Necesito saber qué tan lejos está.

English Translation

I need to know how far it is.

The Tatoeba sentence says “qué tan lejos es”.

BTW, I believe this expression is mostly used in the Americas, and in Spain they would say “cómo de lejos”.

I’d say ‘cómo de lejos’ or just ‘qué lejos’ but not ‘qué tan lejos’.

Es vs está are different uses, está is for something concrete like a building, while es would be used for something like a meeting. But these are the same in English.

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