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Styled Maps - Night Mode

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

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TypeScript

functioninitMap():void{// Styles a map in night mode.constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{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"}],},],});}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

functioninitMap(){// Styles a map in night mode.constmap=newgoogle.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;
Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.

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;}

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></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>

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Clone Sample

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

gitclone-bsample-style-arrayhttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.gitcdjs-samplesnpminpmstart

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gitcheckoutsample-SAMPLE_NAMEnpminpmstart

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Last updated 2025-07-18 UTC.