Pekin, IL's night sky, measured from orbit

Pekin's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Pekin's sky is brighter than 46.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Pekin is from a meaningfully darker sky

14 miles from Pekin, straight-line, sits Washington, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Pekin's own suburban band.

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

How Pekin compares nationally

Pekin, IL counts roughly 31,266 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Pekin places 1,470 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.