Best Time to Drive from Cathedral City to Murrieta

Right now (3:21 pm PST): about 90 minutes via I-10 West, usually 89 at this time.

Only 7% 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 Cathedral City to Murrieta by day and time you leave (local time)
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Mon	88	87	89	90	91	90	99	96	97	105	109	107	101	95	98	101	96
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Sat	88	87	87	88	89	92	94	95	93	91	91	88	87	88	88	88	87
Sun	88	87	88	87	88	89	91	91	90	90	90	90	88	89	88	88	89

About this drive

On weekdays the 74-mile drive from Cathedral City to Murrieta (via I-10 West) usually takes as little as 87 minutes and up to 112 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 1 pm or after 5:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 96 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12 pm on Saturdays (95 minutes).

About 24 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 50 miles surface streets (59 to 82 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Cathedral City to central Murrieta 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 Cathedral City to Murrieta?

On weekdays, leave before 1 pm or after 5:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 87 minutes then, versus up to 112 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Cathedral City to Murrieta?

The 74-mile drive usually takes 87 to 112 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 96 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Cathedral City to Murrieta?

Leaving around 3 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 112 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-10 West in Inland Empire (3 miles)

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More drives

Murrieta to Cathedral City (return trip) · Cathedral City to Burbank · Cathedral City to Riverside · Cathedral City to San Bernardino · Cathedral City to Fontana · Cathedral City to Moreno Valley · Cathedral City to Oceanside · Cathedral City to Rancho Cucamonga · Cathedral City to Corona · Cathedral City to Escondido · Cathedral City to Carlsbad · Cathedral City to Temecula

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