Selma, CA: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Selma in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Selma's sky is brighter than 73.4% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Selma

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

Kingsburg, 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 Selma compares nationally

About 24,505 people live in Selma, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Selma places 2,341 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.