ISS tonight, city by city
When you can see the International Space Station from 1,075 cities in 17 countries: times, directions and brightness for the next 8 nights, recomputed every 6 hours from fresh orbit data.
How to see the ISS
Find your city and note the time and the direction the pass starts in. Go out a few minutes early and let your eyes adjust. The station rises as a steady, bright point and moves smoothly across the sky; a pass lasts from one to about seven minutes. Passes that are higher in the sky are brighter and easier to see over buildings and trees.
The ISS is only visible when it is sunlit while your sky is dark, which is why every pass falls in the hours after dusk or before dawn. Its orbit is tilted 51.6° to the equator at about 420 km, so it can be seen from most populated places, but not every week.
Questions
Can I see the ISS tonight?
At the last update (7 Oct 2026, 18:36 UTC), 83 of the 1075 cities we cover had a visible ISS pass tonight. Pick your city for the times.
How often is the ISS visible?
From most places between about 55°N and 55°S, the ISS is visible in spells of one to two weeks, often on several nights in a row and sometimes more than once a night, separated by spells with no passes. When those spells come depends on when its track lines up with your dusk or dawn.
What does the ISS look like?
A steady, very bright point of light that crosses the sky in a few minutes without blinking. Aircraft blink; the ISS does not.
Why does the ISS disappear in the middle of the sky?
It has flown into Earth's shadow. It is only visible while sunlight reaches it.
How is this different from the Starlink pages?
Same cities, same orbit engine and the same visibility rules. Starlink satellites are only easy to see for a week or two after a launch; the ISS is much bigger and brighter, so on most weeks it is the easier thing to spot.