South Daytona, FL Night Sky Brightness
South Daytona, FL's night sky, measured from orbit
South Daytona's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. South Daytona's sky is brighter than 42.6% 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near South Daytona
10 miles from South Daytona, straight-line, sits New Smyrna Beach, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than South Daytona's own suburban edge band.
New Smyrna Beach, FL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How South Daytona compares nationally
South Daytona, FL has a population of about 13,906, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. South Daytona's position, 1,358 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.