Light pollution in Zambia

7 cities · estimated Bortle class at each city centre

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

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Cities, brightest first

#	City	Bortle (est.)	Brightness	2 classes darker
1	Lusaka	8–9	255	~25 km SSE
2	Kitwe	7–8	254	~25 km SSW
3	Ndola	7–8	245	~25 km ENE
4	Kabwe	7–8	254	~25 km NW
5	Chingola	7–8	252	~25 km SSW
6	Chipata	7–8	251	~25 km NNW
7	Solwezi	7–8	215	~25 km W

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.