What the night sky looks like over Fresno, CA

Fresno's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Fresno's sky is brighter than 90.9% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

Where to go for a darker sky near Fresno

7 miles from Fresno, straight-line, sits Clovis, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Fresno's own urban band.

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

Fresno against the rest of the dataset

About 550,105 people live in Fresno, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Fresno ranks 2,897 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.