DarkSkyCheck

North Miami, FL Night Sky Brightness

How dark is the sky in North Miami, FL?

Urban
56.8 nW/cm2/sr

North Miami's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 92.8% of the 3,206 US 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.

How far North Miami is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Miami Shores, FL, roughly 2 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.

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

North Miami against the rest of the dataset

About 62,202 people live in North Miami, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, North Miami comes in at 2,957, darkest to brightest.