What the night sky looks like over Boston, MA

Boston's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 76.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Boston.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Boston

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Winthrop Town, MA, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Boston against the rest of the dataset

Boston, MA counts roughly 673,458 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Boston ranks 2,450 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.