Styled Maps - Night Mode

  • This example demonstrates how to style a Google Map in night mode using a JSON styles array to change the color of map elements.

  • The night mode style is suitable for dark environments and improves visibility for giving directions or navigating in low-light conditions.

  • The provided code snippets include TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML to implement and display the styled map.

  • While the styling affects roads, labels, and other map components, it does not change the base imagery in satellite view.

This example styles the map in night mode. It uses colors that are useful for situations such as giving directions in the dark. In the satellite view, styling does not affect base imagery, but it does affect roads, labels, and other map components.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

function initMap(): void {
  // Styles a map in night mode.
  const map = new google.maps.Map(
    document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement,
    {
      center: { lat: 40.674, lng: -73.945 },
      zoom: 12,
      styles: [
        { elementType: "geometry", stylers: [{ color: "#242f3e" }] },
        { elementType: "labels.text.stroke", stylers: [{ color: "#242f3e" }] },
        { elementType: "labels.text.fill", stylers: [{ color: "#746855" }] },
        {
          featureType: "administrative.locality",
          elementType: "labels.text.fill",
          stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "poi",
          elementType: "labels.text.fill",
          stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "poi.park",
          elementType: "geometry",
          stylers: [{ color: "#263c3f" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "poi.park",
          elementType: "labels.text.fill",
          stylers: [{ color: "#6b9a76" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "road",
          elementType: "geometry",
          stylers: [{ color: "#38414e" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "road",
          elementType: "geometry.stroke",
          stylers: [{ color: "#212a37" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "road",
          elementType: "labels.text.fill",
          stylers: [{ color: "#9ca5b3" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "road.highway",
          elementType: "geometry",
          stylers: [{ color: "#746855" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "road.highway",
          elementType: "geometry.stroke",
          stylers: [{ color: "#1f2835" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "road.highway",
          elementType: "labels.text.fill",
          stylers: [{ color: "#f3d19c" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "transit",
          elementType: "geometry",
          stylers: [{ color: "#2f3948" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "transit.station",
          elementType: "labels.text.fill",
          stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "water",
          elementType: "geometry",
          stylers: [{ color: "#17263c" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "water",
          elementType: "labels.text.fill",
          stylers: [{ color: "#515c6d" }],
        },
        {
          featureType: "water",
          elementType: "labels.text.stroke",
          stylers: [{ color: "#17263c" }],
        },
      ],
    }
  );
}

declare global {
  interface Window {
    initMap: () => void;
  }
}
window.initMap = initMap;
index.ts

JavaScript

function initMap() {
  // Styles a map in night mode.
  const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    center: { lat: 40.674, lng: -73.945 },
    zoom: 12,
    styles: [
      { elementType: "geometry", stylers: [{ color: "#242f3e" }] },
      { elementType: "labels.text.stroke", stylers: [{ color: "#242f3e" }] },
      { elementType: "labels.text.fill", stylers: [{ color: "#746855" }] },
      {
        featureType: "administrative.locality",
        elementType: "labels.text.fill",
        stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "poi",
        elementType: "labels.text.fill",
        stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "poi.park",
        elementType: "geometry",
        stylers: [{ color: "#263c3f" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "poi.park",
        elementType: "labels.text.fill",
        stylers: [{ color: "#6b9a76" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "road",
        elementType: "geometry",
        stylers: [{ color: "#38414e" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "road",
        elementType: "geometry.stroke",
        stylers: [{ color: "#212a37" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "road",
        elementType: "labels.text.fill",
        stylers: [{ color: "#9ca5b3" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "road.highway",
        elementType: "geometry",
        stylers: [{ color: "#746855" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "road.highway",
        elementType: "geometry.stroke",
        stylers: [{ color: "#1f2835" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "road.highway",
        elementType: "labels.text.fill",
        stylers: [{ color: "#f3d19c" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "transit",
        elementType: "geometry",
        stylers: [{ color: "#2f3948" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "transit.station",
        elementType: "labels.text.fill",
        stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "water",
        elementType: "geometry",
        stylers: [{ color: "#17263c" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "water",
        elementType: "labels.text.fill",
        stylers: [{ color: "#515c6d" }],
      },
      {
        featureType: "water",
        elementType: "labels.text.stroke",
        stylers: [{ color: "#17263c" }],
      },
    ],
  });
}

window.initMap = initMap;
index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
#map {
  height: 100%;
}

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Styled Maps - Night Mode</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>

    <!-- 
      The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML
      document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,
      and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See
      https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api
      for more information.
      -->
    <script
      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly"
      defer
    ></script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

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Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application. 

  git clone -b sample-style-array https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
  cd js-samples
  npm i
  npm start

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  git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
  npm i
  npm start