Light pollution in Ethiopia

15 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

1 of 15 cities read Bortle 8–9 · 2 of 15 cities read Bortle 7–8 · 8 of 15 cities read Bortle 6–7 · 4 of 15 cities read Bortle 5–6. The darkest city centre on the list is Warder (Bortle 5–6).

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Addis Ababa	8–9	246	~25 km N
2	Mek'ele	7–8	255	~25 km SW
3	Nazrēt	7–8	237	~25 km NNW
4	Dire Dawa	6–7	243	~25 km SSW
5	Jijiga	6–7	223	~25 km SW
6	Bishoftu	6–7	189	~25 km NE
7	Bahir Dar	6–7	196	~25 km S
8	Awasa	6–7	182	~25 km SE
9	Shashamane	6–7	190	~25 km N
10	Jimma	6–7	189	~25 km NNE
11	Sodo	6–7	172	~25 km NW
12	Dessie	5–6	152	not within 90 km
13	Arba Minch	5–6	126	not within 90 km
14	Gonder	5–6	125	not within 90 km
15	Warder	5–6	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.