Omaha, NE Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Omaha, NE?
Satellite radiance puts Omaha in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Omaha's sky is brighter than 97.4% 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.
Where to go for a darker sky near Omaha
6 miles from Omaha, straight-line, sits La Vista, NE, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Omaha's own urban band.
La Vista, NE is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Omaha against the rest of the dataset
Omaha, NE has a population of about 489,265, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Omaha comes in at 3,104, darkest to brightest.