How dark is the sky in Glendale, AZ?

Satellite radiance puts Glendale in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 88.9% of the 3,206 US 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.

The nearest darker sky to Glendale

El Mirage, AZ, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Glendale. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Glendale against the rest of the dataset

Glendale, AZ counts roughly 258,143 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Glendale ranks 2,834 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.