Dublin, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Dublin reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 66.3% of the 3,206 US 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 Dublin

3 miles from Dublin, straight-line, sits Pleasanton, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Dublin's own suburban band.

Pleasanton, 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 Dublin compares nationally

About 70,544 people live in Dublin, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Dublin places 2,115 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.