Urbana, IL: how dark is the sky here?

Urbana's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 79.5% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Urbana

Mahomet, IL, about 12 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Urbana. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Urbana compares nationally

Urbana, IL counts roughly 39,831 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Urbana places 2,535 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.