Weslaco, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Weslaco in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 93.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Weslaco.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Weslaco is from a meaningfully darker sky

Donna, TX, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Weslaco. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Donna, 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 Weslaco compares nationally

Weslaco, TX counts roughly 43,864 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Weslaco places 2,974 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.