Best Time to Drive from Brea to Glendale

Right now (8:52 pm PDT): about 40 minutes via SR-60 West, usually 37 at this time.

Only 3% 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 Brea to Glendale 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	34	89	114	122	118	108	97	99	103	96	87	95	85	78	63	41	38
Tue	35	84	101	112	122	107	94	85	85	91	87	96	88	83	67	46	37
Wed	34	76	93	104	119	110	98	83	87	86	83	91	89	90	73	53	40
Thu	35	76	96	104	112	100	99	93	94	85	80	89	89	91	84	60	40
Fri	35	79	101	111	106	95	91	89	91	81	83	90	83	83	84	64	40
Sat	38	38	43	50	87	97	100	88	99	95	100	95	92	100	98	65	42
Sun	38	38	38	38	40	52	82	96	98	107	113	102	97	94	84	65	45

About this drive

On weekdays the 41-mile drive from Brea to Glendale (via SR-60 West) usually takes as little as 34 minutes and up to 123 minutes, when leaving around 8:30 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 91 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3 pm on Sundays (113 minutes).

About 36 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (7 to 12 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Brea to central Glendale 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 Brea to Glendale?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 34 minutes then, versus up to 123 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Brea to Glendale?

The 41-mile drive usually takes 34 to 123 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 91 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Brea to Glendale?

Leaving around 8:30 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 123 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-60 West in Los Angeles (25 miles) · I-5 North in Los Angeles (7 miles) · SR-57 North in Los Angeles (4 miles)

Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow · Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow

More drives

Glendale to Brea (return trip) · Brea to Los Angeles · Brea to San Diego · Brea to Long Beach · Brea to Anaheim · Brea to Riverside · Brea to Santa Ana · Brea to Irvine · Brea to San Bernardino · Brea to Fontana · Brea to Moreno Valley · Brea to Huntington Beach

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	89	114	122	118	108	97	99	103	96	87	95	85	78	63	41	38
Tue	35	84	101	112	122	107	94	85	85	91	87	96	88	83	67	46	37
Wed	34	76	93	104	119	110	98	83	87	86	83	91	89	90	73	53	40
Thu	35	76	96	104	112	100	99	93	94	85	80	89	89	91	84	60	40
Fri	35	79	101	111	106	95	91	89	91	81	83	90	83	83	84	64	40
Sat	38	38	43	50	87	97	100	88	99	95	100	95	92	100	98	65	42
Sun	38	38	38	38	40	52	82	96	98	107	113	102	97	94	84	65	45

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	89	114	122	118	108	97	99	103	96	87	95	85	78	63	41	38
Tue	35	84	101	112	122	107	94	85	85	91	87	96	88	83	67	46	37
Wed	34	76	93	104	119	110	98	83	87	86	83	91	89	90	73	53	40
Thu	35	76	96	104	112	100	99	93	94	85	80	89	89	91	84	60	40
Fri	35	79	101	111	106	95	91	89	91	81	83	90	83	83	84	64	40
Sat	38	38	43	50	87	97	100	88	99	95	100	95	92	100	98	65	42
Sun	38	38	38	38	40	52	82	96	98	107	113	102	97	94	84	65	45

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	89	114	122	118	108	97	99	103	96	87	95	85	78	63	41	38
Tue	35	84	101	112	122	107	94	85	85	91	87	96	88	83	67	46	37
Wed	34	76	93	104	119	110	98	83	87	86	83	91	89	90	73	53	40
Thu	35	76	96	104	112	100	99	93	94	85	80	89	89	91	84	60	40
Fri	35	79	101	111	106	95	91	89	91	81	83	90	83	83	84	64	40
Sat	38	38	43	50	87	97	100	88	99	95	100	95	92	100	98	65	42
Sun	38	38	38	38	40	52	82	96	98	107	113	102	97	94	84	65	45