How far is Fresno to Mexico border?

The driving distance from Fresno, California to Tijuana, Mexico is:

355 miles / 571 km

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Map of driving directions from Fresno, CA to Tijuana, Mexico

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The total driving distance from Fresno, CA to Tijuana, Mexico is 355 miles or 571 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Fresno, California. It ends in Tijuana, Mexico.

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

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Fresno, CA to Tijuana, Mexico 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 Fresno, CA and Tijuana, Mexico.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Fresno, CA to Tijuana, Mexico.

Tijuana, Mexico

City: Tijuana

Region: Baja California

Country: Mexico

Category: cities

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.

The driving time from Fresno, California to Tijuana, Mexico is:

6 hours, 1 minute

Average driving speed: 58.9 mph
Kilometers per hour: 94.7 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.

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Map of driving directions from Fresno, CA to Tijuana, Mexico

View a map with driving directions using your preferred map provider: Google Maps, Bing Maps, or MapQuest. You can use DriveDistance.com to find out how far is it to drive from Fresno to Tijuana with full directions.

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How long is the drive from Fresno, CA to Tijuana, Mexico? The total driving time is 6 hours, 1 minute.

Your trip begins in Fresno, California. It ends in Tijuana, Mexico.

If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from Fresno, CA to Tijuana, Mexico.

You can also calculate the cost to drive from Fresno, CA to Tijuana, Mexico based on current local gas 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 Fresno, CA and Tijuana, Mexico.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from Fresno, CA to Tijuana, Mexico.

Tijuana, Mexico

City: Tijuana

Region: Baja California

Country: Mexico

Category: cities

Driving time calculator

Travelmath helps you find the driving time based on actual directions for your road trip. You can find out how long it will take to drive between any two cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes. This can also help you plan the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results with the flight time calculator to see how much longer it might take to drive the distance instead of flying. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

Driving non-stop from Fresno to Tijuana

How far is Tijuana from Fresno? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 355 miles or 571 km

Driving time: 6 hours, 1 minute

Realistically, you'll probably want to add a buffer for rest stops, gas, or food along the way. To get a better idea of how long this trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Fresno to Tijuana

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Fresno, California and Tijuana, Mexico. 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: 330 miles or 531 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 25 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.1x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/5th 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.

Fresno to Tijuana road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Tijuana, and you want to stop along the way to rest. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and maybe even find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over more than one day.

Road trip: 2 days of driving

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

Travel time: 6.5 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start in Fresno.

Drive for about 47 minutes, then stop in Tulare and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1 hour then stop in Bakersfield and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 2 hours then stop in Los Angeles. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 1 hour, then stop in Laguna Beach and stay for about 1.5 hours. Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop at Balboa Park and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 27 minutes and arrive in Tijuana.

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:

Fresno to Tijuana 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: Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)

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: 11 minutes

Getting to your destination: 51 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from FAT 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: 1 hour, 10 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Fresno to Tijuana 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: 4 hours

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

Plan a trip to Tijuana

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Tijuana, Mexico. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Tijuana. Click the button below to explore Tijuana 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 Tijuana to Fresno, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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

How far is Fresno California to Mexico border?

The total driving distance from Fresno, CA to Tijuana, Mexico is 355 miles or 571 kilometers.

How far is Mexico border from California by car?

The total driving distance from California to Mexico is 1,671 miles or 2 689 kilometers. Your trip begins in the state of California.

Is Fresno California near Los Angeles?

Fresno is near the geographic center of California, approximately 220 miles (350 km) north of Los Angeles, 170 miles (270 km) south of the state capital, Sacramento, and 185 miles (300 km) southeast of San Francisco.