DarkSkyCheck

Webster, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Webster's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Webster's sky is brighter than 95.2% of the 3,206 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 Webster

Friendswood, TX, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Webster. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Webster compares nationally

Webster, TX has a population of about 12,548, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Webster places 3,036 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.