Montclair, CA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Montclair, CA?
Montclair's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Montclair's sky is brighter than 68.8% of the 3,206 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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Montclair
Upland, CA, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Montclair. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Upland, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Montclair against the rest of the dataset
About 37,650 people live in Montclair, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Montclair comes in at 2,195, darkest to brightest.