Darkest Cities in India

Cities with the highest overall stargazing scores in India (current)
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Stargazing rankings for 100 cities across India. Browse the darkest skies in India ranked by current overall score.

Darkest Skies in India

The darkest skies in India right now are in Bīkaner (78), followed by Srinagar (78), Ajmer (76), Jodhpur (76). Currently, 18 out of 100 monitored cities in India have a stargazing score of 70 or above.

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Bīkaner

India

78

Current score
2
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Srinagar

India

78

Current score
3
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Ajmer

India

76

Current score
4
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Jodhpur

India

76

Current score
5
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Gorakhpur

India

75

Current score
6
in

Kota

India

75

Current score
7
in

Dehra Dūn

India

73

Current score
8
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Gwalior

India

73

Current score
9
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Jalandhar

India

73

Current score
10
in

Sahāranpur

India

73

Current score
11
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Amritsar

India

72

Current score
12
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Bhavnagar

India

72

Current score
13
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Jaipur

India

72

Current score
14
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Ludhiāna

India

72

Current score
15
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Agra

India

71

Current score
16
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Chandigarh

India

71

Current score
17
in

Alīgarh

India

70

Current score
18
in

Indore

India

70

Current score
19
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Morādābād

India

69

Current score
20
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Vadodara

India

69

Current score
21
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Ahmedabad

India

68

Current score
22
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Bhopāl

India

68

Current score
23
in

Bilimora

India

68

Current score
24
in

Meerut

India

68

Current score
25
in

Rājkot

India

68

Current score
26
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Surat

India

68

Current score
27
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Bareilly

India

66

Current score
28
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Faridabad

India

66

Current score
29
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Gurugram

India

66

Current score
30
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Jamnagar

India

66

Current score
31
in

Najafgarh

India

66

Current score
32
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Narela

India

66

Current score
33
in

Delhi

India

65

Current score
34
in

Ghāziābād

India

65

Current score
35
in

Amrāvati

India

63

Current score
36
in

Jabalpur

India

63

Current score
37
in

Nashik

India

63

Current score
38
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Sambhaji Nagar

India

63

Current score
39
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Gorakhpur

India

62

Current score
40
in

Prayagraj

India

62

Current score
41
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Bhayandar

India

61

Current score
42
in

Kanpur

India

61

Current score
43
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Patna

India

61

Current score
44
in

Varanasi

India

61

Current score
45
in

Borivli

India

60

Current score
46
in

Lucknow

India

60

Current score
47
in

Bhiwandi

India

59

Current score
48
in

Dombivli

India

59

Current score
49
in

Bhilai

India

58

Current score
50
in

Bokāro

India

58

Current score
51
in

Dhanbad

India

58

Current score
52
in

Mumbai

India

58

Current score
53
in

Thāne

India

58

Current score
54
in

Guwahati

India

57

Current score
55
in

Kalyān

India

57

Current score
56
in

Nagpur

India

57

Current score
57
in

Nowrangapur

India

57

Current score
58
in

Raipur

India

57

Current score
59
in

Rourkela

India

57

Current score
60
in

Ulhasnagar

India

57

Current score
61
in

Āsansol

India

57

Current score
62
in

Durgapur

India

56

Current score
63
in

Jamshedpur

India

56

Current score
64
in

Nanded

India

56

Current score
65
in

Guntur

India

55

Current score
66
in

Vijayawada

India

55

Current score
67
in

Nellore

India

54

Current score
68
in

Warangal

India

54

Current score
69
in

Ranchi

India

53

Current score
70
in

Kolhāpur

India

51

Current score
71
in

Pune

India

51

Current score
72
in

Sholapur

India

51

Current score
73
in

Siliguri

India

51

Current score
74
in

Pimpri

India

50

Current score
75
in

Rasapūdipalem

India

50

Current score
76
in

Sāngli

India

50

Current score
77
in

Visakhapatnam

India

50

Current score
78
in

Hubli

India

49

Current score
79
in

Kolkata

India

48

Current score
80
in

Howrah

India

47

Current score
81
in

Hyderābād

India

47

Current score
82
in

Vellore

India

47

Current score
83
in

Bhubaneswar

India

46

Current score
84
in

Cuttack

India

46

Current score
85
in

Kanayannur

India

46

Current score
86
in

Kochi

India

46

Current score
87
in

Kozhikode

India

46

Current score
88
in

Madurai

India

46

Current score
89
in

Puducherry

India

46

Current score
90
in

Tirunelveli

India

46

Current score
91
in

Chennai

India

45

Current score
92
in

Kallakurichi

India

45

Current score
93
in

Mysore

India

45

Current score
94
in

Coimbatore

India

44

Current score
95
in

Erode

India

44

Current score
96
in

Salem

India

44

Current score
97
in

Thiruvananthapuram

India

44

Current score
98
in

Tiruchirappalli

India

44

Current score
99
in

Tiruppur

India

44

Current score
100
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Bengaluru

India

39

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 17:49

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