Calexico, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Calexico reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Calexico's sky is brighter than 88.2% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Calexico

Imperial, CA, about 12 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Calexico. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Calexico compares nationally

Calexico, CA has a population of about 38,744, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Calexico places 2,813 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.