Light pollution in Somalia

7 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

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

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Hargeysa	7–8	251	~25 km SW
2	Mogadishu	6–7	215	~25 km SSE
3	Borama	6–7	164	~90 km WSW
4	Berbera	6–7	161	~25 km NW
5	Kismayo	5–6	141	~25 km SE
6	El Dibir	5–6	43	~25 km E
7	Marka	5–6	40	~25 km S

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.