Reno, NV's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Reno 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. Reno's sky is brighter than 28.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Reno is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Truckee, CA, roughly 23 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

How Reno compares nationally

Reno, NV counts roughly 281,714 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Reno places 902 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.