How dark is the sky in Beaumont, TX?

Satellite radiance puts Beaumont in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 86.4% 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.

How far Beaumont is from a meaningfully darker sky

12 miles from Beaumont, straight-line, sits Nederland, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Beaumont's own urban band.

Nederland, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Beaumont against the rest of the dataset

About 112,893 people live in Beaumont, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Beaumont ranks 2,753 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.