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Stargazing rankings for 150 cities worldwide. Browse the darkest skies ranked by current overall score.

1
af

Kabul

Afghanistan

77

Current score
2
au

Sydney

Australia

77

Current score
3
pk

Peshawar

Pakistan

76

Current score
4
ua

Kharkiv

Ukraine

75

Current score
5
au

Brisbane

Australia

72

Current score
6
kz

Shymkent

Kazakhstan

71

Current score
7
ma

Fes

Morocco

70

Current score
8
ir

Mashhad

Iran

70

Current score
9
ye

Sanaa

Yemen

70

Current score
10
kr

Busan

South Korea

69

Current score
11
pk

Karachi

Pakistan

69

Current score
12
pk

Lahore

Pakistan

69

Current score
13
cz

Prague

Czechia

69

Current score
14
uz

Tashkent

Uzbekistan

69

Current score
15
ro

Bucharest

Romania

68

Current score
16
vn

Hanoi

Vietnam

68

Current score
17
sd

Khartoum

Sudan

68

Current score
18
ua

Kyiv

Ukraine

68

Current score
19
sd

Omdurman

Sudan

68

Current score
20
nz

Auckland

New Zealand

67

Current score
21
tw

New Taipei City

Taiwan

66

Current score
22
kp

Pyongyang

North Korea

66

Current score
23
ma

Rabat

Morocco

66

Current score
24
tw

Taipei

Taiwan

66

Current score
25
es

Barcelona

Spain

65

Current score
26
ir

Isfahan

Iran

65

Current score
27
lb

Beirut

Lebanon

64

Current score
28
ve

Caracas

Venezuela

64

Current score
29
ma

Casablanca

Morocco

64

Current score
30
ve

Maracay

Venezuela

64

Current score
31
in

Delhi

India

63

Current score
32
es

Madrid

Spain

63

Current score
33
it

Rome

Italy

63

Current score
34
cn

Shanghai

China

63

Current score
35
ae

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

62

Current score
36
kz

Almaty

Kazakhstan

62

Current score
37
eg

Giza

Egypt

62

Current score
38
bg

Sofia

Bulgaria

62

Current score
39
eg

Cairo

Egypt

61

Current score
40
it

Milan

Italy

61

Current score
41
iq

Mosul

Iraq

61

Current score
42
jo

Amman

Jordan

60

Current score
43
tz

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

60

Current score
44
ae

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

60

Current score
45
iq

Erbil

Iraq

60

Current score
46
hk

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

60

Current score
47
np

Kathmandu

Nepal

60

Current score
48
uy

Montevideo

Uruguay

60

Current score
49
ae

Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

60

Current score
50
id

Surabaya

Indonesia

60

Current score
51
eg

Alexandria

Egypt

59

Current score
52
dz

Algiers

Algeria

59

Current score
53
iq

Baghdad

Iraq

59

Current score
54
cn

Beijing

China

58

Current score
55
tr

Bursa

Turkey

58

Current score
56
za

Cape Town

South Africa

58

Current score
57
ug

Kampala

Uganda

58

Current score
58
ph

Quezon City

Philippines

58

Current score
59
ir

Tehran

Iran

58

Current score
60
de

Berlin

Germany

57

Current score
61
ph

Manila

Philippines

57

Current score
62
rs

Belgrade

Serbia

56

Current score
63
cg

Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo

56

Current score
64
dk

Copenhagen

Denmark

56

Current score
65
tw

Kaohsiung

Taiwan

56

Current score
66
in

Mumbai

India

56

Current score
67
cn

Shenzhen

China

56

Current score
68
at

Vienna

Austria

56

Current score
69
py

Asunción

Paraguay

55

Current score
70
ke

Kakamega

Kenya

55

Current score
71
gb

London

United Kingdom

55

Current score
72
se

Stockholm

Sweden

55

Current score
73
id

Bekasi

Indonesia

54

Current score
74
ao

Luanda

Angola

54

Current score
75
et

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

53

Current score
76
ph

Davao

Philippines

53

Current score
77
pl

Warsaw

Poland

53

Current score
78
kr

Incheon

South Korea

52

Current score
79
id

Jakarta

Indonesia

52

Current score
80
fr

Paris

France

52

Current score
81
kr

Seoul

South Korea

52

Current score
82
br

Belo Horizonte

Brazil

51

Current score
83
bd

Dhaka

Bangladesh

51

Current score
84
bd

Gazipur

Bangladesh

51

Current score
85
ca

Montréal

Canada

51

Current score
86
tr

Istanbul

Turkey

50

Current score
87
au

Melbourne

Australia

50

Current score
88
bd

Chattogram

Bangladesh

49

Current score
89
mm

Mandalay

Myanmar

49

Current score
90
td

N'Djamena

Chad

49

Current score
91
sg

Singapore

Singapore

49

Current score
92
tr

Ankara

Turkey

48

Current score
93
ve

Maracaibo

Venezuela

48

Current score
94
ru

Novosibirsk

Russia

48

Current score
95
ht

Port-au-Prince

Haiti

48

Current score
96
ml

Bamako

Mali

47

Current score
97
mm

Yangon

Myanmar

47

Current score
98
ar

Buenos Aires

Argentina

46

Current score
99
de

Hamburg

Germany

46

Current score
100
ng

Kano

Nigeria

46

Current score
101
ke

Mombasa

Kenya

46

Current score
102
ne

Niamey

Niger

45

Current score
103
ar

Córdoba

Argentina

44

Current score
104
cm

Douala

Cameroon

44

Current score
105
by

Minsk

Belarus

44

Current score
106
lr

Monrovia

Liberia

44

Current score
107
kh

Phnom Penh

Cambodia

44

Current score
108
ru

Saint Petersburg

Russia

44

Current score
109
gn

Camayenne

Guinea

43

Current score
110
gn

Conakry

Guinea

43

Current score
111
jp

Osaka

Japan

43

Current score
112
sn

Dakar

Senegal

42

Current score
113
ng

Ibadan

Nigeria

42

Current score
114
de

Munich

Germany

42

Current score
115
cm

Yaoundé

Cameroon

42

Current score
116
ci

Abidjan

Ivory Coast

41

Current score
117
hu

Budapest

Hungary

41

Current score
118
pe

Callao

Peru

41

Current score
119
pe

Lima

Peru

41

Current score
120
us

Los Angeles

United States

41

Current score
121
cl

Santiago

Chile

41

Current score
122
do

Santiago de los Caballeros

Dominican Republic

41

Current score
123
do

Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

41

Current score
124
mx

Tijuana

Mexico

41

Current score
125
ci

Abobo

Ivory Coast

40

Current score
126
co

Cali

Colombia

40

Current score
127
co

Medellín

Colombia

40

Current score
128
ke

Nairobi

Kenya

40

Current score
129
jp

Yokohama

Japan

40

Current score
130
za

Durban

South Africa

39

Current score
131
vn

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

39

Current score
132
gh

Kumasi

Ghana

39

Current score
133
ng

Lagos

Nigeria

39

Current score
134
jp

Tokyo

Japan

39

Current score
135
in

Bengaluru

India

37

Current score
136
co

Bogotá

Colombia

37

Current score
137
my

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

37

Current score
138
ec

Quito

Ecuador

37

Current score
139
gh

Accra

Ghana

36

Current score
140
br

São Paulo

Brazil

36

Current score
141
ca

Toronto

Canada

36

Current score
142
ec

Guayaquil

Ecuador

35

Current score
143
ru

Moscow

Russia

35

Current score
144
th

Bangkok

Thailand

34

Current score
145
za

Johannesburg

South Africa

34

Current score
146
us

Brooklyn

United States

32

Current score
147
us

New York City

United States

32

Current score
148
mx

Iztapalapa

Mexico

31

Current score
149
mx

Mexico City

Mexico

31

Current score
150
br

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

30

Current score

Understanding Sky Darkness Score

80-100

Excellent

Very dark skies with minimal artificial light. Ideal for deep-sky observation.

70-79

Good

Dark skies suitable for most stargazing. Some distant glow may be visible.

40-69

Moderate

Noticeable sky glow from nearby towns. Brighter objects remain visible.

20-39

Poor

Strong light pollution limits visibility of fainter stars and the Milky Way.

0-19

Severe

Heavy urban sky glow. Only the brightest stars and planets are easy to see.

The sky darkness score runs from 0 to 100. Higher scores mean darker skies with less artificial light at night. Lower scores indicate brighter, more light-polluted skies.

Source: Light pollution research datasets

Last updated: 20 Sep 14:26

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