Royal Palm Beach, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Royal Palm Beach in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Royal Palm Beach's sky is brighter than 49.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Royal Palm Beach

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Wellington, FL, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Royal Palm Beach compares nationally

Royal Palm Beach, FL counts roughly 41,948 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Royal Palm Beach places 1,567 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.