Thibodaux, LA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Thibodaux, LA?
Thibodaux reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 89.6% of the 3,206 US 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 Thibodaux
Houma, LA, about 16 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Thibodaux. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Houma, LA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Thibodaux against the rest of the dataset
Thibodaux, LA has a population of about 15,569, 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, Thibodaux comes in at 2,858, darkest to brightest.