Best Time to Drive from Buena Park to Palmdale

Right now (6:03 pm PDT): about 98 minutes via I-5 North and SR-14 North, usually 103 at this time.

Only 15% 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.

About this drive

On weekdays the 81-mile drive from Buena Park to Palmdale (via I-5 North and SR-14 North) usually takes as little as 73 minutes and up to 117 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 93 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Sundays (110 minutes).

About 75 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 6 miles surface streets (7 to 11 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 Palmdale 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 Palmdale?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 73 minutes then, versus up to 117 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 81-mile drive usually takes 73 to 117 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 93 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Buena Park to Palmdale?

Leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 117 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 North in Los Angeles (40 miles) · SR-14 North in Los Angeles (27 miles) · I-5 North in Orange County (9 miles)

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