The more time you spend in iceland the better your chances are of spotting the lights.
Northern lights iceland july 2015.
July is a great time to travel in iceland.
Blue lagoon and northern lights from 799 one holiday brings you two of iceland s most alluring attractions.
Watch as hues of magenta turquoise yellow and green shimmer into being overhead spinning and shifting as a guide describes the science behind this striking natural phenomenon.
The best time to see the northern lights in iceland.
We are the only travel operator in iceland focusing on travel services for the winter season only.
Not because it s warmer although it does sometimes reach a scorching 15 degrees but because the roads are open the weather is comparatively mild and all manner of tour are open to visitors except of course for northern lights tours since the northern lights are not visible in july although they re still above you dancing.
The northern lights are spectacular and iceland is the ideal place to search for this natural phenomenon.
My quest to see the northern lights began in september 2011 and we ve been chasing them every winter season since.
Northern lights tours multiday tours golden circle south coast.
The best season to see the northern lights in iceland is from september to mid april these are the months where there are full dark nights.
I had literally just left from visiting tim while he was living in iceland and the very next night the northern lights danced for a week straight they were so bright and so active they even kept him up at night.
The pros at gray line iceland whisk you out far beyond the light pollution of reykjavik to the best and most dramatic locations for viewing the northern lights.
The dark winter nights from september to april tingle with the electrifying prospect of seeing the aurora borealis while the warming influence of the gulf stream means iceland enjoys much warmer weather during the winter than many other places at this latitude.
Iceland is the perfect vacation spot in july.
Located within the auroral oval iceland is a superb destination to see the northern lights.
These are the nights with darkness in them.
While the near 24 hours of daylight will keep you from seeing the northern lights it allowed us to get in a lot more sightseeing.
Sightings are most likely in the evening hours from september to march.
Witnessing iceland s northern lights during summer months is pretty rare due to almost 20 hours of sunlight per day near the arctic circle.
Guaranteed darkness is the first important factor.
July 3 2015 at 9 47 am reply.
During the summer months of may june and july it is just too bright to see them in the far northland.
Many evenings we would head out for an additional couple hours of sightseeing hiking etc after dinner often roaming around until 10 or 11 at night.