Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Castaic to Bakersfield
Right now (6:49 pm PDT): about 77 minutes via I-5 North and SR-99 North, usually 73 at this time.
Only 36% 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
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 65 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 72 |
| Tue | 66 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 66 |
| Wed | 66 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 68 |
| Thu | 66 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 68 |
| Fri | 66 | 70 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 66 |
| Sat | 65 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 |
| Sun | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 65 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 72-mile drive from Castaic to Bakersfield (via I-5 North and SR-99 North) usually takes as little as 65 minutes and up to 79 minutes, when leaving around 1:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 11:30 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 73 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5:30 pm on Sundays (72 minutes).
About 60 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 12 miles surface streets (4 to 7 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Castaic to central Bakersfield 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 Castaic to Bakersfield?
On weekdays, leave before 11:30 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 65 minutes then, versus up to 79 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Castaic to Bakersfield?
The 72-mile drive usually takes 65 to 79 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 73 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Castaic to Bakersfield?
Leaving around 1:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 79 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 North in Los Angeles (31 miles) · SR-99 North in Bakersfield (9 miles)
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