Monroe, LA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Monroe, LA?
Monroe reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Monroe's sky is brighter than 87.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Monroe
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Ruston, LA, roughly 33 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.
Ruston, LA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Monroe against the rest of the dataset
Monroe, LA counts roughly 46,622 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Monroe comes in at 2,776, darkest to brightest.