Montebello, CA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Montebello, CA?
Montebello's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Montebello's sky is brighter than 91.5% 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.
Where to go for a darker sky near Montebello
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Pico Rivera, CA, roughly 2 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.
Pico Rivera, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Montebello against the rest of the dataset
Montebello, CA counts roughly 60,617 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Montebello comes in at 2,916, darkest to brightest.