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How many days does driving from New York to California take?
I’m so excited—I just got the job of my dreams! There’s just one downside, it’s in California, and I currently live in New York. How long is it going to take me to make that cross-country drive?
Sarah Gray · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Congratulations on your new job!
You’re going to have quite a drive ahead of you, but the scenery alone—not to mention the awesome job waiting at the other end—should certainly help make it less daunting.
The drive itself will take about 43 hours (give or take a few hours depending on where in each state you’re leaving from and going to). But you need to also factor in bathroom breaks, gas breaks, breaks to eat—are we forgetting anything?—oh, breaks for sleep!
Assuming you’ll be the only driver, the safest thing to do is to limit your driving to no more than seven to nine hours per day. That means you should plan for at least six days to drive solo from
New York
to California
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