Best Time to Drive from Carson to Menifee

Right now (3:20 pm PST): about 91 minutes via SR-91 East, usually 93 at this time.

Only 17% 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 Menifee 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	78	82	86	87	87	86	86	88	89	93	105	107	108	97	87	83	79
Tue	79	83	90	92	91	89	88	88	92	103	119	125	122	104	90	84	79
Wed	79	85	89	92	92	89	88	91	90	100	117	124	120	107	92	85	80
Thu	79	84	89	92	91	89	89	90	93	101	117	124	120	105	91	85	80
Fri	78	83	87	88	89	89	90	95	101	118	129	127	120	104	92	85	80
Sat	79	81	82	82	84	84	85	86	92	91	94	94	91	88	85	85	80
Sun	79	80	80	80	81	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	84	83	84	79

About this drive

On weekdays the 80-mile drive from Carson to Menifee (via SR-91 East) usually takes as little as 78 minutes and up to 129 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 93 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3 pm on Saturdays (94 minutes).

About 60 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 20 miles surface streets (26 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 Menifee 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 Menifee?

On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 78 minutes then, versus up to 129 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Carson to Menifee?

The 80-mile drive usually takes 78 to 129 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 93 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Carson to Menifee?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 129 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 East in Orange County (40 miles) · SR-91 East in Los Angeles (10 miles) · I-215 South in Inland Empire (7 miles) · I-110 North in Los Angeles (3 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow

More drives

Menifee 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
Mon	78	82	86	87	87	86	86	88	89	93	105	107	108	97	87	83	79
Tue	79	83	90	92	91	89	88	88	92	103	119	125	122	104	90	84	79
Wed	79	85	89	92	92	89	88	91	90	100	117	124	120	107	92	85	80
Thu	79	84	89	92	91	89	89	90	93	101	117	124	120	105	91	85	80
Fri	78	83	87	88	89	89	90	95	101	118	129	127	120	104	92	85	80
Sat	79	81	82	82	84	84	85	86	92	91	94	94	91	88	85	85	80
Sun	79	80	80	80	81	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	84	83	84	79

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	82	86	87	87	86	86	88	89	93	105	107	108	97	87	83	79
Tue	79	83	90	92	91	89	88	88	92	103	119	125	122	104	90	84	79
Wed	79	85	89	92	92	89	88	91	90	100	117	124	120	107	92	85	80
Thu	79	84	89	92	91	89	89	90	93	101	117	124	120	105	91	85	80
Fri	78	83	87	88	89	89	90	95	101	118	129	127	120	104	92	85	80
Sat	79	81	82	82	84	84	85	86	92	91	94	94	91	88	85	85	80
Sun	79	80	80	80	81	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	84	83	84	79

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	82	86	87	87	86	86	88	89	93	105	107	108	97	87	83	79
Tue	79	83	90	92	91	89	88	88	92	103	119	125	122	104	90	84	79
Wed	79	85	89	92	92	89	88	91	90	100	117	124	120	107	92	85	80
Thu	79	84	89	92	91	89	89	90	93	101	117	124	120	105	91	85	80
Fri	78	83	87	88	89	89	90	95	101	118	129	127	120	104	92	85	80
Sat	79	81	82	82	84	84	85	86	92	91	94	94	91	88	85	85	80
Sun	79	80	80	80	81	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	84	83	84	79