Best Time to Drive from Arvin to Santa Clarita

Right now (12:51 am PST): about 80 minutes via I-5 South and SR-99 South.

Only 22% 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 Arvin to Santa Clarita 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	78	81	81	81	80	81	81	82	81	79	79	80	80	82	86	86	79
Tue	78	83	82	81	82	82	82	81	81	79	79	79	80	81	83	84	79
Wed	78	83	82	82	83	83	83	82	81	79	78	79	80	84	84	84	81
Thu	79	84	84	83	84	83	82	82	82	81	80	80	80	83	83	84	81
Fri	79	85	86	86	85	86	85	84	82	80	80	79	80	81	82	81	78
Sat	78	78	79	79	81	82	82	80	79	78	78	77	78	78	79	79	78
Sun	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	82	84	83	82	80

About this drive

On weekdays the 79-mile drive from Arvin to Santa Clarita (via I-5 South and SR-99 South) usually takes as little as 78 minutes and up to 87 minutes, when leaving around 7:30 pm on Mondays. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 81 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6 pm on Sundays (84 minutes).

About 46 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 33 miles surface streets (19 to 20 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Arvin to central Santa Clarita 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 Arvin to Santa Clarita?

On weekdays, leave early in the morning or late in the evening. The drive usually takes about 78 minutes then, versus up to 87 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Arvin to Santa Clarita?

The 79-mile drive usually takes 78 to 87 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 81 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Arvin to Santa Clarita?

Leaving around 7:30 pm on Mondays is usually slowest, about 87 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 South in Los Angeles (16 miles)

Bakersfield traffic right now · Bakersfield traffic tomorrow · Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow

More drives

Santa Clarita to Arvin (return trip) · Arvin to Bakersfield

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	81	81	81	80	81	81	82	81	79	79	80	80	82	86	86	79
Tue	78	83	82	81	82	82	82	81	81	79	79	79	80	81	83	84	79
Wed	78	83	82	82	83	83	83	82	81	79	78	79	80	84	84	84	81
Thu	79	84	84	83	84	83	82	82	82	81	80	80	80	83	83	84	81
Fri	79	85	86	86	85	86	85	84	82	80	80	79	80	81	82	81	78
Sat	78	78	79	79	81	82	82	80	79	78	78	77	78	78	79	79	78
Sun	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	82	84	83	82	80

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	81	81	81	80	81	81	82	81	79	79	80	80	82	86	86	79
Tue	78	83	82	81	82	82	82	81	81	79	79	79	80	81	83	84	79
Wed	78	83	82	82	83	83	83	82	81	79	78	79	80	84	84	84	81
Thu	79	84	84	83	84	83	82	82	82	81	80	80	80	83	83	84	81
Fri	79	85	86	86	85	86	85	84	82	80	80	79	80	81	82	81	78
Sat	78	78	79	79	81	82	82	80	79	78	78	77	78	78	79	79	78
Sun	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	82	84	83	82	80

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	81	81	81	80	81	81	82	81	79	79	80	80	82	86	86	79
Tue	78	83	82	81	82	82	82	81	81	79	79	79	80	81	83	84	79
Wed	78	83	82	82	83	83	83	82	81	79	78	79	80	84	84	84	81
Thu	79	84	84	83	84	83	82	82	82	81	80	80	80	83	83	84	81
Fri	79	85	86	86	85	86	85	84	82	80	80	79	80	81	82	81	78
Sat	78	78	79	79	81	82	82	80	79	78	78	77	78	78	79	79	78
Sun	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	82	84	83	82	80