What the night sky looks like over Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 97.1% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Cincinnati

5 miles from Cincinnati, straight-line, sits Fort Thomas, KY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Cincinnati's own urban band.

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

Cincinnati against the rest of the dataset

About 314,915 people live in Cincinnati, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Cincinnati ranks 3,096 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.