When will the power be back in El Cajon, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
El Cajon is a city of about 103,291 residents in San Diego County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for El Cajon by name, so this page reports the San Diego County county-wide view, which covers El Cajon. If a serving utility does name El Cajon during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in El Cajon:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around El Cajon: the closest other places we track are Santee, about 4 miles to the north; La Mesa, about 4 miles to the southwest; Lemon Grove, about 6 miles to the southwest; and San Diego, about 10 miles to the west. Also nearby: National City (12 mi SW), Chula Vista (12 mi S), Poway (13 mi N), Coronado (15 mi SW), Imperial Beach (19 mi SW), Solana Beach (22 mi NW), Escondido (24 mi N) and Encinitas (24 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Temecula (49 mi); northeast toward La Quinta (71 mi); and northwest toward San Marcos (26 mi).
Who serves El Cajon?
We track live outage data from San Diego Gas & Electric in San Diego County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Imperial Irrigation District also serves parts of San Diego County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
El Cajon's last tracked outage began Sep 28, peaked at 38 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 28 — 38 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 24 — 166 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 22 — 52 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 20 — 160 customers out, restored in 6 hours
County context: across all of San Diego County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 11.8 hr. The full record for San Diego County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in El Cajon, CA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from El Cajon's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in El Cajon, CA?
To check your own street, search an El Cajon ZIP code — 92019, 92020, 92021 or 92022 — and the map opens on that area.
