Fort Myers, FL: how dark is the sky here?

Fort Myers reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 61.6% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Fort Myers

Estero, FL, about 13 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Fort Myers. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Fort Myers compares nationally

About 99,918 people live in Fort Myers, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Fort Myers places 1,965 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.