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.

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 places 3,180 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.