Northern lights trips from your city
The best places to see the aurora, all under the northern lights belt with long, dark nights from September to March. Fares from your city for the cheapest recent round trip to each.
Choose your departure city
Each city page shows real round-trip fares from that city, with the cheapest one for each destination.
United States: Seattle · New York · San Francisco Bay Area · Los Angeles · Miami or Fort Lauderdale · Chicago · Denver · Minneapolis · Houston · Washington, DC · Dallas-Fort Worth · Atlanta · Orlando · Las Vegas · Charlotte · Phoenix · Boston · Detroit · Philadelphia · Salt Lake City · San Diego · Nashville · Tampa · Austin · Honolulu · Portland · Raleigh/Durham · Saint Louis · Sacramento · San Juan · New Orleans · Kansas City · Fort Myers · San Antonio · Indianapolis · Cleveland · Pittsburgh · Columbus · Cincinnati · West Palm Beach · Jacksonville · Maui · Hartford · Charleston · Milwaukee · Anchorage · Boise · Omaha · Albuquerque · Buffalo · Richmond · Norfolk
United Kingdom: London · Manchester · Edinburgh · Birmingham · Glasgow · Bristol · Newcastle · Leeds · Aberdeen
Canada: Toronto · Vancouver · Montreal · Calgary · Edmonton · Ottawa · Winnipeg · Halifax · Quebec · Victoria
Where to go and why
- Tromso: Tromsø, in Norway's Arctic, where the sun doesn't rise from late November to mid-January
- Bodo: Bodø, the gateway to the Lofoten Islands and their winter aurora
- Reykjavik: Iceland: aurora tours leave Reykjavík on clear nights all winter
- Rovaniemi: Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, on the Arctic Circle, with Santa Claus Village too
- Ivalo: Ivalo in Finnish Lapland, near Saariselkä's glass igloos and aurora cabins
- Kiruna: Kiruna in Swedish Lapland, near Abisko's famously clear skies and the Icehotel
- Fairbanks: Fairbanks, Alaska, under the auroral oval with some of the best odds in the US
- Yellowknife: Yellowknife, often called the aurora capital of North America
- Whitehorse: Whitehorse in the Yukon, with dark skies just outside town
The aurora is never guaranteed: it needs clear skies and solar activity. December to February give the most hours of darkness to look.