Best Time to Drive from Buena Park to Hemet

Right now (6:49 pm PDT): about 85 minutes via SR-91 East, usually 84 at this time.

Only 38% 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 Buena Park to Hemet 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	76	79	81	84	83	84	82	83	82	87	95	99	98	86	81	79	76
Tue	76	80	83	87	85	82	84	83	84	88	99	104	104	91	82	80	77
Wed	76	81	82	85	85	83	83	84	84	88	97	108	107	92	84	81	78
Thu	76	80	84	88	86	83	83	84	86	92	104	110	106	96	84	81	77
Fri	76	80	82	84	83	83	83	91	97	107	120	118	108	96	86	81	78
Sat	76	78	78	79	79	82	88	88	89	91	94	92	87	85	81	80	77
Sun	76	76	77	76	78	79	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	81	77

About this drive

On weekdays the 70-mile drive from Buena Park to Hemet (via SR-91 East) usually takes as little as 76 minutes and up to 120 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 7:30 am or after 7:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 86 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (95 minutes).

About 40 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 29 miles surface streets (40 to 48 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Buena Park to central Hemet 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 Buena Park to Hemet?

On weekdays, leave before 7:30 am or after 7:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 76 minutes then, versus up to 120 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Buena Park to Hemet?

The 70-mile drive usually takes 76 to 120 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 86 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Buena Park to Hemet?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 120 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 East in Orange County (27 miles) · I-215 South in Inland Empire (7 miles) · I-15 South in Orange County (5 miles) · I-5 South in Orange County (1.5 miles)

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

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	79	81	84	83	84	82	83	82	87	95	99	98	86	81	79	76
Tue	76	80	83	87	85	82	84	83	84	88	99	104	104	91	82	80	77
Wed	76	81	82	85	85	83	83	84	84	88	97	108	107	92	84	81	78
Thu	76	80	84	88	86	83	83	84	86	92	104	110	106	96	84	81	77
Fri	76	80	82	84	83	83	83	91	97	107	120	118	108	96	86	81	78
Sat	76	78	78	79	79	82	88	88	89	91	94	92	87	85	81	80	77
Sun	76	76	77	76	78	79	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	81	77

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	79	81	84	83	84	82	83	82	87	95	99	98	86	81	79	76
Tue	76	80	83	87	85	82	84	83	84	88	99	104	104	91	82	80	77
Wed	76	81	82	85	85	83	83	84	84	88	97	108	107	92	84	81	78
Thu	76	80	84	88	86	83	83	84	86	92	104	110	106	96	84	81	77
Fri	76	80	82	84	83	83	83	91	97	107	120	118	108	96	86	81	78
Sat	76	78	78	79	79	82	88	88	89	91	94	92	87	85	81	80	77
Sun	76	76	77	76	78	79	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	81	77

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	76	79	81	84	83	84	82	83	82	87	95	99	98	86	81	79	76
Tue	76	80	83	87	85	82	84	83	84	88	99	104	104	91	82	80	77
Wed	76	81	82	85	85	83	83	84	84	88	97	108	107	92	84	81	78
Thu	76	80	84	88	86	83	83	84	86	92	104	110	106	96	84	81	77
Fri	76	80	82	84	83	83	83	91	97	107	120	118	108	96	86	81	78
Sat	76	78	78	79	79	82	88	88	89	91	94	92	87	85	81	80	77
Sun	76	76	77	76	78	79	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	81	77