Search 550+ Summer Camps in the San Diego Area

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About San Diego summer camps

Prices

  • A typical week of day camp in the San Diego area costs about $385, with half of paid options priced between $275 and $499.
  • Median tuition for regular camp hours is $17.00 an hour, and 29% of paid options cost less than $300 a week.
  • A Monday-through-Friday camp week covering 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. typically costs about $475, including listed care fees. The typical fee for paid extended care is about $75 a week.
  • A week of sleepaway camp within 50 miles typically costs about $1,400.

Aid and policies

  • 27% of camps offer financial aid, 38% offer refunds, and 33% are nonprofits.

Hours and extended care

  • 22% of day camp options cover 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. including extended care, and 36 providers offer that coverage Monday through Friday.
  • Early drop-off by 8 a.m. is available for 29% of day camp options, while 9% allow pickup at 6 p.m. or later.

More options

  • Camp choices continue into late summer, with day camps starting August 17 to 31 from 48 providers.
  • For families exploring sleepaway camp close to the San Diego area, there are 33 providers with venues within 50 miles.
Data is from summer 2026

Based on summer 2026 camp listings.

Area covered

  • U.S. venues within 40 miles of the San Diego landing-page center for day camps, and within 50 miles for sleepaway camps.

Prices and care

  • Typical prices are medians (the middle price) of paid camp options. Day-camp weekly tuition is adjusted to five camp days.
  • Sleepaway weekly tuition is adjusted to seven calendar days using the listed session dates.
  • Hourly tuition covers regular camp hours only, excluding extended-care hours and fees.
  • The 8-to-5 weekly price includes required, listed care fees.
  • Separate care prices are medians of listed paid weekly fees. Free care and missing fees are excluded, and packages vary.

How we count

  • Price and hour percentages count options with known prices or hours.
  • Aid, refund and nonprofit percentages count each day or sleepaway camp provider once across both areas, using October 2026 provider records.
  • Policy percentages use all those providers as the denominator, count only explicit positive records, and are rounded to the nearest whole percent.
  • Prices and hour percentages need at least 20 usable options from five providers. Sparse figures are omitted rather than filled in from a larger area.

Check with each camp for current prices, care packages and refund terms.