Best Time to Drive from Carson to Riverside

Right now (7:03 pm PDT): about 59 minutes via SR-91 East, usually 60 at this time.

Only 47% 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 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	53	55	65	65	63	62	62	66	66	72	95	109	110	84	60	58	54
Tue	52	56	69	68	64	62	63	63	66	80	112	129	121	88	62	58	53
Wed	53	56	71	68	66	63	64	65	66	77	114	121	124	99	66	59	54
Thu	52	57	70	68	65	63	63	65	68	85	122	114	130	97	67	59	54
Fri	52	55	64	63	64	65	65	67	76	111	135	126	113	80	63	59	54
Sat	53	55	57	57	59	58	59	59	61	64	66	67	64	61	58	59	54
Sun	53	54	54	56	56	56	57	56	56	56	57	57	56	55	56	60	53

About this drive

On weekdays the 60-mile drive from Carson to Riverside (via SR-91 East) usually takes as little as 52 minutes and up to 135 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 69 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4 pm on Saturdays (67 minutes).

About 58 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.4 miles surface streets (2 to 3 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Carson 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 Carson to Riverside?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 52 minutes then, versus up to 135 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 60-mile drive usually takes 52 to 135 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 69 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Carson to Riverside?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 135 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 East in Orange County (44 miles) · SR-91 East in Los Angeles (10 miles) · I-110 North in Los Angeles (3 miles) · SR-91 East in Inland Empire (1.1 miles)

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

More drives

Riverside to Carson (return trip) · Carson to Los Angeles · Carson to Long Beach · Carson to Anaheim

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	53	55	65	65	63	62	62	66	66	72	95	109	110	84	60	58	54
Tue	52	56	69	68	64	62	63	63	66	80	112	129	121	88	62	58	53
Wed	53	56	71	68	66	63	64	65	66	77	114	121	124	99	66	59	54
Thu	52	57	70	68	65	63	63	65	68	85	122	114	130	97	67	59	54
Fri	52	55	64	63	64	65	65	67	76	111	135	126	113	80	63	59	54
Sat	53	55	57	57	59	58	59	59	61	64	66	67	64	61	58	59	54
Sun	53	54	54	56	56	56	57	56	56	56	57	57	56	55	56	60	53

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	53	55	65	65	63	62	62	66	66	72	95	109	110	84	60	58	54
Tue	52	56	69	68	64	62	63	63	66	80	112	129	121	88	62	58	53
Wed	53	56	71	68	66	63	64	65	66	77	114	121	124	99	66	59	54
Thu	52	57	70	68	65	63	63	65	68	85	122	114	130	97	67	59	54
Fri	52	55	64	63	64	65	65	67	76	111	135	126	113	80	63	59	54
Sat	53	55	57	57	59	58	59	59	61	64	66	67	64	61	58	59	54
Sun	53	54	54	56	56	56	57	56	56	56	57	57	56	55	56	60	53

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	53	55	65	65	63	62	62	66	66	72	95	109	110	84	60	58	54
Tue	52	56	69	68	64	62	63	63	66	80	112	129	121	88	62	58	53
Wed	53	56	71	68	66	63	64	65	66	77	114	121	124	99	66	59	54
Thu	52	57	70	68	65	63	63	65	68	85	122	114	130	97	67	59	54
Fri	52	55	64	63	64	65	65	67	76	111	135	126	113	80	63	59	54
Sat	53	55	57	57	59	58	59	59	61	64	66	67	64	61	58	59	54
Sun	53	54	54	56	56	56	57	56	56	56	57	57	56	55	56	60	53