Geminids 2026: Peak Night, Best Time and Where to Look
Geminids 2026: peak in the night of 13–14 December 2026, up to 150 meteors an hour, moon 20% lit. Best time and direction for your city and 20 cities worldwide.
- Peak in the night of 13–14 December 2026. When and where to look – calculated for your city.
Geminids 2026: the best hour in 12 cities
- On the peak night: when the radiant stands highest (with direction and height), how long it is dark and how many meteors an hour to expect.
- New York: Best time 01:50 · south 82° · Dark 17:40–06:00 · Per hour ~149
- Los Angeles: Best time 01:50 · south-southwest 89° · Dark 17:50–05:50 · Per hour ~150
- Chicago: Best time 01:50 · south 81° · Dark 17:30–06:00 · Per hour ~148
- Houston: Best time 02:20 · north 87° · Dark 18:20–06:10 · Per hour ~150
- Miami: Best time 02:20 · north 83° · Dark 18:30–06:00 · Per hour ~149
- Seattle: Best time 02:10 · south 75° · Dark 17:40–06:30 · Per hour ~145
- Denver: Best time 02:00 · south 83° · Dark 17:50–06:00 · Per hour ~149
- Boston: Best time 01:40 · south 81° · Dark 17:20–05:50 · Per hour ~148
- Toronto: Best time 02:10 · south 79° · Dark 17:50–06:30 · Per hour ~147
- London: Best time 02:00 · south 71° · Dark 17:20–06:30 · Per hour ~142
- Manchester: Best time 02:10 · south 70° · Dark 17:20–06:40 · Per hour ~141
- Edinburgh: Best time 02:10 · south 67° · Dark 17:20–07:00 · Per hour ~138
Geminids 2026 around the world
- Berlin: Best time 02:00 · Radiant height 70° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~141
- London: Best time 02:00 · Radiant height 71° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~142
- Paris: Best time 02:50 · Radiant height 74° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~144
- Madrid: Best time 03:10 · Radiant height 83° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~149
- Rome: Best time 02:10 · Radiant height 81° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~148
- Vienna: Best time 01:50 · Radiant height 75° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~145
- Zurich: Best time 02:20 · Radiant height 76° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~145
- Amsterdam: Best time 02:40 · Radiant height 71° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~142
- Warsaw: Best time 01:30 · Radiant height 71° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~142
- Stockholm: Best time 01:50 · Radiant height 64° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~134
- Lisbon: Best time 02:30 · Radiant height 84° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~149
- New York: Best time 01:50 · Radiant height 82° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~149
- Los Angeles: Best time 01:50 · Radiant height 89° · Direction south-southwest · Meteors/hour ~150
- Toronto: Best time 02:10 · Radiant height 79° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~147
- Mexico City: Best time 02:30 · Radiant height 76° · Direction north · Meteors/hour ~146
- São Paulo: Best time 02:00 · Radiant height 33° · Direction north · Meteors/hour ~83
- Sydney: Best time 02:50 · Radiant height 23° · Direction north · Meteors/hour ~59
- Tokyo: Best time 01:40 · Radiant height 87° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~150
- Beijing: Best time 02:10 · Radiant height 83° · Direction south · Meteors/hour ~149
- Delhi: Best time 02:20 · Radiant height 86° · Direction north · Meteors/hour ~150
About the Geminids
- The king of meteor showers — the most reliable and prolific annual shower. Unlike most showers, the parent body is an asteroid (3200 Phaethon), not a comet. Produces up to 150 multicolored meteors per hour.
Questions about the Geminids 2026
- When is the Geminids peak in 2026? In the night of 13–14 December 2026. In Berlin the best time is around 02:00, when the radiant is high in a dark sky.
- How many meteors can you see? Under an ideal dark sky up to 150 an hour; in a city far fewer. In 2026 the moon is 20% lit that night.
- Where do you have to look? Anywhere: the meteors come from the radiant in Gemini but light up all over the sky. Lie down, look about halfway up and give your eyes 20 minutes to get used to the dark.