Wauwatosa, WI: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Wauwatosa in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 77.3% 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 Wauwatosa

4 miles from Wauwatosa, straight-line, sits Brookfield, WI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Wauwatosa's own suburban band.

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

How Wauwatosa compares nationally

Wauwatosa, WI counts roughly 48,794 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Wauwatosa places 2,465 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.