San Diego to Tucson driving time
 

Greetings.
Visitor from United Kingdom, flying into San Diego early April. What is the approximate driving time from SD to Tucson, please? I bought a Rand McNally road map of the USA which states about 6 hours, yet my B&B hosts in Tucson advises more like 10 hours. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Kind regards
Joan

I have not done this drive myself, but many, many Tucsonians do it often, and my friends there always said it took 8 hours. Of course, they were probably shooting straight there and barely stopping, so it seems safe to plan on 8-10 hours. Good luck!

The most direct route is I-8 to I-10, which is a bit over 400 miles and bypasses Phoenix. Six hours seems reasonable if you're really pushing speed limits, but eight is much more likely, factoring in traffic and a couple of stops.

I have driven scores of times from Dallas to San Diego with an overnight in Las Cruces, NM.
Six hours from Tucson to San Diego is an easy jaunt.
M

Thanks for your kind and speedy responses. I think I need to re-plan my trip as I originally miscalculated distances and driving times. Easily done in the US with such vast distances between cities. Again, many thanks.

Joan