How to get from San Francisco to San Diego by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between San Francisco and San Diego is 738 kilometers (458 miles).
Driving distance from San Francisco to San Diego is 806 kilometers (500 miles)

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4 Ways from San Francisco (United States/California) to San Diego (United States/California)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto Van Ness Avenue, US 101 120 m
2. Make a U-turn onto Van Ness Avenue, US 101 220 m
3. Turn left onto Grove Street 447 m
4. Turn right onto Hyde Street 224 m
5. Turn left onto Mission Street 830 m
6. Turn right onto 5th Street 771 m
7. Turn sharp left 10.41 km
8. Keep right 74.45 km
9. Keep right onto William Elton Brown Freeway, I 580 388.59 km
10. Keep right onto West Side Freeway, I 5 Truck 35.51 km
11. Continue onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 61.59 km
12. Continue onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 3.44 km
13. Keep right onto I 5 Truck 8.53 km
14. Keep right onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 370 m
15. Keep left onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 31.15 km
16. Keep left onto Golden State Freeway, I 5 30.79 km
17. Keep right onto Santa Ana Freeway, I 5 13.20 km
18. Keep right 3.56 km
19. Keep left 2.76 km
20. Keep right 3.94 km
21. Keep left 111.47 km
22. Keep right onto San Diego Freeway, I 5 22.62 km
23. Keep right 405 m
24. Keep right 298 m
25. Turn right onto West Cedar Street 78 m
26. Turn left onto Union Street 587 m
27. Turn left onto West C Street 253 m
28. Turn left onto Civic Center Plz 10 m
29. Arrive at destination 0 m
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