Donna, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Donna reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Donna's sky is brighter than 53.5% 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.

How far Donna is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Pharr, TX, roughly 10 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Donna compares nationally

Donna, TX has a population of about 16,876, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Donna places 1,705 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.