Dunedin · June 2027
Southern lights in Dunedin in June 2027
Answer
June against the rest of the year
June cloud at Dunedin averages 68% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 3 points clearer than its yearly mean. July is Dunedin's clearest month at 67%. By civil night times clear sky, June scores 4.5 hours at Dunedin, 2nd of 12. Seattle, 12,272 km away, averages the same 68%.
Civil night at Dunedin starts June at 13 h 53 min and reaches 14 h 3 min by June 30 as the nights lengthen by 0.2 hours. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 11.6 hours on the 15th.
June night by night
June opens toward a new moon on Jun 5, with full moon on Jun 19, in Pacific/Auckland dates. Dunedin gets 206 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: Jun 1 (4 h), Jun 2 (4 h), Jun 3 (4 h).
- 1
14% lit
11.2 h
- 2
7% lit
12.5 h
- 3
3% lit
13.9 h
- 4
0% lit
13.9 h
- 5
1% lit
13.9 h
- 6
4% lit
13.7 h
- 7
10% lit
12.3 h
- 8
19% lit
10.9 h
- 9
29% lit
9.6 h
- 10
39% lit
8.3 h
- 11
51% lit
7.0 h
- 12
62% lit
5.8 h
- 13
72% lit
4.6 h
- 14
81% lit
3.4 h
- 15
88% lit
2.2 h
- 16
94% lit
1.1 h
- 17
98% lit
0.0 h
- 18
100% lit
0.0 h
- 19
100% lit
0.0 h
- 20
98% lit
0.1 h
- 21
95% lit
1.2 h
- 22
89% lit
2.3 h
- 23
83% lit
3.4 h
- 24
75% lit
4.4 h
- 25
67% lit
5.5 h
- 26
57% lit
6.6 h
- 27
47% lit
7.7 h
- 28
37% lit
8.9 h
- 29
27% lit
10.1 h
- 30
18% lit
11.4 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 Junes
Dunedin needs Kp 9 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 0 of the 900 June days from 1996 to 2025 (0%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 4th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 8%. Dunedin sits at 49.3 degrees geomagnetic. The lowest NOAA storm level whose typical viewing latitude reaches it is G4 (Kp = 8, including a 9-). By SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead only at Kp 9.
June across New Zealand
Coming from May (13.4 hours at Dunedin), June adds darkness, and July brings shorter nights (13.8 hours on the 15th). The June solstice falls on June 22, 02:07 Dunedin time.
Darkness and moon, every night
| Night | Civil | Astronomical | Moon-free dark | Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM | Moon lit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue Jun 1 | 13 h 53 min | 11 h 26 min | 11 h 13 min | 4 h | 14% |
| Wed Jun 2 | 13 h 54 min | 11 h 27 min | 12 h 32 min | 4 h | 7% |
| Thu Jun 3 | 13 h 55 min | 11 h 28 min | 13 h 52 min | 4 h | 3% |
| Fri Jun 4 | 13 h 56 min | 11 h 29 min | 13 h 56 min | 4 h | 0% |
| Sat Jun 5 | 13 h 57 min | 11 h 30 min | 13 h 57 min | 4 h | 1% |
| Sun Jun 6 | 13 h 58 min | 11 h 31 min | 13 h 40 min | 4 h | 4% |
| Mon Jun 7 | 13 h 59 min | 11 h 32 min | 12 h 21 min | 4 h | 10% |
| Tue Jun 8 | 14 h | 11 h 33 min | 10 h 57 min | 4 h | 19% |
| Wed Jun 9 | 14 h 1 min | 11 h 33 min | 9 h 35 min | 3 h 58 min | 29% |
| Thu Jun 10 | 14 h 2 min | 11 h 34 min | 8 h 17 min | 2 h 38 min | 39% |
| Fri Jun 11 | 14 h 2 min | 11 h 35 min | 7 h 1 min | 1 h 23 min | 51% |
| Sat Jun 12 | 14 h 3 min | 11 h 35 min | 5 h 48 min | 9 min | 62% |
| Sun Jun 13 | 14 h 3 min | 11 h 36 min | 4 h 36 min | 0 min | 72% |
| Mon Jun 14 | 14 h 4 min | 11 h 36 min | 3 h 24 min | 0 min | 81% |
| Tue Jun 15 | 14 h 4 min | 11 h 36 min | 2 h 13 min | 0 min | 88% |
| Wed Jun 16 | 14 h 5 min | 11 h 37 min | 1 h 5 min | 0 min | 94% |
| Thu Jun 17 | 14 h 5 min | 11 h 37 min | 2 min | 0 min | 98% |
| Fri Jun 18 | 14 h 5 min | 11 h 37 min | 0 min | 0 min | 100% |
| Sat Jun 19 | 14 h 5 min | 11 h 37 min | 0 min | 0 min | 100% |
| Sun Jun 20 | 14 h 5 min | 11 h 37 min | 7 min | 0 min | 98% |
| Mon Jun 21 | 14 h 6 min | 11 h 37 min | 1 h 11 min | 0 min | 95% |
| Tue Jun 22 | 14 h 6 min | 11 h 37 min | 2 h 16 min | 0 min | 89% |
| Wed Jun 23 | 14 h 5 min | 11 h 37 min | 3 h 22 min | 0 min | 83% |
| Thu Jun 24 | 14 h 5 min | 11 h 37 min | 4 h 26 min | 4 min | 75% |
| Fri Jun 25 | 14 h 5 min | 11 h 37 min | 5 h 30 min | 1 h 8 min | 67% |
| Sat Jun 26 | 14 h 5 min | 11 h 37 min | 6 h 35 min | 2 h 14 min | 57% |
| Sun Jun 27 | 14 h 4 min | 11 h 36 min | 7 h 42 min | 3 h 21 min | 47% |
| Mon Jun 28 | 14 h 4 min | 11 h 36 min | 8 h 52 min | 4 h | 37% |
| Tue Jun 29 | 14 h 3 min | 11 h 36 min | 10 h 6 min | 4 h | 27% |
| Wed Jun 30 | 14 h 3 min | 11 h 35 min | 11 h 24 min | 4 h | 18% |
Questions
- Can you see the southern lights in Dunedin in June?
- On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Dunedin have civil darkness, and 0% of past June days reached Kp 9.
- How dark is Dunedin in June?
- Dunedin averages 14.0 hours of civil night a night in June 2027, from 13 h 53 min on the 1st to 14 h 3 min on the last night.
- How cloudy is Dunedin in June?
- NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Dunedin's 1 degree cell 68% mean cloud in June, against 71% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
- What is the best night in June 2027 for aurora in Dunedin?
- By darkness and moon alone, Jun 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Dunedin. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
- Is June or July better in Dunedin?
- By civil night times the clear share, June scores 4.5 hours at Dunedin and July 4.6. July 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.