What the night sky looks like over Redondo Beach, CA

Satellite radiance puts Redondo Beach in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 25% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Redondo Beach.

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.

How far Redondo Beach is from a meaningfully darker sky

5 miles from Redondo Beach, straight-line, sits Palos Verdes Estates, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Redondo Beach's own suburban edge band.

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

Redondo Beach against the rest of the dataset

Redondo Beach, CA counts roughly 68,075 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Redondo Beach ranks 800 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.