DarkSkyCheck

Dunedin, FL Night Sky Brightness

How dark is the sky in Dunedin, FL?

Dark sky
1.7 nW/cm2/sr

Dunedin's sky measures dark sky here. Among the darkest skies of any US city in this dataset. The Milky Way should be visible overhead on clear, moonless nights. Dunedin's sky is brighter than 1.7% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

Dunedin is already about as dark as this dataset gets

Nothing in this dataset's 3,206 US cities measures a darker sky than Dunedin. That doesn't mean nowhere is darker, unincorporated land and wilderness aren't part of this dataset at all, only incorporated cities of 10,000 people or more.

Dunedin against the rest of the dataset

Dunedin, FL counts roughly 35,932 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, Dunedin comes in at 54, darkest to brightest.