What the night sky looks like over Humble, TX

Humble reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Humble's sky is brighter than 87.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Humble is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Galena Park, TX, roughly 17 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.

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

Humble against the rest of the dataset

Humble, TX has a population of about 16,561, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Humble ranks 2,782 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.