Clovis, NM Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Clovis, NM?
Clovis reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 85.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Clovis.
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 Clovis
Canyon, TX, about 82 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Clovis. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Canyon, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Clovis against the rest of the dataset
Clovis, NM counts roughly 37,555 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Clovis comes in at 2,717, darkest to brightest.