What the night sky looks like over Monterey, CA

Monterey 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. Only 21.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Monterey.

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 Monterey

3 miles from Monterey, straight-line, sits Pacific Grove, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Monterey's own suburban edge band.

Pacific Grove, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Monterey against the rest of the dataset

About 29,015 people live in Monterey, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Monterey ranks 700 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.