Every major meteor shower in 2026

The eleven annual showers worth staying up for. Each is a stream of debris the Earth crosses on the same dates every year — open one for its peak night, radiant, and a forecast from your location.

• Southern Delta Aquariids

  A steady stream through late July · 96P/Machholz
  July 30, 2026

  Peak night

  25

  Meteors/hr
• Perseids

  The Northern Hemisphere's favourite · 109P/Swift–Tuttle
  August 12, 2026

  Peak night

  100

  Meteors/hr
• Draconids

  An evening shower with rare storms · 21P/Giacobini–Zinner
  October 8, 2026

  Peak night

  10

  Meteors/hr
• Orionids

  Bright autumn meteors from Halley · 1P/Halley
  October 21, 2026

  Peak night

  20

  Meteors/hr
• Taurids

  The Halloween fireballs · 2P/Encke
  November 5, 2026

  Peak night

  5

  Meteors/hr
• Leonids

  The fastest meteors of all · 55P/Tempel–Tuttle
  November 17, 2026

  Peak night

  15

  Meteors/hr
• Geminids

  The best shower of the year · 3200 Phaethon
  December 14, 2026

  Peak night

  150

  Meteors/hr
• Ursids

  A quiet solstice shower · 8P/Tuttle
  December 22, 2026

  Peak night

  10

  Meteors/hr
• QuadrantidsNext year

  A brief, sharp new-year peak · 2003 EH1
  January 3, 2027

  Peak night

  120

  Meteors/hr
• LyridsNext year

  The oldest recorded shower · C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
  April 22, 2027

  Peak night

  18

  Meteors/hr
• Eta AquariidsNext year

  Fast dawn meteors from Halley's Comet · 1P/Halley
  May 6, 2027

  Peak night

  50

  Meteors/hr