Nordlys – Aurora Forecast
Aurora forecasts & alerts
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Know when the aurora is coming — and when it's actually worth going outside.
Nordlys combines real-time data from NOAA, GFZ Potsdam, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NASA into one honest answer: your chance of seeing the northern lights from where you stand, tonight, hour by hour. It accounts for geomagnetic activity, darkness, cloud cover and moonlight — not just the Kp number.
TONIGHT
• Aurora score for your location, continuously updated
• Hour-by-hour view of tonight's conditions with the best window
• Moon, clouds and darkness computed for your exact spot
• Hand-picked dark-sky viewpoints nearby
• Solar storm banner when a CME is heading for Earth
• Share the magic: send tonight's chance, the best night or your aurora photo as a share card
AURORA PRO
• Star map in AR: 5,000 stars, 38 constellations, the Moon, the planets and the auroral oval itself — where they actually are
• Smart alerts: your own Kp threshold, lead time and quiet hours
• Smart sky filter — never an alert for aurora behind clouds or in daylight
• "Happening now" alert when the solar wind turns favorable in real time
• CME warnings 1–3 days before the storm arrives (NASA-modeled)
• 7-day forecast, 3-day chart and 27-day outlook
• Real-time map with the auroral oval across the Nordics
• Pro dashboard: solar wind, IMF Bz, Hp30, solar flares and hemispheric power
• Live webcams from Tromsø, Abisko, Kiruna and Svalbard
• Live Activity with Dynamic Island during active storms
Plus: a complete photo guide for iPhone, camera and other phones, home and lock screen widgets, and an AR compass showing where the aurora will appear.
Aurora Pro costs 19 NOK/month or 149 NOK/year after a 7-day free trial. The subscription renews automatically and can be cancelled anytime in your App Store settings.
Terms: https://www.iamnordic.no/vilkar-for-bruk-nordlys/
Privacy: https://www.iamnordic.no/personvernerklaering-for-nordlys/
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Star map in AR — point your phone at the sky and see the stars and constellations where they actually are.
Share the magic with your friends — send tonight's chance, the week ahead, or your own aurora photo as a share card.
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The developer, Kasper M. de Thurah, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Usage Data
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Information
- Seller
- Kasper M. de Thurah
- Size
- 7.2 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 4 more
- English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Aurora Pro – Yearly $11.99
- Aurora Pro – Monthly $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 IAMNORDIC