When will the power be back in San Mateo, CA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
San Mateo is a city of about 103,006 residents in San Mateo County.
Pacific Gas & Electric has reported outages for San Mateo by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when San Mateo 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 Mateo:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around San Mateo: the closest other places we track are Belmont, about 3 miles to the south; Burlingame, about 3 miles to the northwest; Foster City, about 4 miles to the east; and San Carlos, about 5 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Millbrae (6 mi NW), Redwood City (6 mi SE), San Bruno (8 mi NW), South San Francisco (8 mi NW), Half Moon Bay (9 mi SW), Menlo Park (10 mi SE), Hayward (12 mi E) and Daly City (12 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Oakland (15 mi); northeast toward San Leandro (13 mi); east toward Union City (16 mi); southeast toward Mountain View (17 mi); south toward Santa Cruz (43 mi); and northwest toward Mill Valley (27 mi).
Who serves San Mateo?
We track live outage data from Pacific Gas & Electric in San Mateo County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City & County of San Francisco also serves parts of San Mateo County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
San Mateo's last tracked outage began Oct 7, peaked at 35 customers out, and was restored in 10 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Oct 7 — 35 customers out, restored in 10 hours
- Oct 6 — 145 customers out, restored in 8 hours
- Oct 6 — 332 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Oct 5 — 71 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of San Mateo County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 11 hr. The full record for San Mateo County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in San Mateo, 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 Mateo'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 Mateo, CA?
To check your own street, search a San Mateo ZIP code — 94401, 94402, 94403, 94404 or 94497 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show San Mateo specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for San Mateo we have the city-level view: Pacific Gas & Electric has published outages for San Mateo under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When San Mateo is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the San Mateo County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes San Mateo.
