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Northern lights in Pajala
4 viewing spots around Pajala, chosen for a dark sky and an open view. For each one: how dark it is, which way it looks, where to park and how to get there. Near the edge of the auroral oval: aurora on most active nights, low in the northern sky on quiet ones.
- Viewing spots
- 4
- Dark or very dark
- 2
- Magnetic latitude
- 64.6°
- Clearest dark month
- March 35 % of hours clear or partly clear
Which of these spots is clear tonight, and when? Aurora Atlas scores every spot hour by hour from the cloud forecast, darkness, the moon and live aurora activity, with road notices.
See tonight's live scores for Pajala in Aurora AtlasViewing spots
- Torne riverside, Pajala Bank of the Torne, Europe’s largest free-flowing salmon river, at the edge of Pajala; the valley gives an open strip…
- Kengis rapids The roaring Torne rapids by the old Kengis ironworks, just outside Pajala; darker than the village, with open water in…
- Jupukka hill Hill north of Pajala and a point of the UNESCO Struve Geodetic Arc; a 0.4 km trail from the north leads to a view over…
- Brännaberget viewpoint Hill by Pajala with a café and a viewpoint over much of the municipality; close to the village, so expect some light.
Drive times are estimates from Pajala by straight-line distance, as the app estimates them before it knows your route; ferries and winter closures are not counted.
Good to know in Pajala
- October to March is the main season Aurora is common over the Torne valley from October to March; the river and the hills north of Pajala give open views. Source
- Take the short trail up Jupukka Jupukka has a 1.2 km trail from Pajala and a much shorter 0.4 km trail from the north, handy for a quick look in the dark. Source