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Month by Month Guides
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What an Arctic winter trip looks like changes month by month: daylight, temperature, snow cover, which activities run and how busy the destinations are.
Use the month guides to compare autumn equinox trips, the dark weeks around Christmas and the longer, colder days of late winter for each destination.
Europe
- Northern Lights in December: Where to Go and How Many Nights
- Northern Lights in February: Where to Go and How Many Nights
- Northern Lights in January: Where to Go in Arctic Europe
- Northern Lights in March: Where to Go and Why It Works
- Northern Lights in November: Where to Go in Europe
- Northern Lights in October: Where to Go and What to Expect
- Northern Lights in September: Why the Equinox Weeks Deliver
Finland
- Finnish Lapland in November: Snow, Darkness and the Aurora
- Lapland in December: Daylight, Snow and Aurora Nights
- Lapland in February: Daylight, Temperatures and Aurora Nights
- Lapland in January: Finnish Lapland Snow & Aurora Guide
- Lapland in March: Snow, Daylight and Aurora Chances
- Lapland in October: Weather, Snow, Daylight and Aurora Chances
- Lapland in September: Autumn Colours, Dark Nights and the Aurora
- Levi in December: Polar Night, Snow and Aurora Chances
- Levi in February: Decide on Aurora, Skiing & Events
- Levi in January: Polar Night, Snow and Aurora Chances
- Levi in March: Late-Season Snow & Aurora Guide
- Levi in November: Plan Early Snow and Aurora Nights
- Rovaniemi in December: Daylight, Snow and Aurora Nights
- Rovaniemi in February: Daylight, Snow & Aurora Guide
- Rovaniemi in January: Winter Trip Guide
- Rovaniemi in March: Longer Days, Snow and Aurora Nights
- Rovaniemi in November: Daylight, Snow and Aurora Chances
- Rovaniemi in October: What to Expect Guide
- Rovaniemi in September: What to Expect and Decide
- Ruka in December: Polar Night, Snow and Aurora Chances
- Ruka in March: Spring Snow, Longer Days and Aurora Nights
- Saariselkä in December: Polar Night, Aurora and Winter Tours
- Saariselkä in November: Snow, Short Days & Aurora Nights
Iceland
- Akureyri in December: Daylight, Weather and Aurora Nights
- Akureyri in February: Daylight, Snow and Northern Lights
- Akureyri in January: Daylight, Weather and Northern Lights
- Akureyri in March: Northern Lights and Late-Winter Days
- Akureyri in November: Daylight, Snow and Aurora Nights
- Akureyri in October: Daylight, Weather and Northern Lights
- Iceland in December: Daylight, Weather and Northern Lights
- Iceland in February: Daylight, Weather and Northern Lights
- Iceland in January: Northern Lights & Winter Trips
- Iceland in March: Daylight, Weather and Northern Lights Odds
- Iceland in November: Daylight, Aurora and Winter Tours
- Iceland in October: Plan Aurora Nights and Winter Tours
- Iceland in September: Aurora Season Starts
- Jökulsárlón in December: Daylight, Ice and Aurora Nights
- Jökulsárlón in February: Ice Caves, Aurora and Short Days
- Jökulsárlón in January: Ice Caves & Aurora Nights
- Jökulsárlón in March: Ice Caves, Daylight and Aurora Nights
- Jökulsárlón in November: Ice Caves & Aurora Nights Guide
- Jökulsárlón in October: Which Tour or Ice Cave to Pick
- Jökulsárlón in September: Glacier Lagoon, Ice Caves & Aurora
- Snæfellsnes in March: What to Expect and Decide
Sweden
- Abisko in December: Dark Days, Deep Snow and Aurora Nights
- Abisko in February: Aurora Nights, Temps and Winter Tours
- Abisko in January: Polar Night, Auroras & Winter Tours
- Abisko in March: Daylight, Snow and Aurora Nights
- Abisko in November: Northern Lights, Snow and Short Days
- Abisko in October: Aurora Season, Snow and Dark Nights
- Abisko in September: Your Guide to Aurora Season
- Luleå in December: Dark Nights & Frozen Sea Guide