How dark is the sky in Avenal, CA?

Avenal's sky measures dark sky here. Among the darkest skies of any US city in this dataset. The Milky Way should be visible overhead on clear, moonless nights. Only 0% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Avenal.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

Avenal is already about as dark as this dataset gets

Nothing in this dataset's 3,206 US cities measures a darker sky than Avenal. That doesn't mean nowhere is darker, unincorporated land and wilderness aren't part of this dataset at all, only incorporated cities of 10,000 people or more.

Avenal against the rest of the dataset

Avenal, CA counts roughly 14,108 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Avenal ranks 2 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.