Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Apple Valley to Irvine
Right now (6:18 pm PDT): about 92 minutes via I-15 South, usually 88 at this time.
Only 32% 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
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 97 | 125 | 136 | 119 | 109 | 102 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 95 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 86 |
| Tue | 95 | 117 | 129 | 117 | 98 | 93 | 91 | 91 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 94 | 93 | 89 | 90 | 89 | 85 |
| Wed | 98 | 114 | 129 | 113 | 99 | 94 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 91 | 91 | 93 | 90 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 84 |
| Thu | 97 | 113 | 121 | 107 | 99 | 96 | 95 | 97 | 98 | 96 | 96 | 99 | 94 | 89 | 88 | 89 | 84 |
| Fri | 90 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 100 | 102 | 103 | 100 | 95 | 93 | 88 | 86 |
| Sat | 85 | 88 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 95 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 95 | 91 | 87 | 87 | 84 |
| Sun | 85 | 86 | 86 | 88 | 91 | 92 | 95 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 94 | 96 | 95 | 94 | 92 | 85 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 92-mile drive from Apple Valley to Irvine (via I-15 South) usually takes as little as 84 minutes and up to 136 minutes, when leaving around 6:30 am on Mondays. The fastest times to leave are after 5:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 95 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12:30 pm on Sundays (101 minutes).
About 80 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 11 miles surface streets (12 to 15 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Apple Valley to central Irvine 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 Apple Valley to Irvine?
On weekdays, leave after 5:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 84 minutes then, versus up to 136 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Apple Valley to Irvine?
The 92-mile drive usually takes 84 to 136 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 95 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Apple Valley to Irvine?
Leaving around 6:30 am on Mondays is usually slowest, about 136 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-15 South in Inland Empire (34 miles) · SR-91 West in Orange County (10 miles) · SR-261 South in Orange County (8 miles) · SR-241 South in Orange County (6 miles) · I-15 South in Orange County (6 miles) · I-405 South in Orange County (1.2 miles)
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