Atlanta, GA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Atlanta, GA?
Atlanta reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 89.1% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Atlanta
East Point, GA, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Atlanta. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
East Point, GA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Atlanta against the rest of the dataset
About 520,070 people live in Atlanta, GA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Atlanta comes in at 2,841, darkest to brightest.