Light Pollution by City

Satellite-measured sky quality for cities across India: Bortle class, SQM sky brightness, Milky Way visibility and the nearest dark skies near each city.

India Night Sky Report 2026 — a decade of NASA satellite data over these 50 cities: median sky 70% brighter since 2015, Leh's light pollution up 546%, and only 6 cities where the Milky Way is still clearly visible.

• Light pollution in Delhi, Delhi
• Light pollution in Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Light pollution in Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Light pollution in Hyderabad, Telangana
• Light pollution in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Light pollution in Kolkata, West Bengal
• Light pollution in Pune, Maharashtra
• Light pollution in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Light pollution in Jaipur, Rajasthan
• Light pollution in Surat, Gujarat
• Light pollution in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
• Light pollution in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
• Light pollution in Nagpur, Maharashtra
• Light pollution in Indore, Madhya Pradesh
• Light pollution in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
• Light pollution in Patna, Bihar
• Light pollution in Vadodara, Gujarat
• Light pollution in Ludhiana, Punjab
• Light pollution in Agra, Uttar Pradesh
• Light pollution in Nashik, Maharashtra
• Light pollution in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
• Light pollution in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
• Light pollution in Amritsar, Punjab
• Light pollution in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
• Light pollution in Ranchi, Jharkhand
• Light pollution in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
• Light pollution in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
• Light pollution in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
• Light pollution in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
• Light pollution in Jodhpur, Rajasthan
• Light pollution in Madurai, Tamil Nadu
• Light pollution in Raipur, Chhattisgarh
• Light pollution in Kota, Rajasthan
• Light pollution in Guwahati, Assam
• Light pollution in Chandigarh, Chandigarh
• Light pollution in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
• Light pollution in Mysuru, Karnataka
• Light pollution in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
• Light pollution in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
• Light pollution in Dehradun, Uttarakhand
• Light pollution in Kochi, Kerala
• Light pollution in Panaji, Goa
• Light pollution in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
• Light pollution in Manali, Himachal Pradesh
• Light pollution in Udaipur, Rajasthan
• Light pollution in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
• Light pollution in Leh, Ladakh
• Light pollution in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
• Light pollution in Ooty, Tamil Nadu
• Light pollution in Darjeeling, West Bengal

Get the free SkyQI app: SkyQI - Light Pollution on the App Store (iOS) · SkyQI - Light Pollution Monitor on Google Play (Android)