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Distance from Santa Barbara, CA to San Diego, CA

The total driving distance from Santa Barbara, CA to San Diego, CA is 218 miles or 351 kilometers.

The total straight line flight distance from Santa Barbara, CA to San Diego, CA is 188 miles.

This is equivalent to 302 kilometers or 163 nautical miles.

Your trip begins in Santa Barbara, California. It ends in San Diego, California.

Your flight direction from Santa Barbara, CA to San Diego, CA is Southeast (128 degrees from North).

The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Santa Barbara, CA to San Diego, CA. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance ("as the crow flies") and the driving distance if the route is drivable. It uses all this data to compute the total travel mileage.

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