Where the nights are darkest

Křimice has the darkest nights (brightness 5.1), then Litice and Újezd. Half of the neighbourhoods are brighter than 18.1. Ranking of 14 neighbourhoods by the light a satellite sees at night.

How we calculate it

The mean night brightness at addresses in the neighbourhood from the VIIRS satellite over the last full year (a yearly composite in squares of about 500 m, nW/cm²/sr). It measures the light of street lamps, windows, signs and traffic that shines upwards: the lower the number, the darker the sky and the more stars. Right under a lamp it can be brighter than the number for its square says.

Without neighbourhoods with fewer than 2 000 residents: they are mostly fields or forest, and a handful of addresses would otherwise top every ranking. You’ll find them in the list of all neighbourhoods.

Full methodology →

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1. 1

   Křimice Plzeň 5-Křimice brightness 5.1

   Křimice on the map
2. 2

   Litice Plzeň 6-Litice brightness 6.1

   Litice on the map
3. 3

   Újezd Plzeň 4 brightness 8.5

   Újezd on the map
4. 4.

   Černice Plzeň 2-Slovany brightness 11.7

   Černice on the map
5. 5.

   Božkov Plzeň 2-Slovany brightness 13.7

   Božkov on the map
6. 6.

   Koterov Plzeň 2-Slovany brightness 15.2

   Koterov on the map
7. 7.

   Bolevec Plzeň 1 brightness 16.2

   Bolevec on the map
8. 8.

   Doubravka Plzeň 4 brightness 18.1

   Doubravka on the map
9. 9.

   Skvrňany Plzeň 3 brightness 19.1

   Skvrňany on the map
10. 10.

    Severní Předměstí Plzeň 1 brightness 20.1

    Severní Předměstí on the map
11. 11.

    Doudlevce Plzeň 3 brightness 21.5

    Doudlevce on the map
12. 12.

    Lobzy Plzeň 4 brightness 23.8

    Lobzy on the map
13. 13.

    Jižní Předměstí Plzeň 3 brightness 34.9

    Jižní Předměstí on the map
14. 14.

    Východní Předměstí Plzeň 2-Slovany brightness 41.4

    Východní Předměstí on the map

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The full ranking in the neighbourhood list