiy averages 15.3 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 14 h 3 min on the 1st to 16 h 18 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Beloyarskiy in November?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Beloyarskiy's 1 degree cell 75% mean cloud in November, against 70% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Beloyarskiy?: By darkness and moon alone, Nov 4, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Beloyarskiy. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is November or December better in Beloyarskiy?: By civil night times the clear share, November scores 3.8 hours at Beloyarskiy and December 5.6. 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.