Light pollution in Nepal

6 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

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

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Kathmandu	7–8	255	~25 km WSW
2	Birgañj	7–8	255	~25 km N
3	Biratnagar	7–8	241	~25 km ENE
4	Bharatpur	6–7	241	~25 km S
5	Dhangaḍhi̇̄	6–7	174	~25 km NNE
6	Pokhara	4–5	23	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.