Light pollution in Germany

133 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

13 of 133 cities read Bortle 8–9 · 57 of 133 cities read Bortle 7–8 · 61 of 133 cities read Bortle 6–7 · 1 of 133 cities read Bortle 5–6 · 1 of 133 cities read Bortle 4–5. The darkest city centre on the list is Arnsberg (Bortle 4–5).

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Berlin	8–9	255	~25 km NNE
2	Essen	8–9	255	~25 km NNW
3	Duisburg	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
4	Hamburg	8–9	255	~25 km E
5	Düsseldorf	8–9	255	~25 km NW
6	Herne	8–9	255	~25 km N
7	Köln	8–9	255	~25 km ENE
8	Stuttgart	8–9	255	~25 km ENE
9	Frankfurt am Main	8–9	255	~25 km NW
10	Dortmund	8–9	255	~25 km NNW
11	Munich	8–9	255	~25 km SE
12	Mannheim	8–9	255	~25 km E
13	Langenfeld	8–9	236	~25 km ESE
14	Hannover	7–8	255	~25 km SSW
15	Krefeld	7–8	255	~25 km NNW
16	Leipzig	7–8	255	~25 km NNE
17	Bonn	7–8	254	~25 km ENE
18	Wuppertal	7–8	255	~25 km SE
19	Karlsruhe	7–8	243	~25 km SSE
20	Aachen	7–8	255	~25 km SSE
21	Nuremberg	7–8	255	~25 km SE
22	Rüsselsheim am Main	7–8	254	~25 km SSW
23	Dresden	7–8	255	~25 km SSW
24	Mönchengladbach	7–8	254	~25 km SSW
25	Wiesbaden	7–8	255	~25 km W
26	Bremen	7–8	253	~25 km ENE
27	Saarbrücken	7–8	247	~25 km N
28	Worms	7–8	255	~25 km SW
29	Halle (Saale)	7–8	255	~25 km SW
30	Hagen	7–8	252	~25 km ESE
31	Potsdam	7–8	255	~25 km SW
32	Heilbronn	7–8	255	~25 km ESE
33	Hanau am Main	7–8	245	~25 km E
34	Speyer	7–8	255	~25 km W
35	Darmstadt	7–8	255	~25 km SE
36	Erfurt	7–8	255	~25 km SSE
37	Magdeburg	7–8	255	~25 km N
38	Marl	7–8	179	~25 km NNW
39	Heidelberg	7–8	240	~25 km ENE
40	Hamm	7–8	246	~25 km N
41	Augsburg	7–8	255	~25 km WSW
42	Ulm	7–8	253	~25 km S
43	Erlangen	7–8	255	~25 km ENE
44	Rostock	7–8	253	~25 km NW
45	Unna	7–8	226	~25 km SSE
46	Chemnitz	7–8	255	~25 km S
47	Kassel	7–8	255	~25 km NNE
48	Regensburg	7–8	255	~25 km NE
49	Norderstedt	7–8	174	~25 km NNE
50	Braunschweig	7–8	255	~25 km NNW
51	Kerpen	7–8	210	~25 km SW
52	Kiel	7–8	255	~25 km NNE
53	Ingolstadt	7–8	247	~25 km WNW
54	Aschaffenburg	7–8	255	~25 km NE
55	Bielefeld	7–8	251	~25 km SE
56	Düren	7–8	215	~25 km SW
57	Pforzheim	7–8	222	~25 km SSW
58	Freiburg	7–8	255	~25 km SE
59	Wolfsburg	7–8	255	~25 km N
60	Reutlingen	7–8	253	~25 km SE
61	Lübeck	7–8	255	~25 km NE
62	Bremerhaven	7–8	255	~25 km NW
63	Kaiserslautern	7–8	254	~25 km SSE
64	Münster	7–8	255	~25 km ENE
65	Zwickau	7–8	255	~25 km S
66	Osnabrück	7–8	252	~25 km NW
67	Göppingen	7–8	234	~25 km N
68	Paderborn	7–8	255	~25 km S
69	Offenburg	7–8	255	~25 km ESE
70	Koblenz	7–8	214	~25 km SSW
71	Würzburg	6–7	234	~25 km E
72	Hildesheim	6–7	255	~25 km W
73	Schwerin	6–7	254	~25 km S
74	Gera	6–7	253	~25 km WSW
75	Schweinfurt	6–7	255	~25 km NE
76	Trier	6–7	255	~25 km ENE
77	Lahr	6–7	229	~25 km ENE
78	Euskirchen	6–7	244	~25 km S
79	Bergedorf	6–7	152	~25 km ESE
80	Neumünster	6–7	255	~25 km WNW
81	Gütersloh	6–7	243	~25 km W
82	Bocholt	6–7	240	~25 km SW
83	Heidenheim an der Brenz	6–7	249	~25 km ENE
84	Baden-Baden	6–7	186	~25 km SSE
85	Bamberg	6–7	254	~25 km E
86	Neustadt an der Weinstraße	6–7	241	~25 km WSW
87	Flensburg	6–7	255	~25 km E
88	Cottbus	6–7	255	~25 km NNE
89	Wesel	6–7	227	~25 km ENE
90	Jena	6–7	247	~25 km SSW
91	Gießen	6–7	249	~25 km NNW
92	Görlitz	6–7	249	~25 km NNE
93	Oldenburg	6–7	226	~25 km W
94	Neubrandenburg	6–7	255	~25 km S
95	Aalen	6–7	255	~25 km NW
96	Weimar	6–7	248	~25 km SSW
97	Dessau	6–7	244	~25 km NE
98	Emden	6–7	227	~25 km NW
99	Göttingen	6–7	250	~25 km W
100	Schwäbisch Gmünd	6–7	199	~25 km NNE
101	Lüneburg	6–7	248	~25 km E
102	Iserlohn	6–7	173	~25 km SE
103	Stralsund	6–7	253	~25 km NNW
104	Villingen-Schwenningen	6–7	164	~25 km NNW
105	Frankfurt (Oder)	6–7	246	~25 km ESE
106	Minden	6–7	244	~25 km NNW
107	Rosenheim	6–7	246	~25 km SSW
108	Konstanz	6–7	242	~25 km NE
109	Lippstadt	6–7	240	~25 km SSW
110	Rheine	6–7	219	~25 km N
111	Plauen	6–7	254	~25 km E
112	Brandenburg an der Havel	6–7	239	~25 km SSW
113	Detmold	6–7	233	~25 km NNE
114	Friedrichshafen	6–7	254	~25 km ENE
115	Landshut	6–7	183	~25 km N
116	Siegen	6–7	237	~25 km NE
117	Hameln	6–7	255	~25 km S
118	Celle	6–7	251	~25 km NNE
119	Lüdenscheid	6–7	245	~25 km E
120	Fulda	6–7	242	~25 km SSE
121	Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald	6–7	250	~25 km NE
122	Nordhorn	6–7	234	~25 km N
123	Kempten (Allgäu)	6–7	243	~25 km SSE
124	Marburg an der Lahn	6–7	230	~25 km NW
125	Bayreuth	6–7	247	~25 km NE
126	Lingen	6–7	196	~25 km NNE
127	Ibbenbueren	6–7	175	~25 km NNE
128	Gummersbach	6–7	176	~25 km SE
129	Cuxhaven	6–7	232	~25 km WNW
130	Bad Salzuflen	6–7	120	~25 km E
131	Passau	6–7	190	~25 km E
132	Wilhelmshaven	5–6	87	~25 km N
133	Arnsberg	4–5	34	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.