How dark is the sky in Pasadena, TX?

Pasadena reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Pasadena's sky is brighter than 98.1% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Pasadena

3 miles from Pasadena, straight-line, sits Deer Park, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Pasadena's own urban band.

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

Pasadena against the rest of the dataset

Pasadena, TX has a population of about 149,617, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Pasadena ranks 3,128 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.