Buffalo, MN Night Sky Brightness
Buffalo, MN's night sky, measured from orbit
Buffalo's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Buffalo's sky is brighter than 78.6% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Buffalo
9 miles from Buffalo, straight-line, sits St. Michael, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Buffalo's own suburban band.
St. Michael, MN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Buffalo compares nationally
Buffalo, MN has a population of about 16,736, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Buffalo's position, 2,507 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.