How dark is the sky in Commerce City, CO?

Commerce City reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 34.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Commerce City.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Commerce City

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Aurora, CO, roughly 13 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Commerce City against the rest of the dataset

Commerce City, CO has a population of about 70,245, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Commerce City ranks 1,087 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.