Monterey Park, CA: how dark is the sky here?

Monterey Park's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 59.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Monterey Park.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Monterey Park

San Marino, CA, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Monterey Park. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

San Marino, 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 Monterey Park compares nationally

Monterey Park, CA counts roughly 57,996 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Monterey Park places 1,905 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.