Brenham, TX Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Brenham, TX?
Satellite radiance puts Brenham in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Brenham's sky is brighter than 47.1% of the 3,206 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 Brenham
42 miles from Brenham, straight-line, sits Katy, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Brenham's own suburban band.
Katy, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Brenham against the rest of the dataset
Brenham, TX has a population of about 19,728, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Brenham comes in at 1,504, darkest to brightest.