Ylivieska · July 2027
Northern lights in Ylivieska in July 2027
Answer
July against the rest of the year
July cloud at Ylivieska averages 65% in NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 record, 9 points clearer than its yearly mean. May is Ylivieska's clearest month at 64%. By civil night times clear sky, July scores 0.0 hours at Ylivieska, 11th of 12. Raahe, 67 km away, averages the same 65%.
Civil night at Ylivieska starts July at 0 min and reaches 2 h 31 min by July 31 as the nights lengthen by 2.5 hours. 25 Ylivieska nights this month have no civil darkness at all. No night keeps the 10 PM to 2 AM window fully dark at Ylivieska. The sun never reaches 18 degrees down, so Ylivieska 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 Europe/Helsinki dates. Ylivieska gets 1 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 (1 h 26 min).
- 1
7% lit
no night
- 2
2% lit
no night
- 3
0% lit
no night
- 4
1% lit
no night
- 5
5% lit
no night
- 6
11% lit
no night
- 7
20% lit
no night
- 8
30% lit
no night
- 9
40% lit
no night
- 10
51% lit
no night
- 11
62% lit
no night
- 12
71% lit
no night
- 13
80% lit
no night
- 14
87% lit
no night
- 15
93% lit
no night
- 16
97% lit
no night
- 17
99% lit
no night
- 18
100% lit
no night
- 19
99% lit
no night
- 20
96% lit
no night
- 21
91% lit
no night
- 22
85% lit
no night
- 23
77% lit
no night
- 24
68% lit
no night
- 25
59% lit
no night
- 26
48% lit
0.0 h
- 27
38% lit
0.0 h
- 28
27% lit
0.0 h
- 29
18% lit
0.0 h
- 30
10% lit
0.0 h
- 31
4% lit
1.4 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
Ylivieska needs Kp 3 for the average oval edge to sit overhead. 403 of the 930 July days from 1996 to 2025 (43%) reached it in the GFZ Potsdam record, one of the three quietest months for that level; storm days with Kp 5 or more made up 9%. Ylivieska sits at 61.5 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.
July across Finland
Ylivieska ranks 7th in Finland for civil night on July 15, behind Helsinki at 2.9 hours. Coming from June (0.0 hours at Ylivieska), July changes little, and the nights keep growing into August (5.3 hours on the 15th).
Darkness and moon, every night
| Night | Civil | Astronomical | Moon-free dark | Moon-free, 10 PM to 2 AM | Moon lit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu Jul 1 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 7% |
| Fri Jul 2 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 2% |
| Sat Jul 3 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0% |
| Sun Jul 4 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 1% |
| Mon Jul 5 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 5% |
| Tue Jul 6 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 11% |
| Wed Jul 7 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 20% |
| Thu Jul 8 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 30% |
| Fri Jul 9 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 40% |
| Sat Jul 10 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 51% |
| Sun Jul 11 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 62% |
| Mon Jul 12 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 71% |
| Tue Jul 13 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 80% |
| Wed Jul 14 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 87% |
| Thu Jul 15 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 93% |
| Fri Jul 16 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 97% |
| Sat Jul 17 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Sun Jul 18 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 100% |
| Mon Jul 19 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 99% |
| Tue Jul 20 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 96% |
| Wed Jul 21 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 91% |
| Thu Jul 22 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 85% |
| Fri Jul 23 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 77% |
| Sat Jul 24 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 68% |
| Sun Jul 25 | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 59% |
| Mon Jul 26 | 45 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 48% |
| Tue Jul 27 | 1 h 17 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 38% |
| Wed Jul 28 | 1 h 40 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 27% |
| Thu Jul 29 | 1 h 59 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 18% |
| Fri Jul 30 | 2 h 16 min | 0 min | 0 min | 0 min | 10% |
| Sat Jul 31 | 2 h 31 min | 0 min | 1 h 26 min | 1 h 26 min | 4% |
Questions
- Can you see the northern lights in Ylivieska in July?
- On dark, clear nights with enough activity. 6 of 31 nights at Ylivieska have civil darkness, and 43% of past July days reached Kp 3.
- How dark is Ylivieska in July?
- Ylivieska averages 0.3 hours of civil night a night in July 2027, from 0 min on the 1st to 2 h 31 min on the last night.
- How cloudy is Ylivieska in July?
- NASA POWER's 2001 to 2020 climatology gives Ylivieska's 1 degree cell 65% mean cloud in July, against 74% for the whole year. It is an all-hours average, not a forecast.
- What is the best night in July 2027 for aurora in Ylivieska?
- By darkness and moon alone, Jul 31, with 1 h 26 min of moon-free darkness inside 10 PM to 2 AM at Ylivieska. Activity on that date will only be known hours ahead.
- Is July or August better in Ylivieska?
- By civil night times the clear share, July scores 0.0 hours at Ylivieska and August 1.7. 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.