Why can other people see better in the dark than me?

Basically because some people have more "rods" in their eyes than others - these "rods" help us to see at night. People that have more of these rods will have better night vision.

The retina — the membrane that lines the back of your eye — is somewhat analogous to the film in a traditional camera or perhaps to the sensor in a digital one. Light hitting the photoreceptor cells of the retina triggers biochemical changes in those cells, which send signals to the optic nerve. When those signals reach the brain, they are processed as images, and we experience the sensation of sight.

These photoreceptors come in two varieties, cones and rods. Cones respond to light in the wavelengths associated with color, giving us color vision. They're also responsible for visual detail: It's your cones that let you read the words on this page. Rods are useless for color — they only provide black-and-white images — but they're exquisitely sensitive and are therefore crucial to good night vision.

The fovea, a tiny portion of the retina, contains only cones. In the macula, which surrounds the fovea, rods outnumber cones 9:1 in healthy young adults. Researchers at the University of Alabama in Birmingham conducted a study that involved counting the cones and rods in the retinas of recently deceased older adults. They found an abundance of cones in the macula and a diminished number of rods. This study and others indicate that we hang on to our cones, but may lose almost a third of the rods in the area right around the fovea in the macula. This is why older people tend to hate driving at night.

It takes time for your eyes to get adjusted to the darkness and see things properly.or maybe you have some eye problems

you weren't born with night vision? you should go to a doctor right away

Maybe you have night blindness.

Maybe you need glasses.