How dark is the sky in Nashville-Davidson, TN?

Satellite radiance puts Nashville-Davidson in the inner-city band. Among the brightest skies in this dataset. Usually just the Moon and a few of the brightest stars or planets cut through. Only 99.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Nashville-Davidson.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Nashville-Davidson

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Goodlettsville, TN, roughly 12 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.

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

Nashville-Davidson against the rest of the dataset

Nashville-Davidson, TN counts roughly 704,963 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Nashville-Davidson ranks 3,169 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.