What the night sky looks like over Willmar, MN

Willmar reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Willmar's sky is brighter than 45.7% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Willmar is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is St. Cloud, MN, roughly 51 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Willmar against the rest of the dataset

Willmar, MN counts roughly 21,892 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Willmar ranks 1,457 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.