Light pollution in Cameroon

7 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

1 of 7 cities read Bortle 8–9 · 1 of 7 cities read Bortle 7–8 · 2 of 7 cities read Bortle 6–7 · 3 of 7 cities read Bortle 5–6. The darkest city centre on the list is Bamenda (Bortle 5–6).

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Yaoundé	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
2	Douala	7–8	255	~25 km N
3	Maroua	6–7	185	~25 km S
4	Ngaoundéré	6–7	209	~25 km NW
5	Bafoussam	5–6	167	~50 km SSW
6	Kumba	5–6	121	~25 km NNE
7	Bamenda	5–6	118	~25 km SSW

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.