Pasco, WA: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Pasco in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 5.7% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Pasco is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is West Richland, WA, roughly 13 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

How Pasco compares nationally

Pasco, WA counts roughly 81,724 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Pasco places 182 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.