How dark is the sky in Newport Beach, CA?

Newport Beach reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 56.1% of the 3,206 US 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.

The nearest darker sky to Newport Beach

8 miles from Newport Beach, straight-line, sits Laguna Woods, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Newport Beach's own suburban band.

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

Newport Beach against the rest of the dataset

Newport Beach, CA has a population of about 82,970, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Newport Beach ranks 1,789 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.