When will the power be back in Escondido, CA?
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Escondido is a city of about 148,847 residents in San Diego County.
San Diego Gas & Electric has reported outages for Escondido by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Escondido is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Escondido:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Escondido: the closest other places we track are San Marcos, about 6 miles to the west; Vista, about 10 miles to the west; Poway, about 11 miles to the south; and Carlsbad, about 12 miles to the west. Also nearby: Encinitas (12 mi SW), Oceanside (15 mi NW), Santee (20 mi S), San Diego (21 mi S), El Cajon (24 mi S), Temecula (25 mi N), La Mesa (25 mi S) and Murrieta (31 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Wildomar (35 mi); northeast toward Palm Springs (55 mi); south toward National City (32 mi); and northwest toward San Clemente (38 mi).
Who serves Escondido?
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.
Escondido's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 25 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 6 — 25 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 5 — 55 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Oct 3 — 39 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Oct 1 — 100 customers out, restored in 7 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 Escondido, 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 Escondido'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 Escondido, CA?
To check your own street, search an Escondido ZIP code — 92025, 92026, 92027, 92029, 92030, 92033 or any of the other 1 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Escondido specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Escondido we have the city-level view: San Diego Gas & Electric has published outages for Escondido under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Escondido is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the San Diego County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Escondido.
