Perseids in Rovaniemi

The Perseids meteor shower peaks from Rovaniemi around Aug 12-13, with up to 150 meteors per hour under ideal conditions. In 2026 a new moon means dark skies, and from Rovaniemi the radiant in Perseus climbs to 63° above the east horizon around 03:15. Local best viewing window: 23:30–03:15 EEST on the peak night, about 3.8 hours of civil twilight. Scaled to that altitude, the 150/hour headline figure works out to roughly 134 meteors an hour from Rovaniemi under a genuinely dark sky. At this latitude the sky never gets fully dark that night — the Sun only reaches 8.8° below the horizon — so only the brighter meteors will show. Tonight: intermittent cloud, so patience pays off.