How dark is the sky in Hollywood, FL?

Hollywood's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 91.7% of the 3,206 US 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.

How far Hollywood is from a meaningfully darker sky

West Park, FL, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Hollywood. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Hollywood against the rest of the dataset

About 159,073 people live in Hollywood, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hollywood ranks 2,924 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.