How dark is the sky in St. Peter, MN?

St. Peter's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 48% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than St. Peter.

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 St. Peter is from a meaningfully darker sky

34 miles from St. Peter, straight-line, sits Faribault, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than St. Peter's own suburban band.

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

St. Peter against the rest of the dataset

St. Peter, MN counts roughly 12,456 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, St. Peter ranks 1,530 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.