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

Distance between San Francisco and Tijuana is 768 kilometers (476 miles).
Driving distance from San Francisco to Tijuana is 838 kilometers (520 miles)

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Routes from san-francisco-california to tijuana-baja-california
Cheapest
Car
8h 48m
838 km
cost $167
Fastest
Truck
8h 48m
price $167
Others
Walk
8d 14h 23m
distance 1040 km
Bike
2d 11h 16m
distance 1059 km

4 Ways from San Francisco (United States/California) to Tijuana (Mexico/Baja California)

Choose 1 of the options below and start your journey
Cheapest
Car
8h 48m
838 km
cost $167
Fastest
Truck
8h 48m
price $167
Others
Walk
8d 14h 23m
distance 1040 km
Bike
2d 11h 16m
distance 1059 km

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 left onto Jacob Dekema Freeway, I 805 46.57 km
23. Keep right onto I 5 54 m
24. Keep left onto I 5 5.53 km
25. Keep right 364 m
26. Keep right 32 m
27. Keep right 565 m
28. Turn left onto Boulevard Federico Benítez López 279 m
29. Keep right onto Calle José Gallego Lugo 228 m
30. Turn left onto Boulevard Gustavo Díaz Ordaz 1.76 km
31. Keep left 471 m
32. Turn right 18 m
33. Turn right 10 m
34. Turn left 34 m
35. Arrive at destination 0 m
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