Best Time to Drive from Carson to Huntington Beach

Right now (6:18 pm PDT): about 45 minutes via I-405 South, usually 39 at this time.

None 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 Carson to Huntington Beach 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	30	30	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	35	38	42	42	38	32	31	30
Tue	30	30	37	37	35	33	34	32	33	36	43	48	48	43	35	31	30
Wed	30	30	36	36	37	33	33	33	34	37	42	49	50	43	36	32	30
Thu	30	30	34	35	35	33	33	33	34	37	43	49	53	44	37	32	30
Fri	30	30	32	33	33	33	34	36	37	43	47	50	51	45	38	32	30
Sat	30	30	30	34	32	34	37	40	38	41	39	39	41	39	33	31	30
Sun	30	30	30	30	30	31	35	34	36	35	36	33	33	35	32	31	30

About this drive

On weekdays the 25-mile drive from Carson to Huntington Beach (via I-405 South) usually takes as little as 30 minutes and up to 53 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 34 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (42 minutes).

About 12 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 13 miles surface streets (20 to 34 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Carson to central Huntington Beach 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 Carson to Huntington Beach?

On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 30 minutes then, versus up to 53 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Carson to Huntington Beach?

The 25-mile drive usually takes 30 to 53 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 34 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Carson to Huntington Beach?

Leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 53 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-405 South in Los Angeles (8 miles) · I-405 South in Orange County (3 miles)

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

More drives

Huntington Beach to Carson (return trip) · Carson to Los Angeles · Carson to Long Beach · Carson to Anaheim · Carson to Riverside · Carson to Santa Ana · Carson to Irvine · Carson to Buena Park · Carson to San Bernardino · Carson to Fontana · Carson to Oxnard · Carson to Moreno Valley

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
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