How far from yuma to san diego

Q: What is Yuma best known for?

Known as the Sunniest City on Earth, according to Guinness World Records, Yuma promises sunshine and warm weather at least 91% of the year, making this city a premier travel destination year-round. Situated between Phoenix and San Diego, Yuma offers big city vibes with a small town, welcoming appeal.

The distance from Yuma, Arizona to San Diego, California is:

171 miles / 275 km driving148 miles / 238 km flying

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Distance from Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA

The total driving distance from Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA is 171 miles or 275 kilometers.

The total straight line flight distance from Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA is 148 miles.

This is equivalent to 238 kilometers or 128 nautical miles.

Your trip begins in Yuma, Arizona. It ends in San Diego, California.

Your flight direction from Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA is West (-89 degrees from North).

The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance ("as the crow flies") and the driving distance if the route is drivable. It uses all this data to compute the total travel mileage.

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The driving distance from Yuma, Arizona to San Diego, California is:

171 miles / 275 km

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Map of driving directions from Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA

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The total driving distance from Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA is 171 miles or 275 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Yuma, Arizona. It ends in San Diego, California.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Yuma, AZ and San Diego, CA.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Yuma, AZ to San Diego, CA.

Driving distance calculator

Travelmath helps you find driving distances based on actual directions for your road trip. You can get the distance between cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes to figure out the best route to travel to your destination. Combine this information with the fuel cost tool to find out how much it will cost you to drive the distance, or compare the results to the straight line distance to determine whether it's better to drive or fly. You can print out pages with a travel map.

Driving non-stop from Yuma to San Diego

How far is San Diego from Yuma? Here's the quick answer if you drive this relatively short distance without making any stops.

Nonstop drive: 171 miles or 275 km

Driving time: 2 hours, 33 minutes

Even though you can drive this distance straight through, it might be more interesting to stop along the way. You can scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Yuma to San Diego

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Yuma, Arizona and San Diego, California. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 148 miles or 237 km

Flight time: 48 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 23 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.2x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/3th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.

Yuma to San Diego road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to San Diego, and you want to stop on the way to explore. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting places along the way, or maybe eat at a great restaurant. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Road trip: 1 day of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 4.5 hours on the road

Itinerary

Start in Yuma.

Drive for about 1 hour, then stop in Mexicali and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop in Mortero Palms (California) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop in Alpine (California) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 36 minutes then stop at Balboa Park and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 5 minutes and arrive in San Diego.

To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:

Yuma to San Diego airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Yuma International Airport (YUM)

Arrival airport: San Diego International Airport (SAN)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 15 minutes

Getting to your destination: 7 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from YUM to SAN and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 48 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Yuma to San Diego including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 3 hours

To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:

Plan a trip to San Diego

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to San Diego, California. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in San Diego. If you're looking for a place to stay, you might want to check out Hotel Del Coronado. A great place to eat might be The Prado at Balboa Park. Trippy members can suggest things to do in San Diego like Balboa Park. Check out some of the questions people have asked about San Diego like LOCATION. Click the button below to explore San Diego in detail.

How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from San Diego to Yuma, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Yuma, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Yuma!

What is between Yuma and San Diego?

The best city between Yuma, AZ and San Diego, CA to meet is Ocotillo, California. The closest zip code to the midpoint is 91934.

What is Yuma best known for?

Known as the "Sunniest City on Earth," according to Guinness World Records, Yuma promises sunshine and warm weather at least 91% of the year, making this city a premier travel destination year-round. Situated between Phoenix and San Diego, Yuma offers big city vibes with a small town, welcoming appeal.