Light pollution in Mozambique

9 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

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

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Maputo	7–8	255	~25 km E
2	Tete	7–8	254	~25 km NNE
3	Nampula	7–8	255	~25 km S
4	Nacala	7–8	254	~25 km ENE
5	Beira	7–8	215	~25 km SE
6	Chimoio	7–8	255	~25 km ESE
7	Quelimane	6–7	250	~25 km SE
8	Pemba	6–7	223	~25 km E
9	Lichinga	6–7	190	~25 km WSW

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.