How dark is the sky in Pharr, TX?

Satellite radiance puts Pharr in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 42.2% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Pharr

53 miles from Pharr, straight-line, sits Roma, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Pharr's own suburban edge band.

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

Pharr against the rest of the dataset

Pharr, TX has a population of about 81,142, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Pharr ranks 1,345 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.