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Aurora Forecast in Scotland

Browse 187 cities in Scotland, United Kingdom

Cities Covered

187

Avg Magnetic Latitude

56.2°

Best Kp Threshold

6+

Moon Phase

🌒 4%

Aberdeen

5%
📍 57.1°N MLAT 57.1°
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Airdrie

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Alexandria

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Alloa

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Alness

5%
📍 57.7°N MLAT 57.7°
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Annan

5%
📍 55.0°N MLAT 55.0°
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Arbroath

5%
📍 56.6°N MLAT 56.6°
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Ardrossan

5%
📍 55.6°N MLAT 55.6°
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Armadale

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Auchterarder

5%
📍 56.3°N MLAT 56.3°
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Ayr

5%
📍 55.5°N MLAT 55.5°
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Balerno

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Ballingry

5%
📍 56.2°N MLAT 56.2°
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Banchory

5%
📍 57.0°N MLAT 57.0°
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Bannockburn

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Barrhead

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Bathgate

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Bearsden

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Beith

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Bellshill

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Bishopbriggs

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Blackburn

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Blairgowrie and Rattray

5%
📍 56.6°N MLAT 56.6°
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Blantyre

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Bo'ness

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Bonhill

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Bonnybridge

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Bonnyrigg

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Bothwell

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Brechin

5%
📍 56.7°N MLAT 56.7°
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Bridge of Allan

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Broxburn

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Buckie

5%
📍 57.7°N MLAT 57.7°
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Burntisland

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Cambuslang

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Carluke

5%
📍 55.7°N MLAT 55.7°
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Carnoustie

5%
📍 56.5°N MLAT 56.5°
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Chapelhall

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Clarkston

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Clydebank

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Coatbridge

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Cockenzie

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Colinton

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Cove

5%
📍 57.1°N MLAT 57.1°
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Cowdenbeath

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Crieff

5%
📍 56.4°N MLAT 56.4°
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Cumbernauld

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Cumnock

5%
📍 55.5°N MLAT 55.5°
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Cupar

5%
📍 56.3°N MLAT 56.3°
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Currie

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Dalgety Bay

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Dalkeith

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Dalmuir

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Dalry

5%
📍 55.7°N MLAT 55.7°
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Dalserf

5%
📍 55.7°N MLAT 55.7°
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Denny

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Dingwall

5%
📍 57.6°N MLAT 57.6°
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Dumbarton

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Dumfries

5%
📍 55.1°N MLAT 55.1°
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Dunbar

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Dunblane

5%
📍 56.2°N MLAT 56.2°
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Dundee

5%
📍 56.5°N MLAT 56.5°
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Dunfermline

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Dunoon

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Duntocher

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Dyce

5%
📍 57.2°N MLAT 57.2°
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East Kilbride

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Edinburgh

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Elderslie

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Elgin

5%
📍 57.6°N MLAT 57.6°
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Ellon

5%
📍 57.4°N MLAT 57.4°
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Erskine

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Faifley

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Falkirk

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Forfar

5%
📍 56.6°N MLAT 56.6°
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Forres

5%
📍 57.6°N MLAT 57.6°
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Fort William

5%
📍 56.8°N MLAT 56.8°
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Fraserburgh

5%
📍 57.7°N MLAT 57.7°
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Galashiels

5%
📍 55.6°N MLAT 55.6°
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Giffnock

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Girvan

5%
📍 55.2°N MLAT 55.2°
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Glasgow

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Glenrothes

5%
📍 56.2°N MLAT 56.2°
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Gorebridge

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Gourock

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Grangemouth

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Greenock

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Haddington

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Hamilton

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Hawick

5%
📍 55.4°N MLAT 55.4°
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Helensburgh

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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High Blantyre

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Holytown

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Houston

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Inverkeithing

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Inverness

5%
📍 57.5°N MLAT 57.5°
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Inverurie

5%
📍 57.3°N MLAT 57.3°
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Irvine

5%
📍 55.6°N MLAT 55.6°
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Isle of Arran

5%
📍 55.6°N MLAT 55.6°
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Isle of Bute

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Isle of Lewis

5%
📍 58.2°N MLAT 58.2°
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Johnstone

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Kelso

5%
📍 55.6°N MLAT 55.6°
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Kelty

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Kilbirnie

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Kilmarnock

5%
📍 55.6°N MLAT 55.6°
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Kilsyth

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Kilwinning

5%
📍 55.6°N MLAT 55.6°
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Kirkcaldy

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Kirkintilloch

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Kirkwall

5%
📍 59.0°N MLAT 59.0°
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Kirriemuir

5%
📍 56.7°N MLAT 56.7°
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Lanark

5%
📍 55.7°N MLAT 55.7°
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Larbert

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Largs

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Larkhall

5%
📍 55.7°N MLAT 55.7°
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Lenzie

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Lerwick

33%
📍 60.1°N MLAT 60.1°
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Leven

5%
📍 56.2°N MLAT 56.2°
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Linlithgow

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Linwood

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Livingston

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Loanhead

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Locharbriggs

5%
📍 55.1°N MLAT 55.1°
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Lochgelly

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Lossiemouth

5%
📍 57.7°N MLAT 57.7°
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Mayfield

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Meikle Earnock

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Methil

5%
📍 56.2°N MLAT 56.2°
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Milngavie

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Monifieth

5%
📍 56.5°N MLAT 56.5°
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Montrose

5%
📍 56.7°N MLAT 56.7°
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Moodiesburn

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Mossend

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Motherwell

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Musselburgh

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Nairn

5%
📍 57.6°N MLAT 57.6°
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Neilston

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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New Stevenston

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Newarthill

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Newmains

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Newton Mearns

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Nigg

5%
📍 57.1°N MLAT 57.1°
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North Berwick

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Oban

5%
📍 56.4°N MLAT 56.4°
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Paisley

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Peebles

5%
📍 55.6°N MLAT 55.6°
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Penicuik

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Perth

5%
📍 56.4°N MLAT 56.4°
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Peterhead

5%
📍 57.5°N MLAT 57.5°
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Polmont

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Port Glasgow

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Portlethen

5%
📍 57.1°N MLAT 57.1°
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Prestonpans

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Prestwick

5%
📍 55.5°N MLAT 55.5°
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Queensferry

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Renfrew

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Rosyth

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Rutherglen

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Saint Andrews

5%
📍 56.3°N MLAT 56.3°
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Saltcoats

5%
📍 55.6°N MLAT 55.6°
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Sauchie

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Selkirk

5%
📍 55.5°N MLAT 55.5°
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Shotts

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Stenhousemuir

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Stepps

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Stevenston

5%
📍 55.6°N MLAT 55.6°
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Stewarton

5%
📍 55.7°N MLAT 55.7°
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Stirling

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Stonehaven

5%
📍 57.0°N MLAT 57.0°
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Stonehouse

5%
📍 55.7°N MLAT 55.7°
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Stornoway

5%
📍 58.2°N MLAT 58.2°
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Stranraer

5%
📍 54.9°N MLAT 54.9°
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Strathaven

5%
📍 55.7°N MLAT 55.7°
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Thurso

5%
📍 58.6°N MLAT 58.6°
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Tillicoultry

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Tranent

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Troon

5%
📍 55.5°N MLAT 55.5°
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Tullibody

5%
📍 56.1°N MLAT 56.1°
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Turriff

5%
📍 57.5°N MLAT 57.5°
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Uddingston

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Vale of Leven

5%
📍 56.0°N MLAT 56.0°
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Viewpark

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Westhill

5%
📍 57.1°N MLAT 57.1°
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Whitburn

5%
📍 55.9°N MLAT 55.9°
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Wick

5%
📍 58.4°N MLAT 58.4°
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Wishaw

5%
📍 55.8°N MLAT 55.8°
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Frequently Asked Questions

Can you see the aurora in Scotland, United Kingdom?
Yes! Scotland has 187 locations where you can watch the aurora. Viewing depends on geomagnetic activity and weather; typically, a Kp index of 6+ or higher is needed.
Where are the best places to see the aurora in Scotland?
The best places to view the aurora in Scotland are locations away from city lights with a clear, unobstructed view toward the nearest magnetic pole. We track 187 specific spots in this region.
What is the best time of year to see the aurora in Scotland?
The aurora season in Scotland generally runs during the local winter months when nights are longer and darker.
What Kp index do I need to see the aurora in Scotland?
Based on an average magnetic latitude of 56.2° in Scotland, you will typically need a Kp index of 6+ or greater to see the aurora.
How does cloud cover affect aurora viewing in Scotland?
Cloud cover is a critical factor. Even with a high Kp index, you cannot see the aurora through thick clouds. Aurora Hunt provides real-time cloud cover maps for all 187 locations in Scotland to help you find clear skies.

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