Light pollution in Belarus

22 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

1 of 22 cities read Bortle 8–9 · 4 of 22 cities read Bortle 7–8 · 10 of 22 cities read Bortle 6–7 · 6 of 22 cities read Bortle 5–6 · 1 of 22 cities read Bortle 4–5. The darkest city centre on the list is Rechytsa (Bortle 4–5).

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Minsk	8–9	255	~25 km N
2	Brest	7–8	241	~25 km SSE
3	Homyel'	7–8	227	~25 km W
4	Vitebsk	7–8	255	~25 km NW
5	Hrodna	7–8	235	~25 km NW
6	Barysaw	6–7	241	~25 km W
7	Baranovichi	6–7	243	~25 km W
8	Mahilyow	6–7	181	~25 km SSW
9	Orsha	6–7	221	~25 km N
10	Zhlobin	6–7	226	~25 km WSW
11	Soligorsk	6–7	234	~25 km ENE
12	Horad Zhodzina	6–7	224	~25 km ESE
13	Lida	6–7	226	~25 km N
14	Slutsk	6–7	199	~25 km NE
15	Svetlogorsk	6–7	191	~25 km SW
16	Kobryn	5–6	159	not within 90 km
17	Bobruysk	5–6	127	~25 km SSW
18	Novopolotsk	5–6	102	~25 km SE
19	Pinsk	5–6	119	~50 km NNE
20	Maladziečna	5–6	127	~50 km SSW
21	Mazyr	5–6	114	~25 km WSW
22	Rechytsa	4–5	24	not within 90 km

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.