Stamford, CT Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Stamford, CT?
Satellite radiance puts Stamford 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. Stamford's sky is brighter than 30.5% 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.
The nearest darker sky to Stamford
12 miles from Stamford, straight-line, sits Rye, NY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Stamford's own suburban edge band.
Rye, NY is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Stamford against the rest of the dataset
Stamford, CT has a population of about 139,134, 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, Stamford comes in at 974, darkest to brightest.