Is there a meteor shower worth watching from Toronto tonight?
Skip tonight
The Orionids are active but tonight is 16 days after peak, so rates stay well below the headline ZHR of 20.
Local observing window
No usable window tonight
Weather-adjusted rate
~0 meteors/hr
Moon interference
Low · 5% lit · during tonight's dark hours
Rates are estimates, not guaranteed counts. ~0/hr does not rule out an occasional meteor; the clear-sky estimate and ideal peak rate are separate below.
Toronto city reference, not the whole metropolitan area. Calculated 6 Nov, 22:05 local.
Calculation details, times & sources
City reference: 43.70011°, -79.41630° · America/Toronto. This is one position, not a forecast for the entire metropolitan area.
Current local time: 6 Nov, 22:05 · astronomically dark.
Calculated for local · 2026-11-07T03:05:00.000Z.
Weather basis: Live forecast in use · coverage through 16 Nov, 07:00.
Meteor shower tonight · Toronto
Orionids are active, but conditions say skip
The Orionids are active but tonight is 16 days after peak, so rates stay well below the headline ZHR of 20. Tonight is 16 days after the Orionids peak.
VerdictSkip tonight
Shower activity
Orionids · active in tonight's model
Best local window
No usable window tonight
Ideal peak rate (ZHR)
20 meteors/hr at peak, under ideal conditions
Estimated rate (weather-adjusted)
~0 meteors/hr tonight
Local clear-sky estimate
—
Radiant direction (supporting data)
East · radiant 37° high
Cloud cover (supporting data)
7% averaged over tonight's dark hours
Moon interference
Low · 5% lit · during tonight's dark hours
Astronomical darkness
Reached tonight
ZHR describes the shower's ideal peak, not tonight's expected count. Local rates are modelled estimates, not measured or guaranteed counts. They account for distance from peak, radiant height, twilight and the Moon; the weather-adjusted estimate also includes forecast cloud. The clear-sky estimate removes cloud, not the other limits. The model assumes a fixed, moderately dark sky: city light pollution can cut what you see well below these figures, while a truly dark site can do better. A rounded estimate of ~0/hr does not rule out an occasional meteor. When no cloud forecast is available, cloud attenuation is not included.
Next better opportunity: the Leonids, peaking November 17 (11 days away) at ZHR 15.
Local darkness boundaries
Astronomical darkness begins
6 Nov, 18:40
Astronomical darkness ends
7 Nov, 05:23
The existing meteor model is reused without changing its assumptions. It does not measure exact local light pollution, air quality or obstructions; rate estimates are not guaranteed observed counts.
Rounded clear-sky rate: ~0/hr; weather-adjusted rate: ~0/hr. No usable window is recommended. Any radiant direction or cloud sample above is supporting geometry from the sampled dark hours, not an instruction to observe at that time.
Meteor watching from Toronto: what is local
What the rates on this page assume
The ideal rate (ZHR) assumes a perfectly dark sky with the radiant overhead. The clear-sky rate here scales it for the shower's activity on the date, radiant height above Toronto, twilight, the Moon and one fixed sky factor; the weather-adjusted rate then removes forecast cloud. The model does not include Toronto's light pollution. The American Meteor Society notes that meteor observing from or near large cities is seldom fruitful and that rates rise steeply as the sky gets darker, so from inside the city expect clearly fewer meteors than shown.
Toronto sits far enough north that the Perseid and Geminid radiants climb high during the night, while southern radiants such as the Eta Aquariids stay low before dawn. The radiant height on this page is computed for Toronto at each hour.
Coordinates and IANA time zone: Open-Meteo geocoding / GeoNames, checked 25 October 2026. Local clocks follow the named time zone, including applicable clock changes.
Illustrative meteor image — not an observation from Toronto.
