Opa-locka, FL Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Opa-locka, FL?
Opa-locka's sky measures inner-city here. Among the brightest skies in this dataset. Usually just the Moon and a few of the brightest stars or planets cut through. That's brighter than 98.6% 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.
The nearest darker sky to Opa-locka
3 miles from Opa-locka, straight-line, sits Miami Gardens, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Opa-locka's own inner-city band.
Miami Gardens, FL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Opa-locka against the rest of the dataset
Opa-locka, FL counts roughly 16,507 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, Opa-locka comes in at 3,144, darkest to brightest.