Can you see the northern lights in Novyy Urengoy in November?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Novyy Urengoy have civil darkness, and 10% of past November days reached Kp 5.

How dark is Novyy Urengoy in November?

Novyy Urengoy averages 15.7 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 14 h 20 min on the 1st to 16 h 55 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Novyy Urengoy in November?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Novyy Urengoy's 1 degree cell 72% mean cloud in November, against 71% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Novyy Urengoy?

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

Is November or December better in Novyy Urengoy?

By civil night times the clear share, November scores 4.4 hours at Novyy Urengoy and December 6.2. December comes out ahead.

Novyy Urengoy · November 2026

Northern lights in Novyy Urengoy in November 2026

Answer

November gives Novyy Urengoy 15.7 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 3rd darkest of its 12 months, under 72% mean cloud. 10% of November days since 1996 reached Kp 5, enough for the oval edge to reach Novyy Urengoy.

15.7 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 66.08, 76.63; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

November against the rest of the year

6.1

4.5

3.3

2.0

0.0

1.1

2.1

1.8

4.4

6.2

November cloud at Novyy Urengoy averages 72% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, close to its yearly mean of 71%. July is Novyy Urengoy's clearest month at 61%. By civil night times clear sky, November scores 4.4 hours at Novyy Urengoy, 4th of 12. Noyabrsk, 326 km away, averages 76%, cloudier by 4 points.

Civil night at Novyy Urengoy starts November at 14 h 20 min and reaches 16 h 55 min by November 30 as the nights lengthen by 2.6 hours. SWPC's 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on every night. True astronomical darkness, the sun 18 degrees down, lasts 11.5 hours on the 15th.

November night by night

November opens toward a new moon on Nov 9, with full moon on Nov 24, in Asia/Yekaterinburg dates. Novyy Urengoy gets 243 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
51% lit
3.6 h
2
40% lit
5.9 h
3
29% lit
7.9 h
4
20% lit
9.8 h
5
12% lit
11.6 h
6
6% lit
13.4 h
7
2% lit
14.9 h
8
0% lit
15.0 h
9
0% lit
15.1 h
New
10
2% lit
15.2 h
11
6% lit
15.3 h
12
11% lit
15.4 h
13
18% lit
15.5 h
14
26% lit
15.6 h
15
34% lit
13.4 h
16
43% lit
11.3 h
17
53% lit
9.5 h
18
63% lit
7.8 h
19
72% lit
6.2 h
20
81% lit
4.4 h
21
89% lit
2.5 h
22
95% lit
0.3 h
23
99% lit
0.0 h
24
100% lit
0.0 h
Full
25
98% lit
0.0 h
26
93% lit
0.0 h
27
86% lit
0.0 h
28
77% lit
2.1 h
29
66% lit
4.6 h
30
55% 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

Novyy Urengoy needs Kp 5 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 93 of the 900 November days from 1996 to 2025 (10%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, 7th of 12 months; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 10%. Novyy Urengoy sits at 57.8 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.

November across Russia

Novyy Urengoy ranks 18th in Russia for civil night on November 15, behind Talnakh at 16.6 hours. Coming from October (12.5 hours at Novyy Urengoy), November adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into December (17.6 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%
Apatity	16.1 h	82%
Narian-Mar	16.1 h	82%
Novyy Urengoy	15.7 h	72%

Darkness and moon, every night

Novyy Urengoy, 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 20 min	10 h 18 min	3 h 39 min	0 min	51%
Mon Nov 2	14 h 26 min	10 h 24 min	5 h 56 min	21 min	40%
Tue Nov 3	14 h 32 min	10 h 29 min	7 h 55 min	2 h 17 min	29%
Wed Nov 4	14 h 38 min	10 h 35 min	9 h 47 min	4 h	20%
Thu Nov 5	14 h 44 min	10 h 40 min	11 h 35 min	4 h	12%
Fri Nov 6	14 h 50 min	10 h 46 min	13 h 24 min	4 h	6%
Sat Nov 7	14 h 56 min	10 h 51 min	14 h 56 min	4 h	2%
Sun Nov 8	15 h 2 min	10 h 56 min	15 h 2 min	4 h	0%
Mon Nov 9	15 h 8 min	11 h 1 min	15 h 8 min	4 h	0%
Tue Nov 10	15 h 14 min	11 h 6 min	15 h 14 min	4 h	2%
Wed Nov 11	15 h 20 min	11 h 11 min	15 h 20 min	4 h	6%
Thu Nov 12	15 h 25 min	11 h 16 min	15 h 25 min	4 h	11%
Fri Nov 13	15 h 31 min	11 h 21 min	15 h 31 min	4 h	18%
Sat Nov 14	15 h 37 min	11 h 26 min	15 h 37 min	4 h	26%
Sun Nov 15	15 h 42 min	11 h 30 min	13 h 23 min	4 h	34%
Mon Nov 16	15 h 48 min	11 h 35 min	11 h 16 min	4 h	43%
Tue Nov 17	15 h 53 min	11 h 39 min	9 h 29 min	3 h 53 min	53%
Wed Nov 18	15 h 59 min	11 h 43 min	7 h 49 min	2 h 10 min	63%
Thu Nov 19	16 h 4 min	11 h 47 min	6 h 9 min	27 min	72%
Fri Nov 20	16 h 9 min	11 h 52 min	4 h 24 min	0 min	81%
Sat Nov 21	16 h 14 min	11 h 55 min	2 h 31 min	0 min	89%
Sun Nov 22	16 h 19 min	11 h 59 min	21 min	0 min	95%
Mon Nov 23	16 h 24 min	12 h 3 min	0 min	0 min	99%
Tue Nov 24	16 h 29 min	12 h 7 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Wed Nov 25	16 h 33 min	12 h 10 min	0 min	0 min	98%
Thu Nov 26	16 h 38 min	12 h 14 min	0 min	0 min	93%
Fri Nov 27	16 h 42 min	12 h 17 min	0 min	0 min	86%
Sat Nov 28	16 h 46 min	12 h 20 min	2 h 9 min	0 min	77%
Sun Nov 29	16 h 51 min	12 h 23 min	4 h 38 min	0 min	66%
Mon Nov 30	16 h 55 min	12 h 26 min	6 h 42 min	0 min	55%

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

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Novyy Urengoy in November?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 30 of 30 nights at Novyy Urengoy have civil darkness, and 10% of past November days reached Kp 5.
How dark is Novyy Urengoy in November?: Novyy Urengoy averages 15.7 hours of civil night a night in November 2026, from 14 h 20 min on the 1st to 16 h 55 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Novyy Urengoy in November?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Novyy Urengoy's 1 degree cell 72% mean cloud in November, against 71% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in November 2026 for aurora in Novyy Urengoy?: By darkness and moon alone, Nov 4, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Novyy Urengoy. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is November or December better in Novyy Urengoy?: By civil night times the clear share, November scores 4.4 hours at Novyy Urengoy and December 6.2. 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.