How dark is the sky in West Monroe, LA?

West Monroe's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 95.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than West Monroe.

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.

How far West Monroe is from a meaningfully darker sky

28 miles from West Monroe, straight-line, sits Ruston, LA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than West Monroe's own urban band.

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

West Monroe against the rest of the dataset

West Monroe, LA counts roughly 12,476 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, West Monroe ranks 3,055 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.