How long does mail take from Utah to each state?
The map shades each state by the number of days USPS most often gives a First Class letter from Utah, and the table under it gives the usual range for every state, so you can read off a trip like Utah to Florida at a glance.
| Trip | Usually | Most often | Within 3 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Within Utah | 2 to 3 days | 2 days | 91 percent |
| Utah to Alabama | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Alaska | 4 to 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Arizona | 3 to 4 days | 3 days | 77 percent |
| Utah to Arkansas | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to California | 3 to 4 days | 3 days | 80 percent |
| Utah to Colorado | 3 to 4 days | 3 days | 76 percent |
| Utah to Connecticut | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Delaware | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Washington, DC | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Florida | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Georgia | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Hawaii | 4 to 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Idaho | 3 to 4 days | 3 days | 76 percent |
| Utah to Illinois | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Indiana | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Iowa | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 4 percent |
| Utah to Kansas | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 2 percent |
| Utah to Kentucky | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Louisiana | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Maine | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Maryland | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Massachusetts | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Michigan | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Minnesota | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Mississippi | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Missouri | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Montana | 3 to 4 days | 3 days | 76 percent |
| Utah to Nebraska | 3 to 4 days | 3 days | 76 percent |
| Utah to Nevada | 3 to 4 days | 3 days | 83 percent |
| Utah to New Hampshire | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to New Jersey | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to New Mexico | 3 to 4 days | 3 days | 76 percent |
| Utah to New York | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to North Carolina | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to North Dakota | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Ohio | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Oklahoma | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0.5 percent |
| Utah to Oregon | 3 to 4 days | 3 days | 76 percent |
| Utah to Pennsylvania | 4 to 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Rhode Island | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to South Carolina | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to South Dakota | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Tennessee | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Texas | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 5 percent |
| Utah to Vermont | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Virginia | 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Washington | 3 to 4 days | 3 days | 76 percent |
| Utah to West Virginia | 4 to 5 days | 5 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Wisconsin | 4 to 5 days | 4 days | 0 percent |
| Utah to Wyoming | 2 to 4 days | 3 days | 79 percent |
How long does a letter take within Utah?
USPS's directory gives 2 days to 70 percent of the letters that start and end in Utah, 3 days to 21 percent and 4 days to 9 percent. About 13 percent of the people in Utah live in ZIP codes whose letters get a day more than the rest of their 3 digit ZIP area, which is the 2025 rule for post offices more than 50 miles' drive from the plant that sorts their mail. If you mail from one of those towns, expect the slower end of each range on this page.
Which states get mail from Utah fastest?
USPS most often gives 3 days or fewer to letters from Utah bound for 11 other states, led by Nevada, California, Wyoming and Washington. To Nevada, 83 percent of letters have a standard of 3 days or less.
Which states take the longest from Utah?
USPS gives 5 days to most letters from Utah going to 19 states, including Florida and New York. A letter on one of these trips that goes out with Monday's pickup is due on Saturday, or a day later when a holiday falls in the week.
How much of the country is within 3 days of Utah?
If you sent one letter from Utah to every person in the country, Utah included, USPS would give 19 percent of them a standard of 3 days or less. That ranks Utah 31st of the 50 states and DC, and the state in the middle of that list is at 22 percent.
How do I find the exact days for one letter?
Each range on this page covers many ZIP codes, and one letter has a single number. For example, USPS gives a letter from ZIP 84043 in Utah to ZIP 34787 in Florida 5 days. Our delivery time tool shows that number for any two ZIP codes and counts it out on the calendar, skipping Sundays and holidays.
How were these days worked out?
The days come from USPS's own service standard directory for First Class Mail, effective October 1, 2026, which we download from USPS's Service Standards Files API. It gives the days from every 3 digit ZIP area to every other, plus the 5 digit ZIP codes whose letters get a different number. For Utah we took each of its 291 populated ZIP codes as a starting point and each 3 digit ZIP area of the destination state as an end point, and weighted every pair by the people who live at both ends, using the Census Bureau's 2023 population counts. "Usually" is the range that covers the middle 8 of every 10 letters, and "most often" is the single most common number.
A service standard is USPS's target for a stamped letter mailed before the day's last pickup, and First Class Mail has no delivery guarantee. Sundays and the 11 federal holidays USPS observes don't count as delivery days.
Sources
- USPS, Service Standards Files API, "3D Base Service Standard Directory" and "Supplemental Service Standard Directory FCM", effective October 1, 2026, downloaded October 21, 2026: developers.usps.com
- Code of Federal Regulations, 39 CFR 121.1, First Class Mail service standards: ecfr.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5 year estimates, table B01003, population by ZIP Code Tabulation Area: data.census.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file: census.gov
- USPS Service Standards API, spot checks on October 21, 2026 that matched the directory: ZIP 77494 to 34787, 3 days; ZIP 92336 to 11368, 5 days; ZIP 11368 to 92336, 5 days; ZIP 60629 to 60629, 2 days; ZIP 59001 to 59901, 4 days; ZIP 590 to 59901, 3 days