Providence, RI Night Sky Brightness
Providence, RI's night sky, measured from orbit
Providence reads as inner-city on this dataset's scale. Among the brightest skies in this dataset. Usually just the Moon and a few of the brightest stars or planets cut through. Only 99.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Providence.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Providence is from a meaningfully darker sky
3 miles from Providence, straight-line, sits East Providence, RI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Providence's own inner-city band.
East Providence, RI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Providence compares nationally
Providence, RI has a population of about 194,706, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Providence's position, 3,180 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.