Can you see the northern lights in Tórshavn in July?

On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 17 of 31 nights at Tórshavn have civil darkness, and 9% of past July days reached Kp 5.

How dark is Tórshavn in July?

Tórshavn averages 1.4 hours of civil night a night in July 2027, from 0 min on the 1st to 3 h 58 min on the last night.

How cloudy is Tórshavn in July?

NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Tórshavn's 1 degree cell 90% mean cloud in July, against 86% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.

What is the best night in July 2027 for aurora in Tórshavn?

By darkness and moon alone, Jul 31, with 2 h 25 min of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Tórshavn. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.

Is July or August better in Tórshavn?

By civil night times the clear share, July scores 0.1 hours at Tórshavn and August 0.8. August comes out ahead.

Tórshavn · July 2027

Northern lights in Tórshavn in July 2027

Answer

July gives Tórshavn 0.7 hours of civil night on the 15th, the 11th darkest of its 12 months, under 90% mean cloud. 9% of July days since 1996 reached storm level, Kp 5.

1.4 h

civil night, average night

SunCalc for 62.01, -6.77; NASA POWER; GFZ Kp

July against the rest of the year

2.0

1.7

1.5

1.2

0.5

0.0

0.1

0.8

1.4

1.7

2.1

July cloud at Tórshavn averages 90% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 4 points cloudier than its yearly mean. April is Tórshavn's clearest month at 84%. By civil night times clear sky, July scores 0.1 hours at Tórshavn, 11th of 12. Isle of Lewis, 422 km away, averages 87%, clearer by 3 points.

Civil night at Tórshavn starts July at 0 min and reaches 3 h 58 min by July 31 as the nights lengthen by 4.0 hours. 14 Tórshavn nights this month have no civil darkness at all. No night keeps the 10 PM to 2 AM window fully dark at Tórshavn. The sun never reaches 18 degrees down, so Tórshavn gets no astronomical night in July.

July night by night

July opens toward a new moon on Jul 4, with full moon on Jul 18, in Atlantic/Faroe dates. Tórshavn gets 5 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: Jul 31 (2 h 25 min), Jul 30 (58 min), Jul 15 (36 min).

1
7% lit
no night
2
2% lit
no night
3
0% lit
no night
4
1% lit
no night
New
5
5% lit
no night
6
12% lit
no night
7
20% lit
no night
8
30% lit
no night
9
41% lit
no night
10
52% lit
no night
11
63% lit
no night
12
72% lit
no night
13
81% lit
no night
14
88% lit
no night
15
93% lit
0.6 h
16
97% lit
0.6 h
17
100% lit
0.0 h
18
100% lit
0.0 h
Full
19
98% lit
0.0 h
20
95% lit
0.0 h
21
91% lit
0.0 h
22
84% lit
0.0 h
23
77% lit
0.0 h
24
68% lit
0.0 h
25
58% lit
0.0 h
26
47% lit
0.0 h
27
37% lit
0.0 h
28
26% lit
0.0 h
29
17% lit
0.0 h
30
9% lit
1.0 h
31
3% lit
3.0 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 Julys

Quiet activity already puts the oval edge over Tórshavn, so storm days matter more: 81 of the 930 July days from 1996 to 2025 (9%) reached Kp 5, 8th of 12 months. Tórshavn sits at 64.4 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 1.

July across Faroe Islands

Coming from June (0.0 hours at Tórshavn), July adds darkness, and the nights keep growing into August (6.0 hours on the 15th).

Darkness and moon, every night

Tórshavn, July 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 Jul 1	0 min	0 min	0 min	7%
Fri Jul 2	0 min	0 min	0 min	2%
Sat Jul 3	0 min	0 min	0 min	0%
Sun Jul 4	0 min	0 min	0 min	1%
Mon Jul 5	0 min	0 min	0 min	5%
Tue Jul 6	0 min	0 min	0 min	12%
Wed Jul 7	0 min	0 min	0 min	20%
Thu Jul 8	0 min	0 min	0 min	30%
Fri Jul 9	0 min	0 min	0 min	41%
Sat Jul 10	0 min	0 min	0 min	52%
Sun Jul 11	0 min	0 min	0 min	63%
Mon Jul 12	0 min	0 min	0 min	72%
Tue Jul 13	0 min	0 min	0 min	81%
Wed Jul 14	0 min	0 min	0 min	88%
Thu Jul 15	36 min	36 min	36 min	93%
Fri Jul 16	1 h 4 min	34 min	28 min	97%
Sat Jul 17	1 h 23 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Sun Jul 18	1 h 39 min	0 min	0 min	100%
Mon Jul 19	1 h 53 min	0 min	0 min	98%
Tue Jul 20	2 h 7 min	0 min	0 min	95%
Wed Jul 21	2 h 19 min	0 min	0 min	91%
Thu Jul 22	2 h 30 min	0 min	0 min	84%
Fri Jul 23	2 h 41 min	0 min	0 min	77%
Sat Jul 24	2 h 52 min	0 min	0 min	68%
Sun Jul 25	3 h 2 min	0 min	0 min	58%
Mon Jul 26	3 h 12 min	0 min	0 min	47%
Tue Jul 27	3 h 21 min	0 min	0 min	37%
Wed Jul 28	3 h 31 min	0 min	0 min	26%
Thu Jul 29	3 h 40 min	0 min	0 min	17%
Fri Jul 30	3 h 49 min	58 min	58 min	9%
Sat Jul 31	3 h 58 min	3 h 1 min	2 h 25 min	3%

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

Questions

Can you see the northern lights in Tórshavn in July?: On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 17 of 31 nights at Tórshavn have civil darkness, and 9% of past July days reached Kp 5.
How dark is Tórshavn in July?: Tórshavn averages 1.4 hours of civil night a night in July 2027, from 0 min on the 1st to 3 h 58 min on the last night.
How cloudy is Tórshavn in July?: NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Tórshavn's 1 degree cell 90% mean cloud in July, against 86% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
What is the best night in July 2027 for aurora in Tórshavn?: By darkness and moon alone, Jul 31, with 2 h 25 min of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Tórshavn. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
Is July or August better in Tórshavn?: By civil night times the clear share, July scores 0.1 hours at Tórshavn and August 0.8. August 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.