Lombard, IL's night sky, measured from orbit

Lombard reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 49.7% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Lombard

Downers Grove, IL, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Lombard. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Lombard compares nationally

Lombard, IL counts roughly 44,490 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Lombard places 1,586 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.