Paramount, CA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Paramount, CA?
Paramount's sky measures inner-city here. Among the brightest skies in this dataset. Usually just the Moon and a few of the brightest stars or planets cut through. Paramount's sky is brighter than 98.9% 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.
How far Paramount is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Bellflower, CA, roughly 2 miles away in a straight line, rated urban. Road distance will be more.
Bellflower, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Paramount against the rest of the dataset
Paramount, CA has a population of about 51,169, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Paramount comes in at 3,152, darkest to brightest.