New Iberia, LA's night sky, measured from orbit

New Iberia's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. New Iberia's sky is brighter than 70.2% of the 3,206 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 New Iberia

25 miles from New Iberia, straight-line, sits Carencro, LA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than New Iberia's own suburban band.

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

How New Iberia compares nationally

New Iberia, LA has a population of about 26,849, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. New Iberia places 2,237 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.