DarkSkyCheck

Roma, TX Night Sky Brightness

How dark is the sky in Roma, TX?

Rural
5.3 nW/cm2/sr

Roma reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Roma's sky is brighter than 7.4% of the 3,206 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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.

Where to go for a darker sky near Roma

728 miles from Roma, straight-line, sits Saraland, AL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Roma's own rural band.

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

Roma against the rest of the dataset

Roma, TX has a population of about 11,635, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Roma comes in at 236, darkest to brightest.