When will the power be back in San Diego, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
San Diego is a city of about 1,404,452 residents in San Diego County.
San Diego Gas & Electric has reported outages for San Diego by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when San Diego 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 San Diego:
+ 64 more ZIP codes in San Diego
- 92113
- 92114
- 92115
- 92116
- 92117
- 92119
- 92120
- 92121
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- 92123
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- 92186
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- 92190
- 92191
- 92192
- 92193
- 92195
- 92196
- 92197
- 92198
- 92199
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around San Diego: the closest other places we track are La Mesa, about 7 miles to the southeast; Santee, about 8 miles to the east; El Cajon, about 10 miles to the east; and National City, about 11 miles to the south. Also nearby: Coronado (12 mi S), Poway (12 mi NE), Chula Vista (15 mi SE), Encinitas (17 mi NW), Imperial Beach (18 mi S), Escondido (21 mi N), San Marcos (21 mi N) and Carlsbad (22 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Vista (26 mi); northeast toward Palm Springs (75 mi); and northwest toward San Clemente (51 mi).
Who serves San Diego?
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.
San Diego's last tracked outage began Oct 12, peaked at 178 customers out, and was restored in 7 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Oct 12 — 178 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Oct 11 — 3,717 customers out, restored in 10 hours
- Oct 11 — 1,016 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Oct 10 — 4,769 customers out, restored in 8 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 San Diego, 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 San Diego's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in San Diego, CA?
To check your own street, search a San Diego ZIP code — 92101, 92102, 92103, 92104, 92105, 92106 or any of the other 70 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show San Diego specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for San Diego we have the city-level view: San Diego Gas & Electric has published outages for San Diego under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When San Diego 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 San Diego.
