Light pollution in India

220 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

116 of 220 cities read Bortle 8–9 · 95 of 220 cities read Bortle 7–8 · 9 of 220 cities read Bortle 6–7. The darkest city centre on the list is Alappuzha (Bortle 6–7).

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Delhi	8–9	255	~50 km W
2	Bengaluru	8–9	255	~50 km S
3	Kolkata	8–9	255	~50 km WNW
4	Hyderabad	8–9	255	~25 km WSW
5	Faridabad	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
6	Secunderabad	8–9	255	~25 km ENE
7	Ghāziābād	8–9	255	~25 km N
8	Lucknow	8–9	255	~25 km WSW
9	Rohini	8–9	248	~25 km WNW
10	Pallāvaram	8–9	255	~25 km ESE
11	Ahmedabad	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
12	Rajpur Sonarpur	8–9	255	~25 km SSE
13	Pune	8–9	255	~25 km SW
14	Greater Noida	8–9	255	~25 km SE
15	Gurugram	8–9	255	~25 km W
16	Jaipur	8–9	255	~25 km NW
17	Varanasi	8–9	255	~25 km SSE
18	Najafgarh	8–9	255	~25 km W
19	Thāne	8–9	255	~25 km W
20	Avadi	8–9	253	~25 km NW
21	Patna	8–9	255	~25 km N
22	Kalyān	8–9	255	~25 km ENE
23	Bārāsat	8–9	255	~25 km E
24	Nagpur	8–9	255	~25 km WSW
25	Mumbai	8–9	255	~25 km W
26	Bhātpāra	8–9	254	~25 km NW
27	Āsansol	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
28	Dhanbad	8–9	255	~25 km NNW
29	Indore	8–9	255	~25 km SE
30	Prayagraj	8–9	255	~25 km SW
31	Meerut	8–9	255	~25 km ESE
32	Raipur	8–9	255	~25 km S
33	Kulti	8–9	255	~25 km S
34	Durgapur	8–9	255	~25 km S
35	Chandigarh	8–9	255	~25 km E
36	Surat	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
37	Bihār Sharīf	8–9	255	~25 km ESE
38	Ranchi	8–9	255	~25 km SSE
39	Vadodara	8–9	255	~25 km SSE
40	Bhubaneswar	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
41	Jammu	8–9	255	~25 km E
42	Coimbatore	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
43	Bilāspur	8–9	255	~25 km NE
44	Amritsar	8–9	255	~25 km N
45	Bhopal	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
46	Jodhpur	8–9	255	~25 km W
47	Bokāro	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
48	Uluberiya	8–9	247	~25 km NW
49	Gorakhpur	8–9	255	~25 km NNE
50	Bhilai	8–9	255	~25 km S
51	Jamshedpur	8–9	255	~25 km E
52	Agra	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
53	Mau	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
54	Ludhiana	8–9	255	~25 km ENE
55	Chennai	8–9	255	~25 km E
56	Kanpur	8–9	255	~25 km NNE
57	Cuttack	8–9	255	~25 km NNW
58	Salem	8–9	255	~25 km NNE
59	Nashik	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
60	Kota	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
61	Korba	8–9	255	~25 km NE
62	Bhayandar	8–9	253	~25 km W
63	Jabalpur	8–9	255	~25 km SSE
64	Gwalior	8–9	255	~25 km SW
65	Vijayawada	8–9	255	~25 km NNE
66	Tiruppur	8–9	253	~25 km NNW
67	Hosūr	8–9	251	~25 km S
68	Panipat	8–9	255	~25 km NW
69	Gaya	8–9	255	~25 km ENE
70	Modīnagar	8–9	245	~25 km E
71	Erode	8–9	255	~25 km S
72	Sahāranpur	8–9	255	~25 km NNW
73	Etāwah	8–9	255	~25 km WSW
74	Durg	8–9	255	~25 km SSE
75	Muzaffarpur	8–9	255	~25 km NE
76	Mysuru	8–9	255	~25 km WSW
77	Jalandhar	8–9	255	~25 km E
78	Muzaffarnagar	8–9	255	~25 km ENE
79	Srinagar	8–9	255	~25 km NE
80	Kharagpur	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
81	Jhānsi	8–9	255	~25 km WSW
82	Gāndhīdhām	8–9	254	~25 km SSE
83	Ajmer	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
84	Rājkot	8–9	255	~25 km E
85	Gandhinagar	8–9	243	~25 km ENE
86	Tiruchirappalli	8–9	255	~25 km W
87	Sonīpat	8–9	255	~25 km W
88	Ujjain	8–9	255	~25 km WSW
89	Vellore	8–9	254	~25 km SSW
90	Bareilly	8–9	255	~25 km E
91	Hāpur	8–9	252	~25 km ESE
92	Agartala	8–9	253	~25 km W
93	Singrauli	8–9	253	~25 km ESE
94	Karnāl	8–9	255	~25 km NE
95	Dehradun	8–9	255	~25 km ENE
96	Guntur	8–9	255	~25 km S
97	Alīgarh	8–9	248	~25 km SE
98	Ahilyanagar	8–9	255	~25 km NW
99	Sholapur	8–9	255	~25 km NE
100	Nellore	8–9	255	~25 km E
101	Anand	8–9	255	~25 km NNE
102	Gyānpur	8–9	255	~25 km N
103	Rasapūdipalem	8–9	255	~25 km SE
104	Morādābād	8–9	255	~25 km NNW
105	Rewa	8–9	255	~25 km NW
106	Siliguri	8–9	255	~25 km NNE
107	Mirzāpur	8–9	255	~25 km S
108	Udaipur	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
109	Yamuna Nagar	8–9	255	~25 km NNE
110	Darbhanga	8–9	255	~25 km WNW
111	Arrah	8–9	255	~25 km SSW
112	Guwahati	8–9	248	~25 km NNE
113	Rānipet	8–9	250	~25 km SSE
114	Dewas	8–9	255	~25 km ESE
115	Rourkela	8–9	255	~25 km ESE
116	Aurangabad	8–9	255	~25 km N
117	Deoghar	7–8	255	~25 km ENE
118	Virār	7–8	255	~25 km W
119	Warangal	7–8	254	~25 km SE
120	Jamnagar	7–8	255	~25 km NNE
121	Mathura	7–8	251	~25 km N
122	Tumkūr	7–8	254	~25 km ENE
123	Madurai	7–8	255	~25 km NNE
124	Satna	7–8	255	~25 km SW
125	Patiāla	7–8	255	~25 km NW
126	Tirunelveli	7–8	252	~25 km SW
127	Alwar	7–8	252	~25 km SW
128	Mangaluru	7–8	241	~25 km WSW
129	Chānda	7–8	255	~25 km NE
130	Hosapete	7–8	255	~25 km WSW
131	Tirupati	7–8	255	~25 km NW
132	Bathinda	7–8	253	~25 km N
133	Bhilwara	7–8	255	~25 km SE
134	Rāmpur	7–8	255	~25 km E
135	Kanayannur	7–8	254	~25 km WSW
136	Bhāgalpur	7–8	255	~25 km N
137	Saugor	7–8	255	~25 km SSW
138	Bikaner	7–8	255	~25 km ENE
139	Begusarai	7–8	255	~25 km NNE
140	Rāichūr	7–8	255	~25 km W
141	Morvi	7–8	255	~25 km WSW
142	Nadiād	7–8	255	~25 km ENE
143	Ballari	7–8	255	~25 km SE
144	Sāngli	7–8	254	~25 km NE
145	Kalaburagi	7–8	255	~25 km SW
146	Rajamahendravaram	7–8	255	~25 km WSW
147	Hubballi	7–8	255	~25 km WSW
148	Kolhāpur	7–8	255	~25 km WSW
149	Fīrozābād	7–8	251	~25 km SSW
150	Amravati	7–8	255	~25 km S
151	Kanchipuram	7–8	253	~25 km SSW
152	Bhavnagar	7–8	255	~25 km ENE
153	Thiruvananthapuram	7–8	255	~25 km W
154	Ichalkaranji	7–8	255	~25 km E
155	Kākināda	7–8	254	~25 km ESE
156	Munger	7–8	255	~25 km SSW
157	Nanded	7–8	255	~25 km NE
158	Purnia	7–8	255	~25 km W
159	Murwāra	7–8	255	~25 km W
160	Karīmnagar	7–8	255	~25 km N
161	Vijayapura	7–8	255	~25 km ESE
162	Kurnool	7–8	255	~25 km ENE
163	Belagavi	7–8	255	~25 km SW
164	Rohtak	7–8	255	~25 km NNW
165	Chāpra	7–8	250	~25 km NNW
166	Jalgaon	7–8	255	~25 km N
167	Nāgercoil	7–8	255	~25 km S
168	Sīkar	7–8	255	~25 km WNW
169	Puducherry	7–8	247	~25 km E
170	Akola	7–8	255	~25 km ESE
171	Malegaon	7–8	255	~25 km E
172	Barddhamān	7–8	254	~25 km SW
173	Hisar	7–8	253	~25 km N
174	Brahmapur	7–8	255	~25 km SSE
175	Karur	7–8	248	~25 km SSW
176	Davangere	7–8	255	~25 km SSE
177	Ongole	7–8	255	~25 km ESE
178	Jālna	7–8	255	~25 km NW
179	Shāhjānpur	7–8	241	~25 km NNW
180	Nizāmābād	7–8	255	~25 km SSW
181	Thoothukudi	7–8	210	~25 km ESE
182	Morena	7–8	255	~25 km W
183	Imphal	7–8	254	~25 km WNW
184	Dhule	7–8	255	~25 km SE
185	Rāmgundam	7–8	161	~25 km NW
186	Bharatpur	7–8	255	~25 km SW
187	Latur	7–8	255	~25 km NE
188	Thanjavur	7–8	254	~25 km S
189	Shivamogga	7–8	255	~25 km S
190	Pāli	7–8	255	~25 km WSW
191	Bidar	7–8	255	~25 km NNW
192	Anantapur	7–8	235	~25 km ENE
193	Ratlām	7–8	255	~25 km WNW
194	Kadapa	7–8	254	~25 km SSE
195	Katihar	7–8	255	~25 km ESE
196	Jūnāgadh	7–8	255	~25 km E
197	Vizianagaram	7–8	253	~25 km SE
198	Sivakasi	7–8	254	~25 km SSW
199	Thrissur	7–8	238	~25 km WSW
200	Sri Ganganagar	7–8	255	~25 km NNE
201	Kushinagar	7–8	199	~25 km SSE
202	Parbhani	7–8	255	~25 km SSE
203	Dindigul	7–8	237	~25 km W
204	Bilimora	7–8	230	~25 km WSW
205	Puri	7–8	251	~25 km S
206	Eluru	7–8	255	~25 km E
207	Nandyāl	7–8	255	~25 km ENE
208	Khandwa	7–8	255	~25 km ENE
209	Farrukhābād	7–8	249	~25 km NNE
210	Burhānpur	7–8	252	~25 km SE
211	Kallakurichi	7–8	249	~25 km WNW
212	Kollam	6–7	198	~25 km WSW
213	Teni	6–7	198	~25 km NW
214	Ooty	6–7	217	~25 km WSW
215	Nowrangapur	6–7	241	~25 km NNW
216	Aizawl	6–7	248	~25 km S
217	Kozhikode	6–7	191	~25 km WSW
218	Punāsa	6–7	144	~25 km E
219	Mulugu	6–7	160	~25 km NE
220	Alappuzha	6–7	171	~25 km WNW

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.