Light pollution in Democratic Republic of the Congo

24 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

1 of 24 cities read Bortle 8–9 · 4 of 24 cities read Bortle 7–8 · 5 of 24 cities read Bortle 6–7 · 7 of 24 cities read Bortle 5–6 · 7 of 24 cities read Bortle 4–5. The darkest city centre on the list is Mbandaka (Bortle 4–5).

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Kinshasa	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
2	Lubumbashi	7–8	255	~25 km NW
3	Kolwezi	7–8	243	~25 km NE
4	Likasi	7–8	252	~25 km ENE
5	Matadi	7–8	254	~25 km NW
6	Boma	6–7	248	~25 km WSW
7	Kisangani	6–7	209	~25 km NW
8	Goma	6–7	191	~25 km SSW
9	Mbuji-Mayi	6–7	137	~25 km NNW
10	Bandundu Province	6–7	171	~25 km NNW
11	Kamina	5–6	134	not within 90 km
12	Bukavu	5–6	118	~25 km NE
13	Bunia	5–6	142	~50 km ESE
14	Uvira	5–6	67	~25 km SSE
15	Tshikapa	5–6	53	not within 90 km
16	Kindu	5–6	70	~25 km NNE
17	Kananga	5–6	44	~90 km NE
18	Gandajika	4–5	25	not within 90 km
19	Kabinda	4–5	27	not within 90 km
20	Butembo	4–5	34	not within 90 km
21	Kikwit	4–5	26	not within 90 km
22	Mwene	4–5	21	not within 90 km
23	Isiro	4–5	21	not within 90 km
24	Mbandaka	4–5	18	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.