How dark is the sky in Provo, UT?

Provo reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 89.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Provo.

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.

How far Provo is from a meaningfully darker sky

Springville, UT, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Provo. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Provo against the rest of the dataset

Provo, UT has a population of about 115,479, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Provo ranks 2,856 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.