Meteor showers, in order of the next peak

Pick a shower to see the best hour to watch from your city.

• Leonids 2026Monday, November 16Up to 15 an hour at best: quick meteors capable of rare, dramatic storms.
• Geminids 2026Sunday, December 13Up to 150 an hour at best: the richest shower of the year, slow and often coloured.
• Quadrantids 2027Sunday, January 3Up to 120 an hour at best: a brief, sharp peak of blue meteors.
• Lyrids 2027Thursday, April 22Up to 18 an hour at best: fast meteors, the occasional bright fireball.
• Eta Aquariids 2027Wednesday, May 5Up to 50 an hour at best: swift, glancing meteors from Halley's Comet.
• Perseids 2027Thursday, August 12Up to 100 an hour at best: the year's most beloved shower, warm nights and long trails.
• Orionids 2027Thursday, October 21Up to 20 an hour at best: fast, faint meteors, also debris from Halley's Comet.