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Medvezh'yegorsk · November 2026

Northern lights in Medvezh'yegorsk in November 2026

Answer

November gives Medvezh'yegorsk 15.1 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 3rd darkest of its 12 months, under 87% mean cloud. 25% of November days since 1996 reached Kp 4, enough for the oval edge to reach Medvezh'yegorsk.
15.1 h
civil night, average night
SunCalc for 62.91, 34.46; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

November against the rest of the year

November cloud at Medvezh'yegorsk averages 87% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 11 points cloudier than its yearly mean. July is Medvezh'yegorsk's clearest month at 69%. By civil night times clear sky, November scores 2.0 hours at Medvezh'yegorsk, 7th of 12. Petrozavodsk, 126 km away, averages 89%, cloudier by 2 points.

Civil night at Medvezh'yegorsk starts November at 13 h 58 min and reaches 16 h 7 min by November 30 as the nights lengthen by 2.1 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 Europe/Moscow dates. Medvezh'yegorsk gets 236 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. 1

    50% lit

    4.4 h

  2. 2

    39% lit

    6.3 h

  3. 3

    29% lit

    8.1 h

  4. 4

    19% lit

    9.8 h

  5. 5

    12% lit

    11.4 h

  6. 6

    6% lit

    13.1 h

  7. 7

    2% lit

    14.5 h

  8. 8

    0% lit

    14.6 h

  9. 9

    1% lit

    14.7 h

  10. 10

    3% lit

    14.7 h

  11. 11

    6% lit

    14.8 h

  12. 12

    12% lit

    14.9 h

  13. 13

    18% lit

    15.0 h

  14. 14

    26% lit

    13.7 h

  15. 15

    35% lit

    11.9 h

  16. 16

    44% lit

    10.3 h

  17. 17

    54% lit

    8.7 h

  18. 18

    64% lit

    7.2 h

  19. 19

    73% lit

    5.6 h

  20. 20

    82% lit

    4.0 h

  21. 21

    90% lit

    2.3 h

  22. 22

    96% lit

    0.4 h

  23. 23

    99% lit

    0.0 h

  24. 24

    100% lit

    0.0 h

  25. 25

    98% lit

    0.0 h

  26. 26

    92% lit

    0.0 h

  27. 27

    85% lit

    0.7 h

  28. 28

    76% lit

    2.9 h

  29. 29

    65% lit

    4.9 h

  30. 30

    54% lit

    6.7 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

Medvezh'yegorsk needs Kp 4 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 229 of the 900 November days from 1996 to 2025 (25%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 5th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 10%. Medvezh'yegorsk sits at 59.0 degrees geomagnetic. By SWPC's rule the average oval edge is overhead at Kp 4, and aurora is usually visible on the northern horizon at G1 (Kp 5) or less.

November across Russia

Medvezh'yegorsk ranks 24th in Russia for civil night on November 15, behind Talnakh at 16.6 hours. Coming from October (12.4 hours at Medvezh'yegorsk), November adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into December (16.7 hours on the 15th).

Civil night on November 15 and November cloud, month-page towns in Russia
TownCivil nightCloud
Talnakh16.6 h60%
Zapolyarnyy16.6 h85%
Nikel16.6 h85%
Norilsk16.5 h60%
Severomorsk16.5 h85%
Kayyerkan16.5 h62%
Dudinka16.5 h62%
Murmansk16.4 h85%
Monchegorsk16.2 h82%
Olenegorsk16.2 h85%
Apatity16.1 h82%
Narian-Mar16.1 h82%
Medvezh'yegorsk15.1 h87%

Darkness and moon, every night

Medvezh'yegorsk, November 2026: each night from local noon to the next noon
NightCivilAstronomicalMoon-free darkMoon-free, 10 PM to 2 AMMoon lit
Sun Nov 113 h 58 min10 h 24 min4 h 25 min0 min50%
Mon Nov 214 h 3 min10 h 29 min6 h 20 min1 h 45 min39%
Tue Nov 314 h 9 min10 h 33 min8 h 7 min3 h 29 min29%
Wed Nov 414 h 14 min10 h 38 min9 h 48 min4 h19%
Thu Nov 514 h 19 min10 h 43 min11 h 27 min4 h12%
Fri Nov 614 h 24 min10 h 47 min13 h 7 min4 h6%
Sat Nov 714 h 29 min10 h 52 min14 h 29 min4 h2%
Sun Nov 814 h 34 min10 h 57 min14 h 34 min4 h0%
Mon Nov 914 h 39 min11 h 1 min14 h 39 min4 h1%
Tue Nov 1014 h 44 min11 h 5 min14 h 44 min4 h3%
Wed Nov 1114 h 49 min11 h 10 min14 h 49 min4 h6%
Thu Nov 1214 h 54 min11 h 14 min14 h 54 min4 h12%
Fri Nov 1314 h 59 min11 h 18 min14 h 59 min4 h18%
Sat Nov 1415 h 3 min11 h 22 min13 h 42 min4 h26%
Sun Nov 1515 h 8 min11 h 26 min11 h 54 min4 h35%
Mon Nov 1615 h 12 min11 h 30 min10 h 16 min4 h44%
Tue Nov 1715 h 17 min11 h 33 min8 h 42 min2 h 35 min54%
Wed Nov 1815 h 21 min11 h 37 min7 h 10 min1 h 2 min64%
Thu Nov 1915 h 26 min11 h 41 min5 h 38 min0 min73%
Fri Nov 2015 h 30 min11 h 44 min4 h 1 min0 min82%
Sat Nov 2115 h 34 min11 h 48 min2 h 18 min0 min90%
Sun Nov 2215 h 38 min11 h 51 min23 min0 min96%
Mon Nov 2315 h 42 min11 h 54 min0 min0 min99%
Tue Nov 2415 h 46 min11 h 57 min0 min0 min100%
Wed Nov 2515 h 50 min12 h0 min0 min98%
Thu Nov 2615 h 54 min12 h 3 min0 min0 min92%
Fri Nov 2715 h 57 min12 h 6 min41 min0 min85%
Sat Nov 2816 h 1 min12 h 9 min2 h 54 min0 min76%
Sun Nov 2916 h 4 min12 h 12 min4 h 55 min0 min65%
Mon Nov 3016 h 7 min12 h 14 min6 h 44 min1 h 12 min54%
Moon lit: SunCalc illuminated fraction at the middle of the 10 PM to 2 AM window.

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Medvezh'yegorsk in November?
On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Medvezh'yegorsk have civil darkness, and 25% of past November days reached Kp 4.
How dark is Medvezh'yegorsk in November?
Medvezh'yegorsk averages 15.1 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 13 h 58 min on the 1st to 16 h 7 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Medvezh'yegorsk in November?
NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Medvezh'yegorsk's 1 degree cell 87% mean cloud in November, against 76% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Medvezh'yegorsk?
By darkness and moon alone, Nov 4, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Medvezh'yegorsk. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is November or December better in Medvezh'yegorsk?
By civil night times the clear share, November scores 2.0 hours at Medvezh'yegorsk and December 3.0. December comes out ahead.

Sources and verification

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.