Best Time to Drive from Buena Park to Riverside

Right now (5:47 pm PDT): about 55 minutes via SR-91 East, usually 47 at this time.

Only 62% 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 Riverside 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	35	36	43	45	41	40	40	42	45	47	53	55	55	47	41	39	36
Tue	35	36	47	49	45	41	41	41	43	50	57	57	55	47	42	40	36
Wed	35	37	45	49	45	42	42	43	44	48	53	58	56	49	43	40	37
Thu	35	37	49	50	45	41	42	42	44	48	56	60	57	50	43	40	36
Fri	35	36	41	44	41	42	42	44	50	58	65	63	59	51	43	40	37
Sat	35	37	38	38	39	38	38	39	40	41	45	46	44	43	40	39	36
Sun	35	35	35	36	37	38	38	38	37	37	38	38	37	36	37	39	36

About this drive

On weekdays the 40-mile drive from Buena Park to Riverside (via SR-91 East) usually takes as little as 35 minutes and up to 65 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 44 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4 pm on Saturdays (46 minutes).

About 39 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 0.7 miles surface streets (1 to 2 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 Riverside 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 Riverside?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 35 minutes then, versus up to 65 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 40-mile drive usually takes 35 to 65 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 44 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Buena Park to Riverside?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 65 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 East in Orange County (36 miles) · I-5 South in Orange County (1.5 miles) · SR-91 East in Inland Empire (1.1 miles)

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

More drives

Riverside to Buena Park (return trip) · Buena Park to Los Angeles · Buena Park to Long Beach · Buena Park to Anaheim · Buena Park to Santa Ana · Buena Park to Irvine

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	36	43	45	41	40	40	42	45	47	53	55	55	47	41	39	36
Tue	35	36	47	49	45	41	41	41	43	50	57	57	55	47	42	40	36
Wed	35	37	45	49	45	42	42	43	44	48	53	58	56	49	43	40	37
Thu	35	37	49	50	45	41	42	42	44	48	56	60	57	50	43	40	36
Fri	35	36	41	44	41	42	42	44	50	58	65	63	59	51	43	40	37
Sat	35	37	38	38	39	38	38	39	40	41	45	46	44	43	40	39	36
Sun	35	35	35	36	37	38	38	38	37	37	38	38	37	36	37	39	36

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	36	43	45	41	40	40	42	45	47	53	55	55	47	41	39	36
Tue	35	36	47	49	45	41	41	41	43	50	57	57	55	47	42	40	36
Wed	35	37	45	49	45	42	42	43	44	48	53	58	56	49	43	40	37
Thu	35	37	49	50	45	41	42	42	44	48	56	60	57	50	43	40	36
Fri	35	36	41	44	41	42	42	44	50	58	65	63	59	51	43	40	37
Sat	35	37	38	38	39	38	38	39	40	41	45	46	44	43	40	39	36
Sun	35	35	35	36	37	38	38	38	37	37	38	38	37	36	37	39	36

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	35	36	43	45	41	40	40	42	45	47	53	55	55	47	41	39	36
Tue	35	36	47	49	45	41	41	41	43	50	57	57	55	47	42	40	36
Wed	35	37	45	49	45	42	42	43	44	48	53	58	56	49	43	40	37
Thu	35	37	49	50	45	41	42	42	44	48	56	60	57	50	43	40	36
Fri	35	36	41	44	41	42	42	44	50	58	65	63	59	51	43	40	37
Sat	35	37	38	38	39	38	38	39	40	41	45	46	44	43	40	39	36
Sun	35	35	35	36	37	38	38	38	37	37	38	38	37	36	37	39	36