If you are going to canada specifically to see the northern lights try to plan your trip from december to january.
Best time and place to see the northern lights in canada.
Venture just a short distance away from the city of whitehorse s light pollution and you can.
Home to one of the heaviest concentrations of aurora churchill is one of the top three places in the world to view the.
The optimal timeframe is either fall or winter though summer is pretty good too.
This is especially true in the non arctic areas like the canadian rockies.
However if we want to see the northern lights in canada in august or another summer month a high kp in the southern parts still fewer hours of darkness would give you the best chances to see aurora borealis.
The best months to see the aurora borealis in canada are from october to march most hours of darkness.
Winter december to february winter is the best time to see the northern lights in canada.
However the country is so large that there are many good areas to enjoy seeing the northern lights in canada from the hudson bay to the alaska border in whitehorse and dawson city.
Thanks to longer hours of darkness and clear night skies december through march is usually the best time to observe this elusive natural phenomenon though you can sometimes see the northern.
Churchill manitoba come for the polar bears stay for the northern lights.
You are reading 23 best places to see the northern lights in canada back to top.
The best time to go here is in winter and fall months especially from the middle of september through the end of.
There are parks where you can take in the glorious sights of the northern lights.
The very best place to see aurora borealis in canada if not the world is the northwest territories where they re generally visible 240 nights a year.
That magical night took place in yoho national park british columbia.
Travelers who visit the yukon in the winter months will likely see the northern lights more than once.
Once outside of the city the lights can appear at any time from september to april in alberta.
However they shine their brightest from february to april on the dark clear nights.