The best time to see Polar Night: The Blue Hours in 2026 is Late November 2026 to mid-January 2027.
Timing status: Natural timing window.
Polar phenomenon · Late November 2026 to mid-January 2027
Annual · winter
The polar night is not black. It is blue.
For seven weeks Tromsø's sun never rises, and around one in the afternoon the whole landscape floods with a glassy cobalt twilight while sunset colors burn along the southern sky. On Svalbard the famous pastel light lives at the edges of the dark season, October and February; the middle is genuinely lightless.
without a sunrise in Tromsø: 49 days
Where it is visible: Tromsø & Svalbard, Norway
Svalbard movement outside Longyearbyen requires guides for polar-bear safety. Pairs with the aurora season page.
Polar Night: The Blue Hours 2026: Late November 2026 to mid-January 2027.
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