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Car shipping in San Diego, CA

Price ranges for shipping a car to and from San Diego, CA, plus nearby terminals and common routes.

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Key facts

How vehicles move
By truck; ports and islands may need a separate sea or rail service
Population
1,406,106
Metro
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

As of 1 July 2025. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, 1 July 2025

Local notes

  • An auction area is associated with this city. Confirm the storage deadline and the release documents with the auction operator. Yard addresses are not listed here.
  • A military installation is in or near this city. Inside the continental United States, a personally owned vehicle is usually the service member's responsibility. Confirm the current rule before booking.
  • A campus in this city can limit where a car-carrier truck stops. The driver often meets you off campus.
Common routes from San Diego. Sedan or compact car.
RouteOpen transportEnclosed transport
Phoenix, AZ$394–$600$590–$900
Los Angeles, CA$376–$573$564–$859
Riverside, CA$376–$573$564–$859
San Francisco, CA$490–$747$735–$1,121
San Jose, CA$456–$695$685–$1,043
As of 2026-11-09. RideShipper estimate, updated 2026-11-09, based on 3,588 prices that customers reported paying in MoveAdvisor reviews, adjusted for U.S. diesel at $6.13 a gallon for that week (U.S. Energy Information Administration). In testing, the typical difference between an estimate and a reported price was about 20% of the estimate. This is an estimate, not a quote: the carrier sets the price. No pickup date was supplied, so this estimate uses November 2026. There is no seasonal direction adjustment for this route and month.

Registering an out-of-state car. Check the state agency sources there for current requirements and fees.

Routes

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Nearby places

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Companies based in San Diego

Checked facts

Who pays for a service member's car

Military OneSource says that inside the 48 contiguous states, transporting a privately owned vehicle is largely the member's responsibility. Exceptions are handled by the transportation office. See what a military move pays for. Naval Base San Diego is the installation record. IAA lists a San Diego branch with office hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific. That is the auction operator confirmed here. The auction area covers the metro.

The campus that is still listed

College Navigator lists San Diego State in San Diego with a Fall 2024 student population of 41,137. No out-of-state share is stated. A College Navigator search for Ashford University in California returned no institution on 10 November 2026. This page does not send a car to an Ashford campus. Census ACS 2024 outbound estimates from California are Texas 77,161 (margin of error 9,059), Nevada 53,289 (margin of error 6,970), and Arizona 52,383 (margin of error 6,890). This site's route list shows San Diego pairs with Houston, Chicago, Denver, Boston, Seattle, and Phoenix. Registration stays on the California page.

Chula Vista is not this gate

Chula Vista has no base or auction branch in the location file. A San Diego order can be the Navy gate, the IAA branch, San Diego State, or a house. Those four are not substitutes. The base needs access arranged ahead of the truck. The yard needs a release during weekday office hours. The campus needs a curb the carrier can use.

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