How dark is the sky in Tulare, CA?

Tulare reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Tulare's sky is brighter than 89.1% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Tulare

Visalia, CA, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Tulare. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Tulare against the rest of the dataset

Tulare, CA has a population of about 72,601, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Tulare ranks 2,840 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.