Lomita, CA: how dark is the sky here?

Lomita reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 89.5% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Lomita is from a meaningfully darker sky

Torrance, CA, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Lomita. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Torrance, 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 Lomita compares nationally

About 19,841 people live in Lomita, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Lomita places 2,855 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.