Best Time to Drive from Costa Mesa to Corona

Right now (6:18 pm PDT): about 42 minutes via SR-91 East and SR-55 North, usually 49 at this time.

Only 9% 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 Costa Mesa to Corona 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	28	29	30	32	31	32	32	32	33	41	44	46	45	43	33	31	29
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Sun	28	29	29	30	31	30	31	31	31	31	30	31	30	30	30	32	29

About this drive

On weekdays the 33-mile drive from Costa Mesa to Corona (via SR-91 East and SR-55 North) usually takes as little as 28 minutes and up to 53 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 pm on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 8 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 35 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Saturdays (38 minutes).

About 32 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 0.9 miles surface streets (1 to 2 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Costa Mesa to central Corona 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 Costa Mesa to Corona?

On weekdays, leave before 8 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 28 minutes then, versus up to 53 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Costa Mesa to Corona?

The 33-mile drive usually takes 28 to 53 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 35 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Costa Mesa to Corona?

Leaving around 5:30 pm on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 53 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 East in Orange County (16 miles) · SR-55 North in Orange County (16 miles)

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