Driving Time From Mesa to Phoenix and Other Cities

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Updated 06/03/19

Mesa is a city in the East Valley, and is one of the most populous cities in Arizona. It also covers quite a bit of area! METRO Light Rail serves Mesa along Main Street from the west end of Mesa's Main Street to Downtown Mesa.

Mesa has older sections as well as new master-planned communities, agricultural areas, colleges, theaters, shopping malls, hospitals, baseball stadiums that host Spring Training baseball and is home to the Mesa Arizona Temple (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).

The following chart represents the distance from Mesa, Arizona to the indicated city, and the time it takes to drive there. The purpose of this chart is to give an estimation, not an exact time or distance. Obviously, I had to pick one point in each location in order to map it. Typically, I chose the City Hall, Chamber of Commerce, airport or some other official central place. You may be starting or ending at some other point, so please keep that in mind. Likewise, as far as the times from one point to another are concerned, people drive differently, during different times of the day and week, and road conditions and restrictions happen. Speed limits vary from 55 mph to 75 mph on highways here.

The times are just estimates. You'll find that the online mapping services that I used to create these numbers often indicate that you'll get there in roughly 'a mile per minute'. I don't usually find that to be true. If I am driving a combination of highways and city streets, I usually leave an hour for every 50 miles, and longer if it is a major event where I expect traffic or parking problems.

The first set of cities, shown as white in the table, are in Maricopa County. The second set of cities, shown in light gray in the table, are in Pinal County and are considered part of the Greater Phoenix area. The third set of cities, shown in darker gray, are major destinations elsewhere in the State of Arizona.

Travel Times and Distances From Mesa, Arizona

From Mesa, Arizona to ...	Distance (miles)	Time (minutes)
Avondale	32	38
Buckeye	51	59
Carefree	33	46
Cave Creek	36	47
Chandler	18	26
Fountain Hills	18	30
Gila Bend	86	90
Gilbert	10	18
Glendale	27	38
Goodyear	35	41
Litchfield Park	37	45
Mesa	NA	NA
New River	47	52
Paradise Valley	15	25
Peoria	38	46
Phoenix	12	25
Queen Creek	24	39
Scottsdale	11	21
Sun City	44	49
Sun Lakes	15	30
Surprise	47	55
Tempe	7	14
Tolleson	29	37
Wickenburg	82	91
Apache Junction	22	30
Casa Grande	53	55
Florence	51	56
Maricopa	35	42
Superior	50	53
Bullhead City	244	250
Camp Verde	106	103
Cottonwood	119	121
Douglas	233	236
Flagstaff	160	150
Grand Canyon	244	235
Kingman	208	208
Lake Havasu City	218	222
Lake Powell	294	276
Nogales	178	165
Payson	78	77
Prescott	115	118
Sedona	132	133
Show Low	167	173
Sierra Vista	191	183
Tucson	122	118
Yuma	199	189
Disneyland, CA	374	343
Las Vegas, NV	310	310
Los Angeles, CA	390	356
Rocky Point, Mex*	226	267
San Diego, CA	374	350