Kokkola · June 2027
Northern lights in Kokkola in June 2027
Answer
June against the rest of the year
June cloud at Kokkola averages 64% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 10 points clearer than its yearly mean. May is Kokkola's clearest month at 62%. By civil night times clear sky, June scores 0.0 hours at Kokkola, 11th of 12. Jakobstad, 28 km away, averages the same 64%.
The sun never gets 6 degrees below the horizon at Kokkola in June 2027, so every night is twilight or daylight. July 15 is still without civil night at Kokkola.
June night by night
The moon runs its cycle as usual, new on Jun 4 and full on Jun 19, but with no civil night it makes no difference at Kokkola in June.
- 1
11% lit
no night
- 2
5% lit
no night
- 3
1% lit
no night
- 4
0% lit
no night
- 5
2% lit
no night
- 6
6% lit
no night
- 7
13% lit
no night
- 8
22% lit
no night
- 9
33% lit
no night
- 10
44% lit
no night
- 11
55% lit
no night
- 12
65% lit
no night
- 13
75% lit
no night
- 14
84% lit
no night
- 15
90% lit
no night
- 16
95% lit
no night
- 17
99% lit
no night
- 18
100% lit
no night
- 19
99% lit
no night
- 20
97% lit
no night
- 21
93% lit
no night
- 22
87% lit
no night
- 23
80% lit
no night
- 24
72% lit
no night
- 25
63% lit
no night
- 26
53% lit
no night
- 27
43% lit
no night
- 28
33% lit
no night
- 29
23% lit
no night
- 30
15% lit
no night
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
Kokkola needs Kp 3 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 383 of the 900 June days from 1996 to 2025 (43%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, one of the three quietest months for that level; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 8%. Kokkola sits at 61.5 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.
June across Finland
Kokkola ranks 2nd in Finland for civil night on June 15, behind Helsinki at 0.2 hours. Coming from May (1.8 hours at Kokkola), June loses darkness, and July holds about the same. The June solstice falls on June 21, 17:07 Kokkola time.
Darkness and moon, every night
| Night | Civil | Astronomical | Moon-free dark | Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM | Moon lit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue Jun 1 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 11% |
| Wed Jun 2 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 5% |
| Thu Jun 3 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1% |
| Fri Jun 4 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0% |
| Sat Jun 5 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 2% |
| Sun Jun 6 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 6% |
| Mon Jun 7 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 13% |
| Tue Jun 8 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 22% |
| Wed Jun 9 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 33% |
| Thu Jun 10 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 44% |
| Fri Jun 11 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 55% |
| Sat Jun 12 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 65% |
| Sun Jun 13 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 75% |
| Mon Jun 14 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 84% |
| Tue Jun 15 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 90% |
| Wed Jun 16 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 95% |
| Thu Jun 17 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Fri Jun 18 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 100% |
| Sat Jun 19 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Sun Jun 20 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 97% |
| Mon Jun 21 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 93% |
| Tue Jun 22 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 87% |
| Wed Jun 23 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 80% |
| Thu Jun 24 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 72% |
| Fri Jun 25 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 63% |
| Sat Jun 26 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 53% |
| Sun Jun 27 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 43% |
| Mon Jun 28 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 33% |
| Tue Jun 29 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 23% |
| Wed Jun 30 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 15% |
Questions
- Can you see the northern lights in Kokkola in June?
- Not in June 2027. The sun stays above -6 degrees every night at Kokkola, so there is no civil darkness.
- How dark is Kokkola in June?
- Kokkola averages 0.0 hours of civil night a night in June 2027, from 0 min on the 1st to 0 min on the last night.
- How cloudy is Kokkola in June?
- NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Kokkola's 1 degree cell 64% mean cloud in June, against 74% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
- What is the best night in June 2027 for aurora in Kokkola?
- No night in June 2027 has moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Kokkola.
- Is June or July better in Kokkola?
- By civil night times the clear share, June scores 0.0 hours at Kokkola and July 0.0. They are level.
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.