Can you see the northern lights in Nar'yan-Mar in November?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Nar'yan-Mar have civil darkness, and 51% of past November days reached Kp 3.

How dark is Nar'yan-Mar in November?

Nar'yan-Mar averages 16.1 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 14 h 33 min on the 1st to 17 h 25 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Nar'yan-Mar in November?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Nar'yan-Mar's 1 degree cell 82% mean cloud in November, against 77% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Nar'yan-Mar?

By darkness and moon alone, Nov 5, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Nar'yan-Mar. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.

Is November or December better in Nar'yan-Mar?

By civil night times the clear share, November scores 2.9 hours at Nar'yan-Mar and December 3.8. December comes out ahead.

Nar'yan-Mar · November 2026

Northern lights in Nar'yan-Mar in November 2026

Answer

November gives Nar'yan-Mar 16.1 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 3rd darkest of its 12 months, under 82% mean cloud. 51% of November days since 1996 reached Kp 3, enough for the oval edge to reach Nar'yan-Mar.

16.1 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 67.64, 53.00; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

November against the rest of the year

5.1

3.9

2.7

1.3

0.0

0.7

1.8

1.5

2.9

3.8

November cloud at Nar'yan-Mar averages 82% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 5 points cloudier than its yearly mean. January is Nar'yan-Mar's clearest month at 70%. By civil night times clear sky, November scores 2.9 hours at Nar'yan-Mar, 4th of 12. Narian-Mar, 5 km away, averages the same 82%.

Civil night at Nar'yan-Mar starts November at 14 h 33 min and reaches 17 h 25 min by November 30 as the nights lengthen by 2.9 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.

November night by night

November opens toward a new moon on Nov 9, with full moon on Nov 24, in Europe/Moscow dates. Nar'yan-Mar gets 249 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 5 (4 h), Nov 6 (4 h), Nov 7 (4 h).

1
50% lit
3.4 h
2
39% lit
6.0 h
3
29% lit
8.1 h
4
19% lit
10.0 h
5
12% lit
11.9 h
6
6% lit
13.8 h
7
2% lit
15.2 h
8
0% lit
15.3 h
9
1% lit
15.4 h
New
10
3% lit
15.5 h
11
6% lit
15.7 h
12
12% lit
15.8 h
13
18% lit
15.8 h
14
26% lit
16.0 h
15
35% lit
14.8 h
16
44% lit
11.7 h
17
54% lit
9.8 h
18
64% lit
8.0 h
19
73% lit
6.2 h
20
82% lit
4.4 h
21
90% lit
2.4 h
22
96% lit
0.0 h
23
99% lit
0.0 h
24
100% lit
0.0 h
Full
25
98% lit
0.0 h
26
92% lit
0.0 h
27
85% lit
0.0 h
28
76% lit
1.9 h
29
65% lit
4.7 h
30
54% lit
6.9 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

Nar'yan-Mar needs Kp 3 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 455 of the 900 November days from 1996 to 2025 (51%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 6th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 10%. Nar'yan-Mar sits at 61.3 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.

November across Russia

Nar'yan-Mar ranks 11th in Russia for civil night on November 15, behind Talnakh at 16.6 hours. Coming from October (12.6 hours at Nar'yan-Mar), November adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into December (18.2 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%
Nar'yan-Mar	16.1 h	82%
Apatity	16.1 h	82%

Darkness and moon, every night

Nar'yan-Mar, 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 33 min	10 h 15 min	3 h 26 min	0 min	50%
Mon Nov 2	14 h 40 min	10 h 21 min	5 h 57 min	0 min	39%
Tue Nov 3	14 h 47 min	10 h 27 min	8 h 4 min	1 h 53 min	29%
Wed Nov 4	14 h 53 min	10 h 33 min	10 h	3 h 46 min	19%
Thu Nov 5	15 h	10 h 39 min	11 h 54 min	4 h	12%
Fri Nov 6	15 h 7 min	10 h 45 min	13 h 50 min	4 h	6%
Sat Nov 7	15 h 13 min	10 h 51 min	15 h 13 min	4 h	2%
Sun Nov 8	15 h 20 min	10 h 56 min	15 h 20 min	4 h	0%
Mon Nov 9	15 h 26 min	11 h 2 min	15 h 26 min	4 h	1%
Tue Nov 10	15 h 32 min	11 h 7 min	15 h 32 min	4 h	3%
Wed Nov 11	15 h 39 min	11 h 13 min	15 h 39 min	4 h	6%
Thu Nov 12	15 h 45 min	11 h 18 min	15 h 45 min	4 h	12%
Fri Nov 13	15 h 51 min	11 h 23 min	15 h 51 min	4 h	18%
Sat Nov 14	15 h 58 min	11 h 28 min	15 h 58 min	4 h	26%
Sun Nov 15	16 h 4 min	11 h 33 min	14 h 49 min	4 h	35%
Mon Nov 16	16 h 10 min	11 h 38 min	11 h 40 min	4 h	44%
Tue Nov 17	16 h 16 min	11 h 42 min	9 h 45 min	4 h	54%
Wed Nov 18	16 h 22 min	11 h 47 min	7 h 58 min	2 h 33 min	64%
Thu Nov 19	16 h 27 min	11 h 51 min	6 h 14 min	45 min	73%
Fri Nov 20	16 h 33 min	11 h 56 min	4 h 24 min	0 min	82%
Sat Nov 21	16 h 39 min	12 h	2 h 23 min	0 min	90%
Sun Nov 22	16 h 44 min	12 h 4 min	0 min	0 min	96%
Mon Nov 23	16 h 50 min	12 h 8 min	0 min	0 min	99%
Tue Nov 24	16 h 55 min	12 h 12 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Wed Nov 25	17 h	12 h 16 min	0 min	0 min	98%
Thu Nov 26	17 h 5 min	12 h 20 min	0 min	0 min	92%
Fri Nov 27	17 h 10 min	12 h 23 min	0 min	0 min	85%
Sat Nov 28	17 h 15 min	12 h 27 min	1 h 52 min	0 min	76%
Sun Nov 29	17 h 20 min	12 h 30 min	4 h 44 min	0 min	65%
Mon Nov 30	17 h 25 min	12 h 33 min	6 h 56 min	0 min	54%

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

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Nar'yan-Mar in November?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Nar'yan-Mar have civil darkness, and 51% of past November days reached Kp 3.
How dark is Nar'yan-Mar in November?: Nar'yan-Mar averages 16.1 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 14 h 33 min on the 1st to 17 h 25 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Nar'yan-Mar in November?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Nar'yan-Mar's 1 degree cell 82% mean cloud in November, against 77% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Nar'yan-Mar?: By darkness and moon alone, Nov 5, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Nar'yan-Mar. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is November or December better in Nar'yan-Mar?: By civil night times the clear share, November scores 2.9 hours at Nar'yan-Mar and December 3.8. 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.