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Santa Clarita · United States

Car hire and driving in Santa Clarita, CA

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

In United States traffic drives on the right. Picking up at BUR means 27 km (17 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q533806.

Drives from Santa Clarita

Car rental from Santa Clarita: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Santa Clarita to Simi ValleyUnited States26 km (16 mi)about 21 min
Santa Clarita to BurbankUnited States32 km (20 mi)about 26 min
Santa Clarita to Thousand OaksUnited States37 km (23 mi)about 30 min
Santa Clarita to GlendaleUnited States38 km (24 mi)about 31 min
Santa Clarita to PalmdaleUnited States44 km (28 mi)about 36 min
Santa Clarita to PasadenaUnited States46 km (28 mi)about 37 min
Santa Clarita to Los AngelesUnited States47 km (29 mi)about 38 min
Santa Clarita to LancasterUnited States50 km (31 mi)about 41 min
Santa Clarita to InglewoodUnited States51 km (32 mi)about 41 min
Santa Clarita to East Los AngelesUnited States53 km (33 mi)about 43 min
Santa Clarita to El MonteUnited States59 km (37 mi)about 48 min
Santa Clarita to OxnardUnited States62 km (39 mi)about 51 min
Santa Clarita to TijuanaMexico254 km (158 mi)about 3 h 27 min
Santa Clarita to PhoenixUnited States606 km (376 mi)about 8 h 13 min
Santa Clarita to Ciudad JuárezMexico1,164 km (723 mi)about 15 h 46 min
Santa Clarita to San DiegoUnited States226 km (140 mi)about 3 h 4 min
Santa Clarita to MexicaliMexico347 km (216 mi)about 4 h 42 min
Santa Clarita to San JoseUnited States446 km (277 mi)about 6 h 2 min
Santa Clarita to ChihuahuaMexico1,341 km (834 mi)about 18 h 11 min
Santa Clarita to San FranciscoUnited States513 km (319 mi)about 6 h 57 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 Santa Clarita?

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.