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Glendale · United States

Car hire and driving in Glendale

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 BUR means 12 km (7 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q533806.

Drives from Glendale

Car rental from Glendale: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Glendale to DowneyUnited States25 km (16 mi)about 20 min
Glendale to West CovinaUnited States30 km (19 mi)about 25 min
Glendale to NorwalkUnited States31 km (19 mi)about 25 min
Glendale to TorranceUnited States35 km (22 mi)about 28 min
Glendale to Santa ClaritaUnited States38 km (24 mi)about 31 min
Glendale to Long BeachUnited States42 km (26 mi)about 34 min
Glendale to FullertonUnited States43 km (27 mi)about 35 min
Glendale to AnaheimUnited States46 km (29 mi)about 38 min
Glendale to ValenciaUnited States47 km (29 mi)about 38 min
Glendale to PomonaUnited States47 km (29 mi)about 38 min
Glendale to Garden GroveUnited States50 km (31 mi)about 41 min
Glendale to PalmdaleUnited States50 km (31 mi)about 41 min
Glendale to TijuanaMexico216 km (134 mi)about 2 h 56 min
Glendale to PhoenixUnited States576 km (358 mi)about 7 h 49 min
Glendale to Ciudad JuárezMexico1,132 km (704 mi)about 15 h 21 min
Glendale to San DiegoUnited States188 km (117 mi)about 2 h 33 min
Glendale to MexicaliMexico310 km (192 mi)about 4 h 12 min
Glendale to San JoseUnited States484 km (301 mi)about 6 h 34 min
Glendale to ChihuahuaMexico1,306 km (811 mi)about 17 h 42 min
Glendale to San FranciscoUnited States551 km (342 mi)about 7 h 28 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 Glendale?

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.