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Cities ranked by lowest overall stargazing score (current)
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Stargazing rankings for 150 cities worldwide. Cities are sorted by current overall score (sky darkness, moon, weather, and viewing window).

1
br

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

30

Current score
2
mx

Mexico City

Mexico

31

Current score
3
mx

Iztapalapa

Mexico

31

Current score
4
us

New York City

United States

32

Current score
5
us

Brooklyn

United States

32

Current score
6
za

Johannesburg

South Africa

34

Current score
7
ec

Guayaquil

Ecuador

35

Current score
8
th

Bangkok

Thailand

35

Current score
9
ca

Toronto

Canada

36

Current score
10
br

São Paulo

Brazil

36

Current score
11
gh

Accra

Ghana

36

Current score
12
ec

Quito

Ecuador

37

Current score
13
my

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

37

Current score
14
co

Bogotá

Colombia

37

Current score
15
in

Bengaluru

India

37

Current score
16
ng

Lagos

Nigeria

39

Current score
17
gh

Kumasi

Ghana

39

Current score
18
za

Durban

South Africa

39

Current score
19
ru

Moscow

Russia

40

Current score
20
co

Medellín

Colombia

40

Current score
21
vn

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

40

Current score
22
co

Cali

Colombia

40

Current score
23
ci

Abobo

Ivory Coast

40

Current score
24
mx

Tijuana

Mexico

41

Current score
25
do

Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

41

Current score
26
do

Santiago de los Caballeros

Dominican Republic

41

Current score
27
cl

Santiago

Chile

41

Current score
28
us

Los Angeles

United States

41

Current score
29
pe

Lima

Peru

41

Current score
30
pe

Callao

Peru

41

Current score
31
hu

Budapest

Hungary

41

Current score
32
ci

Abidjan

Ivory Coast

41

Current score
33
cm

Yaoundé

Cameroon

42

Current score
34
de

Munich

Germany

42

Current score
35
ng

Ibadan

Nigeria

42

Current score
36
sn

Dakar

Senegal

42

Current score
37
ke

Nairobi

Kenya

43

Current score
38
gn

Conakry

Guinea

43

Current score
39
gn

Camayenne

Guinea

43

Current score
40
ru

Saint Petersburg

Russia

44

Current score
41
kh

Phnom Penh

Cambodia

44

Current score
42
lr

Monrovia

Liberia

44

Current score
43
by

Minsk

Belarus

44

Current score
44
cm

Douala

Cameroon

44

Current score
45
ar

Córdoba

Argentina

44

Current score
46
ne

Niamey

Niger

45

Current score
47
ng

Kano

Nigeria

46

Current score
48
de

Hamburg

Germany

46

Current score
49
ar

Buenos Aires

Argentina

46

Current score
50
ml

Bamako

Mali

47

Current score
51
mm

Yangon

Myanmar

48

Current score
52
ht

Port-au-Prince

Haiti

48

Current score
53
ke

Mombasa

Kenya

48

Current score
54
ve

Maracaibo

Venezuela

48

Current score
55
tr

Ankara

Turkey

48

Current score
56
ru

Novosibirsk

Russia

49

Current score
57
td

N'Djamena

Chad

49

Current score
58
sg

Singapore

Singapore

50

Current score
59
mm

Mandalay

Myanmar

50

Current score
60
tr

Istanbul

Turkey

50

Current score
61
bd

Chattogram

Bangladesh

50

Current score
62
ca

Montréal

Canada

51

Current score
63
br

Belo Horizonte

Brazil

51

Current score
64
fr

Paris

France

52

Current score
65
bd

Gazipur

Bangladesh

52

Current score
66
bd

Dhaka

Bangladesh

52

Current score
67
pl

Warsaw

Poland

53

Current score
68
jp

Tokyo

Japan

53

Current score
69
au

Melbourne

Australia

53

Current score
70
id

Jakarta

Indonesia

53

Current score
71
jp

Yokohama

Japan

54

Current score
72
ao

Luanda

Angola

54

Current score
73
ph

Davao

Philippines

54

Current score
74
id

Bekasi

Indonesia

54

Current score
75
se

Stockholm

Sweden

55

Current score
76
gb

London

United Kingdom

55

Current score
77
py

Asunción

Paraguay

55

Current score
78
at

Vienna

Austria

56

Current score
79
in

Mumbai

India

56

Current score
80
dk

Copenhagen

Denmark

56

Current score
81
cg

Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo

56

Current score
82
rs

Belgrade

Serbia

56

Current score
83
et

Addis Ababa

Ethiopia

56

Current score
84
cn

Shenzhen

China

57

Current score
85
jp

Osaka

Japan

57

Current score
86
tw

Kaohsiung

Taiwan

57

Current score
87
ke

Kakamega

Kenya

57

Current score
88
de

Berlin

Germany

57

Current score
89
ph

Manila

Philippines

58

Current score
90
ug

Kampala

Uganda

58

Current score
91
za

Cape Town

South Africa

58

Current score
92
tr

Bursa

Turkey

58

Current score
93
ph

Quezon City

Philippines

59

Current score
94
dz

Algiers

Algeria

59

Current score
95
eg

Alexandria

Egypt

59

Current score
96
ir

Tehran

Iran

60

Current score
97
ae

Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

60

Current score
98
uy

Montevideo

Uruguay

60

Current score
99
ae

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

60

Current score
100
cn

Beijing

China

60

Current score
101
id

Surabaya

Indonesia

61

Current score
102
it

Milan

Italy

61

Current score
103
np

Kathmandu

Nepal

61

Current score
104
hk

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

61

Current score
105
eg

Cairo

Egypt

61

Current score
106
iq

Baghdad

Iraq

61

Current score
107
bg

Sofia

Bulgaria

62

Current score
108
eg

Giza

Egypt

62

Current score
109
tz

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

62

Current score
110
ae

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

62

Current score
111
it

Rome

Italy

63

Current score
112
iq

Mosul

Iraq

63

Current score
113
es

Madrid

Spain

63

Current score
114
iq

Erbil

Iraq

63

Current score
115
in

Delhi

India

63

Current score
116
jo

Amman

Jordan

63

Current score
117
kz

Almaty

Kazakhstan

63

Current score
118
cn

Shanghai

China

64

Current score
119
kr

Seoul

South Korea

64

Current score
120
ve

Maracay

Venezuela

64

Current score
121
kr

Incheon

South Korea

64

Current score
122
ma

Casablanca

Morocco

64

Current score
123
ve

Caracas

Venezuela

64

Current score
124
es

Barcelona

Spain

65

Current score
125
ma

Rabat

Morocco

66

Current score
126
lb

Beirut

Lebanon

66

Current score
127
tw

Taipei

Taiwan

67

Current score
128
tw

New Taipei City

Taiwan

67

Current score
129
ir

Isfahan

Iran

67

Current score
130
sd

Omdurman

Sudan

68

Current score
131
ua

Kyiv

Ukraine

68

Current score
132
sd

Khartoum

Sudan

68

Current score
133
ro

Bucharest

Romania

68

Current score
134
cz

Prague

Czechia

69

Current score
135
pk

Lahore

Pakistan

69

Current score
136
vn

Hanoi

Vietnam

69

Current score
137
uz

Tashkent

Uzbekistan

70

Current score
138
ir

Mashhad

Iran

70

Current score
139
pk

Karachi

Pakistan

70

Current score
140
ma

Fes

Morocco

70

Current score
141
kz

Shymkent

Kazakhstan

71

Current score
142
ye

Sanaa

Yemen

72

Current score
143
nz

Auckland

New Zealand

72

Current score
144
au

Brisbane

Australia

75

Current score
145
pk

Peshawar

Pakistan

76

Current score
146
ua

Kharkiv

Ukraine

77

Current score
147
af

Kabul

Afghanistan

77

Current score
148
kp

Pyongyang

North Korea

78

Current score
149
au

Sydney

Australia

80

Current score
150
kr

Busan

South Korea

81

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 15:37

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