Manhattan Beach, CA: how dark is the sky here?

Manhattan Beach reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Manhattan Beach's sky is brighter than 18.8% of the 3,206 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 Manhattan Beach is from a meaningfully darker sky

9 miles from Manhattan Beach, straight-line, sits Palos Verdes Estates, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Manhattan Beach's own suburban edge band.

Palos Verdes Estates, 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 Manhattan Beach compares nationally

Manhattan Beach, CA counts roughly 33,453 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Manhattan Beach places 601 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.