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Nadym · April 2027

Northern lights in Nadym in April 2027

Answer

April gives Nadym 6.5 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 8th darkest of its 12 months, under 69% mean cloud. 12% of April days since 1996 reached Kp 5, enough for the oval edge to reach Nadym.
6.3 h
civil night, average night
SunCalc for 65.53, 72.52; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

April against the rest of the year

April cloud at Nadym averages 69% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 2 points clearer than its yearly mean. February is Nadym's clearest month at 62%. By civil night times clear sky, April scores 2.0 hours at Nadym, 7th of 12. Noyabrsk, 296 km away, averages the same 69%.

Civil night at Nadym starts April at 8 h 24 min and reaches 4 h by April 30, 4.4 hours shorter. The 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on 29 of 30 nights. The sun never reaches 18 degrees down, so Nadym gets no astronomical night in April.

April night by night

April opens toward a new moon on Apr 7, with full moon on Apr 21, in Asia/Yekaterinburg dates. Nadym gets 106 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: Apr 1 (4 h), Apr 2 (4 h), Apr 3 (4 h).

  1. 1

    25% lit

    8.4 h

  2. 2

    17% lit

    8.3 h

  3. 3

    11% lit

    8.2 h

  4. 4

    5% lit

    8.0 h

  5. 5

    2% lit

    7.9 h

  6. 6

    0% lit

    7.8 h

  7. 7

    1% lit

    7.2 h

  8. 8

    4% lit

    5.1 h

  9. 9

    9% lit

    2.0 h

  10. 10

    17% lit

    0.0 h

  11. 11

    26% lit

    0.0 h

  12. 12

    37% lit

    0.0 h

  13. 13

    48% lit

    0.0 h

  14. 14

    60% lit

    0.0 h

  15. 15

    71% lit

    0.0 h

  16. 16

    80% lit

    0.0 h

  17. 17

    88% lit

    0.0 h

  18. 18

    94% lit

    0.0 h

  19. 19

    98% lit

    0.0 h

  20. 20

    100% lit

    0.0 h

  21. 21

    99% lit

    0.9 h

  22. 22

    96% lit

    5.2 h

  23. 23

    91% lit

    5.3 h

  24. 24

    85% lit

    5.1 h

  25. 25

    77% lit

    4.9 h

  26. 26

    69% lit

    4.7 h

  27. 27

    60% lit

    4.6 h

  28. 28

    51% lit

    4.4 h

  29. 29

    41% lit

    4.2 h

  30. 30

    32% lit

    4.0 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 Aprils

Nadym needs Kp 5 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 106 of the 900 April days from 1996 to 2025 (12%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 4th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 12%. Nadym sits at 57.6 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.

April across Russia

Nadym ranks 12th in Russia for civil night on April 15, behind Velikiy Novgorod at 7.9 hours. Coming from March (10.5 hours at Nadym), April loses darkness, and May brings shorter nights (0.0 hours on the 15th).

Civil night on April 15 and April cloud, month-page towns in Russia
TownCivil nightCloud
Velikiy Novgorod7.9 h65%
Saint Petersburg7.7 h66%
Kolpino7.7 h66%
Petrozavodsk7.4 h73%
Syktyvkar7.4 h69%
Noyabrsk7.1 h69%
Ukhta7.0 h70%
Arkhangel'sk6.7 h72%
Severodvinsk6.7 h73%
Kostomuksha6.7 h72%
Anadyr6.7 h67%
Nadym6.5 h69%

Darkness and moon, every night

Nadym, April 2027: each night from local noon to the next noon
NightCivilAstronomicalMoon-free darkMoon-free, 10 PM to 2 AMMoon lit
Thu Apr 18 h 24 min2 h 28 min8 h 24 min4 h25%
Fri Apr 28 h 16 min2 h 5 min8 h 16 min4 h17%
Sat Apr 38 h 9 min1 h 35 min8 h 9 min4 h11%
Sun Apr 48 h 1 min51 min8 h 1 min4 h5%
Mon Apr 57 h 53 min0 min7 h 53 min4 h2%
Tue Apr 67 h 45 min0 min7 h 45 min4 h0%
Wed Apr 77 h 37 min0 min7 h 13 min4 h1%
Thu Apr 87 h 29 min0 min5 h 6 min3 h 10 min4%
Fri Apr 97 h 20 min0 min2 h 1 min36 min9%
Sat Apr 107 h 12 min0 min0 min0 min17%
Sun Apr 117 h 4 min0 min0 min0 min26%
Mon Apr 126 h 55 min0 min0 min0 min37%
Tue Apr 136 h 47 min0 min0 min0 min48%
Wed Apr 146 h 38 min0 min0 min0 min60%
Thu Apr 156 h 29 min0 min0 min0 min71%
Fri Apr 166 h 21 min0 min0 min0 min80%
Sat Apr 176 h 12 min0 min0 min0 min88%
Sun Apr 186 h 3 min0 min0 min0 min94%
Mon Apr 195 h 53 min0 min0 min0 min98%
Tue Apr 205 h 44 min0 min0 min0 min100%
Wed Apr 215 h 35 min0 min57 min18 min99%
Thu Apr 225 h 25 min0 min5 h 13 min3 h 48 min96%
Fri Apr 235 h 15 min0 min5 h 15 min4 h91%
Sat Apr 245 h 5 min0 min5 h 5 min4 h85%
Sun Apr 254 h 55 min0 min4 h 55 min4 h77%
Mon Apr 264 h 44 min0 min4 h 44 min4 h69%
Tue Apr 274 h 34 min0 min4 h 34 min4 h60%
Wed Apr 284 h 23 min0 min4 h 23 min4 h51%
Thu Apr 294 h 11 min0 min4 h 11 min3 h 59 min41%
Fri Apr 304 h0 min4 h3 h 53 min32%
Moon lit: SunCalc illuminated fraction at the middle of the 10 PM to 2 AM window.

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Nadym in April?
On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Nadym have civil darkness, and 12% of past April days reached Kp 5.
How dark is Nadym in April?
Nadym averages 6.3 hours of civil night a night in April 2027, from 8 h 24 min on the 1st to 4 h on the last night.
How cloudy is Nadym in April?
NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Nadym's 1 degree cell 69% mean cloud in April, against 71% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in April 2027 for aurora in Nadym?
By darkness and moon alone, Apr 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Nadym. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is April or May better in Nadym?
By civil night times the clear share, April scores 2.0 hours at Nadym and May 0.0. April 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.