Torrance, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Torrance reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Torrance's sky is brighter than 63.7% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Torrance

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Redondo Beach, CA, roughly 3 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Redondo Beach, 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 Torrance compares nationally

Torrance, CA has a population of about 139,576, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Torrance places 2,030 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.