What the night sky looks like over Yuba City, CA

Satellite radiance puts Yuba City in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Yuba City's sky is brighter than 59% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Yuba City

30 miles from Yuba City, straight-line, sits Roseville, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Yuba City's own suburban band.

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

Yuba City against the rest of the dataset

Yuba City, CA counts roughly 69,148 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Yuba City ranks 1,881 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.