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Sacramento · United States

Car hire and driving in Sacramento

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 SMF means 15 km (9 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q533806.

Drives from Sacramento

Car rental from Sacramento: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Sacramento to RosevilleUnited States26 km (16 mi)about 21 min
Sacramento to FairfieldUnited States60 km (37 mi)about 49 min
Sacramento to AntiochUnited States70 km (43 mi)about 57 min
Sacramento to StocktonUnited States72 km (44 mi)about 58 min
Sacramento to ConcordUnited States82 km (51 mi)about 1 h 7 min
Sacramento to VallejoUnited States85 km (53 mi)about 1 h 9 min
Sacramento to RichmondUnited States103 km (64 mi)about 1 h 24 min
Sacramento to BerkeleyUnited States104 km (65 mi)about 1 h 25 min
Sacramento to Santa RosaUnited States107 km (67 mi)about 1 h 27 min
Sacramento to OaklandUnited States110 km (68 mi)about 1 h 29 min
Sacramento to ModestoUnited States113 km (71 mi)about 1 h 32 min
Sacramento to HaywardUnited States114 km (71 mi)about 1 h 32 min
Sacramento to Los AngelesUnited States582 km (361 mi)about 7 h 53 min
Sacramento to TijuanaMexico788 km (490 mi)about 10 h 41 min
Sacramento to PhoenixUnited States1,021 km (634 mi)about 13 h 50 min
Sacramento to Ciudad JuárezMexico1,562 km (971 mi)about 21 h 11 min
Sacramento to San DiegoUnited States760 km (472 mi)about 10 h 18 min
Sacramento to CalgaryCanada1,503 km (934 mi)about 20 h 22 min
Sacramento to MexicaliMexico858 km (533 mi)about 11 h 38 min
Sacramento to San JoseUnited States143 km (89 mi)about 1 h 56 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 Sacramento?

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 13 September 2026. Hotel 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.