Long Beach is much closer (100 miles compared to almost 500.)
Long Beach is 1 1/2 driving hr from San Diego and about seven driving hrs from San Francisco.
San Diego is closer to Phoenix than Long Beach.The distance between Long Beach, California and Phoenix, Arizona is 351 miles (565 km).The drive from Long Beach to Phoenix is 380 mi - about 5 hours 39 mins and up to 8 hours 0 mins in traffic.The distance between San Diego, California and Phoenix, Arizona is 298 miles (479 km).The drive from San Diego to Phoenix is 355 mi - about 5 hours 21 mins.
393 miles
Burbank, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ontario, Palm Springs, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana.
It is about 105 miles
4.5 hours
The advantages of staying at a hotel on the beach while in San Diego is that you are on the beach! You are not in the middle of the city so you do not have to hear noise and you can take long walks in the afternoon.
106 miles
Sacremento is the capital. Los Angeles is the most populous, followed by San Diego and San Jose. San Francisco, Oakland, Fresno, and Long Beach are pretty major as well.
The Highest Populated city is Los Angeles, then San Diego, and then it is either San Francisco or San Jose depending on how you measure the city in either metropolitan area or city limits, then Oakland then Sacramento...
1055 miles : 16 hours
105 miles taking this route:Take I-405 SOUTH, from Long Beach, to I-5 SOUTH to SAN DIEGO (via SR-73 TOLL RD if you want to take a shortcut).Take I-5 SOUTH to SAN DIEGO.