Light pollution in Colombia

24 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

5 of 24 cities read Bortle 8–9 · 17 of 24 cities read Bortle 7–8 · 1 of 24 cities read Bortle 6–7 · 1 of 24 cities read Bortle 4–5. The darkest city centre on the list is Buenaventura (Bortle 4–5).

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Cali	8–9	255	~25 km W
2	Bogotá	8–9	255	~25 km E
3	Medellín	8–9	255	~25 km S
4	Soacha	8–9	255	~25 km S
5	Barranquilla	8–9	255	~25 km NE
6	Cartagena	7–8	255	~25 km WSW
7	Cúcuta	7–8	255	~25 km WNW
8	Pereira	7–8	255	~25 km SE
9	Palmira	7–8	255	~25 km ESE
10	Villavicencio	7–8	255	~25 km NNW
11	Bucaramanga	7–8	255	~25 km ESE
12	Valledupar	7–8	255	~25 km W
13	Neiva	7–8	255	~25 km SE
14	Pasto	7–8	255	~25 km SSW
15	Armenia	7–8	246	~25 km S
16	Ibagué	7–8	253	~25 km WNW
17	Santa Marta	7–8	255	~25 km NNE
18	Manizales	7–8	255	~25 km NNE
19	Montería	7–8	255	~25 km WSW
20	Popayán	7–8	223	~25 km SE
21	Sincelejo	7–8	255	~25 km ENE
22	Tuluá	7–8	251	~25 km ESE
23	Buenaventura	6–7	222	~25 km WSW
24	Buenaventura	4–5	14	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.