How dark is the sky in Laramie, WY?

Satellite radiance puts Laramie in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 12% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Laramie.

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 Laramie

80 miles from Laramie, straight-line, sits Evans, CO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Laramie's own rural band.

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

Laramie against the rest of the dataset

Laramie, WY has a population of about 32,957, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Laramie ranks 384 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.