How dark is the sky in Tiffin, OH?

Tiffin reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 70% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Tiffin.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Tiffin

Galion, OH, about 33 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Tiffin. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Tiffin against the rest of the dataset

Tiffin, OH has a population of about 17,729, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Tiffin ranks 2,231 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.