Fort Lauderdale, FL Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Fort Lauderdale, FL?
Satellite radiance puts Fort Lauderdale in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Fort Lauderdale's sky is brighter than 92.1% 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.
Where to go for a darker sky near Fort Lauderdale
North Lauderdale, FL, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Fort Lauderdale. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
North Lauderdale, FL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Fort Lauderdale against the rest of the dataset
Fort Lauderdale, FL has a population of about 190,641, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Fort Lauderdale comes in at 2,935, darkest to brightest.