Mercedes, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Mercedes 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 76.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Mercedes.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Mercedes

Pharr, TX, about 17 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Mercedes. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Mercedes compares nationally

About 17,535 people live in Mercedes, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Mercedes places 2,441 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.