Can you see the northern lights in Narian-Mar in March?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 31 of 31 nights at Narian-Mar have civil darkness, and 58% of past March days reached Kp 3.

How dark is Narian-Mar in March?

Narian-Mar averages 10.2 hours of civil night a night in March 2027, from 12 h 8 min on the 1st to 8 h 10 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Narian-Mar in March?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Narian-Mar's 1 degree cell 74% mean cloud in March, against 77% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in March 2027 for aurora in Narian-Mar?

By darkness and moon alone, Mar 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Narian-Mar. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.

Is March or April better in Narian-Mar?

By civil night times the clear share, March scores 2.7 hours at Narian-Mar and April 1.3. March comes out ahead.

Narian-Mar · March 2027

Northern lights in Narian-Mar in March 2027

Answer

March gives Narian-Mar 10.3 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 6th darkest of its 12 months, under 74% mean cloud. 58% of March days since 1996 reached Kp 3, enough for the oval edge to reach Narian-Mar.

10.2 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 67.67, 53.10; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

March 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

March cloud at Narian-Mar averages 74% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 3 points clearer than its yearly mean. January is Narian-Mar's clearest month at 70%. By civil night times clear sky, March scores 2.7 hours at Narian-Mar, 5th of 12. Vorgashor, 452 km away, averages 72%, clearer by 2 points.

Civil night at Narian-Mar starts March at 12 h 8 min and reaches 8 h 10 min by March 31, 4.0 hours shorter. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 5.5 hours on the 15th.

March night by night

March opens toward a new moon on Mar 8, with full moon on Mar 22, in Europe/Kirov dates. Narian-Mar gets 186 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: Mar 1 (4 h), Mar 2 (4 h), Mar 3 (4 h).

1
35% lit
12.1 h
2
26% lit
12.0 h
3
18% lit
11.9 h
4
11% lit
11.8 h
5
6% lit
11.6 h
6
2% lit
11.5 h
7
0% lit
11.4 h
8
0% lit
11.3 h
New
9
2% lit
10.0 h
10
7% lit
8.1 h
11
13% lit
5.8 h
12
21% lit
2.1 h
13
30% lit
0.0 h
14
41% lit
0.0 h
15
52% lit
0.0 h
16
64% lit
0.0 h
17
74% lit
0.0 h
18
84% lit
0.0 h
19
91% lit
0.0 h
20
97% lit
0.0 h
21
100% lit
0.0 h
22
100% lit
0.0 h
Full
23
97% lit
1.7 h
24
93% lit
4.3 h
25
87% lit
9.0 h
26
79% lit
8.9 h
27
70% lit
8.7 h
28
61% lit
8.6 h
29
52% lit
8.4 h
30
42% lit
8.3 h
31
33% lit
8.2 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 Marchs

Narian-Mar needs Kp 3 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 537 of the 930 March days from 1996 to 2025 (58%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, one of the three most active months for that level; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 12%. Narian-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.

March across Russia

Narian-Mar ranks 13th in Russia for civil night on March 15, behind Velikiy Novgorod at 10.8 hours. Coming from February (13.8 hours at Narian-Mar), March loses darkness, and April brings shorter nights (5.7 hours on the 15th). The March equinox falls on March 20, 23:25 Narian-Mar time, inside the weeks SWPC links with larger storms.

Civil night on March 15 and March cloud, month-page towns in Russia
Town	Civil night	Cloud
Velikiy Novgorod	10.8 h	70%
Saint Petersburg	10.7 h	71%
Kolpino	10.7 h	71%
Petrozavodsk	10.6 h	72%
Syktyvkar	10.6 h	75%
Noyabrsk	10.6 h	68%
Ukhta	10.6 h	72%
Arkhangel'sk	10.5 h	76%
Severodvinsk	10.5 h	76%
Kostomuksha	10.5 h	73%
Anadyr	10.5 h	59%
Kandalaksha	10.4 h	74%
Narian-Mar	10.3 h	74%

Darkness and moon, every night

Narian-Mar, March 2027: each night from local noon to the next noon
Night	Civil	Astronomical	Moon-free dark	Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM	Moon lit
Mon Mar 1	12 h 8 min	7 h 47 min	12 h 8 min	4 h	35%
Tue Mar 2	12 h 1 min	7 h 39 min	12 h 1 min	4 h	26%
Wed Mar 3	11 h 53 min	7 h 30 min	11 h 53 min	4 h	18%
Thu Mar 4	11 h 46 min	7 h 21 min	11 h 46 min	4 h	11%
Fri Mar 5	11 h 38 min	7 h 12 min	11 h 38 min	4 h	6%
Sat Mar 6	11 h 31 min	7 h 3 min	11 h 31 min	4 h	2%
Sun Mar 7	11 h 23 min	6 h 54 min	11 h 23 min	4 h	0%
Mon Mar 8	11 h 15 min	6 h 44 min	11 h 15 min	4 h	0%
Tue Mar 9	11 h 8 min	6 h 34 min	10 h 1 min	4 h	2%
Wed Mar 10	11 h	6 h 24 min	8 h 6 min	4 h	7%
Thu Mar 11	10 h 52 min	6 h 14 min	5 h 48 min	2 h 54 min	13%
Fri Mar 12	10 h 45 min	6 h 4 min	2 h 6 min	10 min	21%
Sat Mar 13	10 h 37 min	5 h 53 min	0 min	0 min	30%
Sun Mar 14	10 h 29 min	5 h 42 min	0 min	0 min	41%
Mon Mar 15	10 h 21 min	5 h 31 min	0 min	0 min	52%
Tue Mar 16	10 h 13 min	5 h 19 min	0 min	0 min	64%
Wed Mar 17	10 h 5 min	5 h 7 min	0 min	0 min	74%
Thu Mar 18	9 h 58 min	4 h 54 min	0 min	0 min	84%
Fri Mar 19	9 h 50 min	4 h 41 min	0 min	0 min	91%
Sat Mar 20	9 h 42 min	4 h 27 min	0 min	0 min	97%
Sun Mar 21	9 h 33 min	4 h 13 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Mon Mar 22	9 h 25 min	3 h 58 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Tue Mar 23	9 h 17 min	3 h 42 min	1 h 41 min	0 min	97%
Wed Mar 24	9 h 9 min	3 h 25 min	4 h 18 min	50 min	93%
Thu Mar 25	9 h 1 min	3 h 6 min	9 h 1 min	4 h	87%
Fri Mar 26	8 h 52 min	2 h 45 min	8 h 52 min	4 h	79%
Sat Mar 27	8 h 44 min	2 h 22 min	8 h 44 min	4 h	70%
Sun Mar 28	8 h 35 min	1 h 53 min	8 h 35 min	4 h	61%
Mon Mar 29	8 h 27 min	1 h 15 min	8 h 27 min	4 h	52%
Tue Mar 30	8 h 18 min	0 min	8 h 18 min	4 h	42%
Wed Mar 31	8 h 10 min	0 min	8 h 10 min	4 h	33%

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

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Narian-Mar in March?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 31 of 31 nights at Narian-Mar have civil darkness, and 58% of past March days reached Kp 3.
How dark is Narian-Mar in March?: Narian-Mar averages 10.2 hours of civil night a night in March 2027, from 12 h 8 min on the 1st to 8 h 10 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Narian-Mar in March?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Narian-Mar's 1 degree cell 74% mean cloud in March, against 77% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in March 2027 for aurora in Narian-Mar?: By darkness and moon alone, Mar 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Narian-Mar. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is March or April better in Narian-Mar?: By civil night times the clear share, March scores 2.7 hours at Narian-Mar and April 1.3. March 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.