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El Monte · United States

Car hire and driving in El Monte

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In United States traffic drives on the right. Picking up at LGB means 30 km (19 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q533806.

Drives from El Monte

Car rental from El Monte: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
El Monte to PomonaUnited States25 km (16 mi)about 21 min
El Monte to AnaheimUnited States28 km (17 mi)about 23 min
El Monte to BurbankUnited States29 km (18 mi)about 23 min
El Monte to InglewoodUnited States32 km (20 mi)about 26 min
El Monte to Garden GroveUnited States34 km (21 mi)about 27 min
El Monte to OntarioUnited States35 km (22 mi)about 28 min
El Monte to OrangeUnited States35 km (22 mi)about 29 min
El Monte to Long BeachUnited States37 km (23 mi)about 30 min
El Monte to TorranceUnited States39 km (24 mi)about 32 min
El Monte to Santa AnaUnited States39 km (24 mi)about 32 min
El Monte to Rancho CucamongaUnited States40 km (25 mi)about 33 min
El Monte to Huntington BeachUnited States45 km (28 mi)about 37 min
El Monte to TijuanaMexico198 km (123 mi)about 2 h 41 min
El Monte to PhoenixUnited States555 km (345 mi)about 7 h 31 min
El Monte to Ciudad JuárezMexico1,110 km (690 mi)about 15 h 3 min
El Monte to San DiegoUnited States170 km (106 mi)about 2 h 19 min
El Monte to MexicaliMexico288 km (179 mi)about 3 h 54 min
El Monte to San JoseUnited States504 km (313 mi)about 6 h 50 min
El Monte to ChihuahuaMexico1,283 km (797 mi)about 17 h 24 min
El Monte to San FranciscoUnited States571 km (355 mi)about 7 h 44 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in El Monte?

The right, as everywhere in United States.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.