How dark is the sky in El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA?

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)'s sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 5.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles).

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 El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Atascadero, CA, roughly 10 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) against the rest of the dataset

El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA has a population of about 31,568, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) ranks 162 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.