DarkSkyCheck

Kaysville, UT Night Sky Brightness

How dark is the sky in Kaysville, UT?

Suburban
25.7 nW/cm2/sr

Kaysville reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 58.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Kaysville.

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.

How far Kaysville is from a meaningfully darker sky

Layton, UT, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Kaysville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Kaysville against the rest of the dataset

Kaysville, UT has a population of about 33,252, 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, Kaysville comes in at 1,857, darkest to brightest.