Leonids 2026

The Leonids peak on the night of 17–18 November 2026 – at 23:51 UK time (23:51 UTC) on 17 November 2026 – with the Moon 55% lit. In the United Kingdom, The Broads has the best odds of a clear peak night: 40% of such nights were clear (Copernicus ERA5, 2006–2025). Across Europe, the best odds are at Garajonay National Park (72%).

Data updated: 31 December 2025 · Sources and licences

Calculated 5 November 2026 · cloud cover ERA5 2006–2025 · night lights NASA VIIRS 2025

Peak night	Moon lit	ZHR
17 November 2026, 23:51 UTC	55%	15
18 November 2027, 06:07 UTC	80%	15

Radiant: RA 152°, Dec +22° · 71 km/s

Chance of a clear peak night

Places darker than half of Europe’s land, sorted by the chance of a clear peak night.

Place	Chance of a clear peak night	Country	Moonless dark hours (Sun < −12°)	Radiant max. height	Darker than…
Garajonay National Park	72%	Spain	5.5	76°	60%
Tablas de Daimiel National Park	70%	Spain	6.0	70°	57%
Timanfaya National Park	68%	Spain	5.5	76°	62%
Port-Cros National Park	67%	France	6.2	68°	61%
Arcipelago Toscano National Park	65%	Italy	6.2	68°	93%
Monfragüe National Park	65%	Spain	6.0	70°	74%
Caldera de Taburiente National Park	65%	Spain	5.5	77°	83%
Cabañeros National Park	63%	Spain	6.0	71°	81%
Cabrera National Park	62%	Spain	6.0	71°	78%
Sierra Nevada National and Natural Park	62%	Spain	6.0	73°	57%
Parc Astronòmic Montsec	62%	Spain	6.2	69°	67%
Asinara National Park	58%	Italy	6.2	70°	80%
Mercantour National Park	57%	France	6.3	67°	79%
Mljet Nacionalni Park	57%	Croatia	6.3	68°	77%
Gennargentu National Park	53%	Italy	6.0	70°	72%
Nationalpark Orjen	53%	Montenegro	6.2	68°	59%
Pantelleria National Park	53%	Italy	6.0	73°	54%
National Park of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace	52%	Greece	6.2	69°	52%
Arcipelago di La Maddalena National Park	52%	Italy	6.2	70°	62%
Evros Delta National Park	50%	Greece	6.2	70°	50%
Albanyà	48%	Spain	6.2	68°	54%
Körös-Maros National Park	48%	Hungary	6.5	65°	58%
Rodopi Mountain Range National Park	47%	Greece	6.3	69°	75%
Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park	45%	Greece	6.2	70°	65%
Vercors Regional Natural Park	45%	France	6.3	67°	83%
Écrins National Park	45%	France	6.3	66°	84%
Tomorr Mountain National Park	45%	Albania	6.2	70°	68%
Vjosa Wild River National Park	43%	Albania	6.2	70°	74%
Divjakë-Karavasta National Park	43%	Albania	6.0	69°	51%
Nationalpark Lura	43%	Albania	6.2	69°	65%

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Country	Place	Chance of a clear peak night
Albania	Tomorr Mountain National Park	45%
Austria	Naturpark Attersee-Traunsee	33%
Belgium	National Park Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse	22%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	National park Drina	38%
Bulgaria	Central Balkan National Park	43%
Croatia	Mljet Nacionalni Park	57%
Czechia	České Švýcarsko National Park	30%
Denmark	Møn	30%
Finland	Bothnian Sea National Park	23%
France	Port-Cros National Park	67%
Germany	Winklmoos-Alm	33%
Greece	National Park of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace	52%
Hungary	Körös-Maros National Park	48%
Iceland	Vatnajökull National Park	13%
Ireland	Wicklow Mountains National Park	30%
Italy	Arcipelago Toscano National Park	65%
Kosovo	Sharr Mountains National Park	42%
Latvia	Slītere National Park	10%
Lithuania	Curonian Spit National Park	8%
Montenegro	Nationalpark Orjen	53%
Netherlands	Lauwersmeer National Park	22%
North Macedonia	Pelister National Park	38%
Norway	Jomfruland national park	38%
Poland	Roztocze National Park	27%
Portugal	Peneda-Gerês National Park	38%
Romania	Buila-Vânturarița National Park	38%
Serbia	Tara National Park	38%
Slovakia	Slovak Paradise National Park	25%
Slovenia	Triglav National Park	37%
Spain	Garajonay National Park	72%
Sweden	Nämdö archipelago national park	37%
Switzerland	Gantrisch Nature Park	42%
United Kingdom	The Broads	40%

Clear peak night: at least 2 hours with ≤ 20 % cloud while the Sun is below −12°, on the same calendar night ± 1 in 2006–2025.

Climate, not a forecast: these are shares of past nights (ERA5 reanalysis, 2006–2025), not a prediction for a particular night. Check a forecast before you go.

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Leonids 2026

Chance of a clear peak night

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