How far is it from Phoenix to the border of Mexico?

The driving time from Phoenix, Arizona to Mexico is:

19 hours, 55 minutes

Average driving speed: 55.5 mph
Kilometers per hour: 89.3 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.




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How long is the drive from Phoenix, AZ to Mexico? The total driving time is 19 hours, 55 minutes.

Your trip begins in Phoenix, Arizona. It ends in Mexico.

If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from Phoenix, AZ to Mexico.

You can also calculate the cost to drive from Phoenix, AZ to Mexico based on current local gas prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

Since this is a long drive, you might want to stop halfway and stay overnight in a hotel. You can find the city that is halfway between Phoenix, AZ and Mexico.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from Phoenix, AZ to Mexico.




Driving time calculator

Travelmath helps you find the driving time based on actual directions for your road trip. You can find out how long it will take to drive between any two cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes. This can also help you plan the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results with the flight time calculator to see how much longer it might take to drive the distance instead of flying. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

2 hours, 48 minutes

Average driving speed: 63.8 mph
Kilometers per hour: 102.7 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.

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Map of driving directions from Phoenix, AZ to Nogales, Mexico

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Driving time from Phoenix, AZ to Nogales, Mexico

How long is the drive from Phoenix, AZ to Nogales, Mexico? The total driving time is 2 hours, 48 minutes.

Your trip begins in Phoenix, Arizona. It ends in Nogales, Mexico.

If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from Phoenix, AZ to Nogales, Mexico.

You can also calculate the cost to drive from Phoenix, AZ to Nogales, Mexico based on current local gas prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Phoenix, AZ and Nogales, Mexico.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from Phoenix, AZ to Nogales, Mexico.


Nogales, Mexico

City: Nogales

Region: Sonora

Country: Mexico

Category: cities



Driving time calculator

Travelmath helps you find the driving time based on actual directions for your road trip. You can find out how long it will take to drive between any two cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes. This can also help you plan the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results with the flight time calculator to see how much longer it might take to drive the distance instead of flying. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

Driving non-stop from Phoenix to Nogales (Sonora)

How far is Nogales (Sonora) from Phoenix? Here's the quick answer if you drive this relatively short distance without making any stops.

Nonstop drive: 179 miles or 288 km

Driving time: 2 hours, 48 minutes

Even though you can drive this distance straight through, it might be more interesting to stop along the way. You can scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.



Flying non-stop from Phoenix to Nogales (Sonora)

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Phoenix, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 160 miles or 258 km

Flight time: 49 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 19 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.1x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/3th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.




Phoenix to Nogales (Sonora) road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Nogales (Sonora), and you want to stop on the way to explore. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting places along the way, or maybe eat at a great restaurant. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Road trip: 1 day of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 4 hours on the road


Itinerary

Start in Phoenix.


To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:


Phoenix to Nogales (Sonora) airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)

Arrival airport: Tucson International Airport (TUS)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 11 minutes

Getting to your destination: 162 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from PHX to TUS on American Airlines and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 49 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Phoenix to Nogales (Sonora) including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 6 hours


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Plan a trip to Nogales (Sonora)

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Nogales, Mexico. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Nogales (Sonora). Click the button below to explore Nogales (Sonora) in detail.


How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Nogales (Sonora) to Phoenix, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Phoenix, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Phoenix!

How far is it from Phoenix to the New Mexico border?

The distance between Phoenix and New Mexico is 359 miles. The road distance is 468.3 miles. How do I travel from Phoenix to New Mexico without a car?

What is the closest part of Mexico to Phoenix Arizona?

Naco is a small border town that straddles Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. This map illustrates the borderlands between Arizona and Mexico at Naco. Naco is a small border town that straddles Arizona and Sonora, Mexico.

What Arizona city is closest to the Mexican border?

Nogales forms Arizona's largest transborder agglomeration with its adjacent, much larger twin Nogales, Sonora, across the Mexican border. The southern terminus of Interstate 19 is located in Nogales at the U.S.–Mexico border; the highway continues south into Mexico as Mexico Federal Highway 15.

Is Arizona close to the Mexican border?

Arizona is a landlocked state situated in the southwestern United States, bordering Mexico in the south. The Grand Canyon State (its nickname) borders Utah to the north, New Mexico to the east, the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south, California in the west, and Nevada in northwest.