What the night sky looks like over Livermore, CA

Livermore reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Livermore's sky is brighter than 44.3% 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 Livermore

Pleasanton, CA, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Livermore. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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.

Livermore against the rest of the dataset

Livermore, CA counts roughly 84,867 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Livermore ranks 1,413 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.