Mission, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Mission in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Mission's sky is brighter than 85.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

How far Mission is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Pharr, TX, roughly 9 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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 Mission compares nationally

Mission, TX counts roughly 88,574 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Mission places 2,712 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.