Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Claremont to Carlsbad
Right now (5:51 pm PST): about 102 minutes via I-5 South and SR-57 South, usually 84 at this time.
Only 52% 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 | 74 | 88 | 105 | 106 | 94 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 85 | 88 | 80 | 77 | 76 | 75 |
| Tue | 74 | 93 | 110 | 109 | 98 | 88 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 85 | 88 | 92 | 84 | 78 | 77 | 75 |
| Wed | 74 | 92 | 109 | 107 | 99 | 89 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 93 | 86 | 79 | 77 | 76 |
| Thu | 74 | 90 | 105 | 103 | 96 | 89 | 87 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 92 | 86 | 78 | 77 | 76 |
| Fri | 75 | 87 | 93 | 94 | 91 | 91 | 93 | 97 | 101 | 103 | 106 | 102 | 96 | 87 | 80 | 78 | 76 |
| Sat | 75 | 76 | 78 | 82 | 90 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 95 | 94 | 87 | 82 | 79 | 77 | 76 |
| Sun | 75 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 84 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 75 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 85-mile drive from Claremont to Carlsbad (via I-5 South and SR-57 South) usually takes as little as 74 minutes and up to 112 minutes, when leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 87 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 11 am on Saturdays (100 minutes).
About 82 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (4 to 8 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Claremont to central Carlsbad 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 Claremont to Carlsbad?
On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 74 minutes then, versus up to 112 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Claremont to Carlsbad?
The 85-mile drive usually takes 74 to 112 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 87 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Claremont to Carlsbad?
Leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 112 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 South in Orange County (41 miles) · I-5 South in San Diego (15 miles) · SR-57 South in Orange County (12 miles) · SR-57 South in Los Angeles (8 miles) · I-10 West in Los Angeles (5 miles) · SR-60 West in Los Angeles (1.4 miles)
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