What the night sky looks like over Laredo, TX

Satellite radiance puts Laredo in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 84.1% of the 3,206 US 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 Laredo is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Roma, TX, roughly 85 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Laredo against the rest of the dataset

About 261,260 people live in Laredo, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Laredo ranks 2,682 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.