Light pollution in United Arab Emirates

6 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

5 of 6 cities read Bortle 8–9 · 1 of 6 cities read Bortle 7–8. The darkest city centre on the list is Ras Al Khaimah (Bortle 7–8).

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Al Ain City	8–9	255	~25 km S
2	Dubai	8–9	246	~25 km NW
3	Sharjah	8–9	255	~25 km NNW
4	Jebel Ali	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
5	Abu Dhabi	8–9	255	~25 km NNW
6	Ras Al Khaimah	7–8	238	~25 km NNW

Brightness is the NASA VIIRS Black Marble 2016 value at the city centre on a 0–255 scale; 255 is saturated. Cities are ordered by estimated sky brightness, which also counts the light within 30 km.