How dark is the sky in Bell, CA?

Bell's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Bell's sky is brighter than 92.4% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Bell

5 miles from Bell, straight-line, sits Pico Rivera, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Bell's own urban band.

Pico Rivera, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Bell against the rest of the dataset

Bell, CA has a population of about 31,930, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Bell ranks 2,946 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.