Best Time to Drive from Aliso Viejo to Riverside

Right now (7:09 pm PDT): about 53 minutes via SR-91 East and SR-241 North, usually 49 at this time.

Only 28% of this drive is measured by working traffic sensors right now. The rest is estimated from nearby sensors, typical speeds and street traffic, so times can be off. Why so few sensors work.

Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Aliso Viejo to Riverside by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	43	43	47	47	46	46	46	47	50	52	57	58	57	51	48	46	43
Tue	43	43	50	49	47	47	47	47	48	54	60	59	57	51	48	47	44
Wed	43	44	49	50	46	46	46	48	49	54	56	57	57	50	48	47	44
Thu	43	43	48	48	46	46	46	47	49	52	58	60	59	51	49	47	43
Fri	43	43	45	46	45	47	47	49	55	59	65	62	60	55	50	46	44
Sat	43	43	43	44	45	46	45	46	46	48	49	49	49	48	47	46	44
Sun	43	43	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	45	43

About this drive

On weekdays the 47-mile drive from Aliso Viejo to Riverside (via SR-91 East and SR-241 North) usually takes as little as 42 minutes and up to 65 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 49 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4 pm on Saturdays (49 minutes).

About 44 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (4 to 5 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Aliso Viejo to central Riverside along the route on the map. Starting or ending elsewhere in a big city can add or save several minutes.

Simulated from typical freeway speeds at each point of the drive for the time you would reach it, from every 5-minute reading we have recorded. We don't have sensors on surface streets yet, so the time on them is estimated from how congested the freeways around each end of the drive are at that time, in both directions: streets jam when the freeways do.

Questions

What is the best time to drive from Aliso Viejo to Riverside?

On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 42 minutes then, versus up to 65 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Aliso Viejo to Riverside?

The 47-mile drive usually takes 42 to 65 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 49 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Aliso Viejo to Riverside?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 65 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 East in Orange County (20 miles) · SR-241 North in Orange County (12 miles) · SR-133 North in Orange County (9 miles) · SR-73 North in Orange County (3 miles) · SR-91 East in Inland Empire (1.1 miles)

Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow · Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow

More drives

Riverside to Aliso Viejo (return trip) · Aliso Viejo to Los Angeles · Aliso Viejo to Santa Monica · Aliso Viejo to San Diego · Aliso Viejo to Long Beach · Aliso Viejo to Anaheim · Aliso Viejo to Santa Ana

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	43	43	47	47	46	46	46	47	50	52	57	58	57	51	48	46	43
Tue	43	43	50	49	47	47	47	47	48	54	60	59	57	51	48	47	44
Wed	43	44	49	50	46	46	46	48	49	54	56	57	57	50	48	47	44
Thu	43	43	48	48	46	46	46	47	49	52	58	60	59	51	49	47	43
Fri	43	43	45	46	45	47	47	49	55	59	65	62	60	55	50	46	44
Sat	43	43	43	44	45	46	45	46	46	48	49	49	49	48	47	46	44
Sun	43	43	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	45	43

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	43	43	47	47	46	46	46	47	50	52	57	58	57	51	48	46	43
Tue	43	43	50	49	47	47	47	47	48	54	60	59	57	51	48	47	44
Wed	43	44	49	50	46	46	46	48	49	54	56	57	57	50	48	47	44
Thu	43	43	48	48	46	46	46	47	49	52	58	60	59	51	49	47	43
Fri	43	43	45	46	45	47	47	49	55	59	65	62	60	55	50	46	44
Sat	43	43	43	44	45	46	45	46	46	48	49	49	49	48	47	46	44
Sun	43	43	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	45	43

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	43	43	47	47	46	46	46	47	50	52	57	58	57	51	48	46	43
Tue	43	43	50	49	47	47	47	47	48	54	60	59	57	51	48	47	44
Wed	43	44	49	50	46	46	46	48	49	54	56	57	57	50	48	47	44
Thu	43	43	48	48	46	46	46	47	49	52	58	60	59	51	49	47	43
Fri	43	43	45	46	45	47	47	49	55	59	65	62	60	55	50	46	44
Sat	43	43	43	44	45	46	45	46	46	48	49	49	49	48	47	46	44
Sun	43	43	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	45	43