Can you see the northern lights in Talnakh in April?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 27 of 30 nights at Talnakh have civil darkness, and 56% of past April days reached Kp 3.

How dark is Talnakh in April?

Talnakh averages 4.5 hours of civil night a night in April 2027, from 7 h 38 min on the 1st to 0 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Talnakh in April?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Talnakh's 1 degree cell 67% mean cloud in April, against 68% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in April 2027 for aurora in Talnakh?

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

Is April or May better in Talnakh?

By civil night times the clear share, April scores 1.6 hours at Talnakh and May 0.0. April comes out ahead.

Talnakh · April 2027

Northern lights in Talnakh in April 2027

Answer

April gives Talnakh 5.0 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 8th darkest of its 12 months, under 67% mean cloud. 56% of April days since 1996 reached Kp 3, enough for the oval edge to reach Talnakh.

4.5 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 69.49, 88.40; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

April against the rest of the year

8.0

5.6

3.7

1.6

0.0

0.2

1.5

2.6

6.6

8.0

April cloud at Talnakh averages 67% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, close to its yearly mean of 68%. January is Talnakh's clearest month at 55%. By civil night times clear sky, April scores 1.6 hours at Talnakh, 7th of 12. Norilsk, 17 km away, averages the same 67%.

Civil night at Talnakh starts April at 7 h 38 min and reaches 0 min by April 30, 7.6 hours shorter. 3 Talnakh nights this month have no civil darkness at all. The 10 PM to 2 AM window is fully dark on 9 of 30 nights. The sun never reaches 18 degrees down, so Talnakh 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/Krasnoyarsk dates. Talnakh gets 68 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
26% lit
7.6 h
2
18% lit
7.5 h
3
11% lit
7.3 h
4
6% lit
7.1 h
5
2% lit
7.0 h
6
0% lit
6.8 h
7
1% lit
6.2 h
New
8
4% lit
2.5 h
9
9% lit
0.0 h
10
16% lit
0.0 h
11
26% lit
0.0 h
12
36% lit
0.0 h
13
47% lit
0.0 h
14
59% lit
0.0 h
15
70% lit
0.0 h
16
79% lit
0.0 h
17
88% lit
0.0 h
18
94% lit
0.0 h
19
98% lit
0.0 h
20
100% lit
0.0 h
21
99% lit
3.5 h
Full
22
96% lit
3.2 h
23
92% lit
2.9 h
24
86% lit
2.5 h
25
78% lit
2.1 h
26
70% lit
1.6 h
27
61% lit
0.8 h
28
51% lit
no night
29
42% lit
no night
30
33% lit
no night

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

Talnakh needs Kp 3 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 500 of the 900 April days from 1996 to 2025 (56%) 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%. Talnakh sits at 60.6 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.

April across Russia

Talnakh ranks 23rd in Russia for civil night on April 15, behind Velikiy Novgorod at 7.9 hours. Coming from March (10.2 hours at Talnakh), 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
Town	Civil night	Cloud
Velikiy Novgorod	7.9 h	65%
Saint Petersburg	7.7 h	66%
Kolpino	7.7 h	66%
Petrozavodsk	7.4 h	73%
Syktyvkar	7.4 h	69%
Noyabrsk	7.1 h	69%
Ukhta	7.0 h	70%
Arkhangel'sk	6.7 h	72%
Severodvinsk	6.7 h	73%
Kostomuksha	6.7 h	72%
Anadyr	6.7 h	67%
Kandalaksha	5.9 h	77%
Talnakh	5.0 h	67%

Darkness and moon, every night

Talnakh, April 2027: each night from local noon to the next noon
Night	Civil	Moon-free dark	Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM	Moon lit
Thu Apr 1	7 h 38 min	7 h 38 min	4 h	26%
Fri Apr 2	7 h 28 min	7 h 28 min	4 h	18%
Sat Apr 3	7 h 18 min	7 h 18 min	4 h	11%
Sun Apr 4	7 h 7 min	7 h 7 min	4 h	6%
Mon Apr 5	6 h 57 min	6 h 57 min	4 h	2%
Tue Apr 6	6 h 46 min	6 h 46 min	4 h	0%
Wed Apr 7	6 h 35 min	6 h 11 min	3 h 46 min	1%
Thu Apr 8	6 h 24 min	2 h 30 min	55 min	4%
Fri Apr 9	6 h 13 min	0 min	0 min	9%
Sat Apr 10	6 h 2 min	0 min	0 min	16%
Sun Apr 11	5 h 50 min	0 min	0 min	26%
Mon Apr 12	5 h 38 min	0 min	0 min	36%
Tue Apr 13	5 h 26 min	0 min	0 min	47%
Wed Apr 14	5 h 13 min	0 min	0 min	59%
Thu Apr 15	5 h 1 min	0 min	0 min	70%
Fri Apr 16	4 h 47 min	0 min	0 min	79%
Sat Apr 17	4 h 33 min	0 min	0 min	88%
Sun Apr 18	4 h 19 min	0 min	0 min	94%
Mon Apr 19	4 h 4 min	0 min	0 min	98%
Tue Apr 20	3 h 48 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Wed Apr 21	3 h 31 min	3 h 31 min	2 h 41 min	99%
Thu Apr 22	3 h 13 min	3 h 13 min	2 h 32 min	96%
Fri Apr 23	2 h 53 min	2 h 53 min	2 h 22 min	92%
Sat Apr 24	2 h 31 min	2 h 31 min	2 h 12 min	86%
Sun Apr 25	2 h 6 min	2 h 6 min	1 h 59 min	78%
Mon Apr 26	1 h 34 min	1 h 34 min	1 h 34 min	70%
Tue Apr 27	45 min	45 min	45 min	61%
Wed Apr 28	0 min	0 min	0 min	51%
Thu Apr 29	0 min	0 min	0 min	42%
Fri Apr 30	0 min	0 min	0 min	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 Talnakh in April?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 27 of 30 nights at Talnakh have civil darkness, and 56% of past April days reached Kp 3.
How dark is Talnakh in April?: Talnakh averages 4.5 hours of civil night a night in April 2027, from 7 h 38 min on the 1st to 0 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Talnakh in April?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Talnakh's 1 degree cell 67% mean cloud in April, against 68% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in April 2027 for aurora in Talnakh?: By darkness and moon alone, Apr 1, with 4 h of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Talnakh. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is April or May better in Talnakh?: By civil night times the clear share, April scores 1.6 hours at Talnakh and May 0.0. April 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.