What the night sky looks like over Pembroke Pines, FL

Satellite radiance puts Pembroke Pines in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 60.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Pembroke Pines is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Davie, FL, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Pembroke Pines against the rest of the dataset

About 179,326 people live in Pembroke Pines, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Pembroke Pines ranks 1,938 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.