Best Time to Drive from Cypress to Riverside

Right now (6:53 pm PDT): about 53 minutes via SR-91 East, usually 49 at this time.

Only 54% 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 Cypress 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	41	42	50	51	49	46	46	48	51	53	61	62	62	53	47	45	41
Tue	40	42	54	55	52	48	47	47	50	56	64	65	63	54	47	45	41
Wed	40	43	53	55	51	48	48	50	51	55	61	66	63	55	48	46	42
Thu	40	43	54	56	51	48	49	49	51	55	63	67	64	56	49	46	41
Fri	40	42	48	50	47	49	49	51	57	65	74	71	65	58	48	46	42
Sat	41	43	44	44	45	44	45	45	46	48	51	53	51	48	45	45	41
Sun	41	41	41	42	43	43	44	43	43	43	44	43	43	42	43	46	41

About this drive

On weekdays the 44-mile drive from Cypress to Riverside (via SR-91 East) usually takes as little as 40 minutes and up to 74 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 51 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (53 minutes).

About 40 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (5 to 7 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Cypress 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 Cypress to Riverside?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 40 minutes then, versus up to 74 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 44-mile drive usually takes 40 to 74 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 51 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Cypress to Riverside?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 74 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 East in Orange County (39 miles) · SR-91 East in Inland Empire (1.1 miles)

Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow · Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow

More drives

Riverside to Cypress (return trip) · Cypress to Los Angeles · Cypress to Santa Monica · Cypress to Long Beach · Cypress to Santa Ana

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	42	50	51	49	46	46	48	51	53	61	62	62	53	47	45	41
Tue	40	42	54	55	52	48	47	47	50	56	64	65	63	54	47	45	41
Wed	40	43	53	55	51	48	48	50	51	55	61	66	63	55	48	46	42
Thu	40	43	54	56	51	48	49	49	51	55	63	67	64	56	49	46	41
Fri	40	42	48	50	47	49	49	51	57	65	74	71	65	58	48	46	42
Sat	41	43	44	44	45	44	45	45	46	48	51	53	51	48	45	45	41
Sun	41	41	41	42	43	43	44	43	43	43	44	43	43	42	43	46	41

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	42	50	51	49	46	46	48	51	53	61	62	62	53	47	45	41
Tue	40	42	54	55	52	48	47	47	50	56	64	65	63	54	47	45	41
Wed	40	43	53	55	51	48	48	50	51	55	61	66	63	55	48	46	42
Thu	40	43	54	56	51	48	49	49	51	55	63	67	64	56	49	46	41
Fri	40	42	48	50	47	49	49	51	57	65	74	71	65	58	48	46	42
Sat	41	43	44	44	45	44	45	45	46	48	51	53	51	48	45	45	41
Sun	41	41	41	42	43	43	44	43	43	43	44	43	43	42	43	46	41

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	42	50	51	49	46	46	48	51	53	61	62	62	53	47	45	41
Tue	40	42	54	55	52	48	47	47	50	56	64	65	63	54	47	45	41
Wed	40	43	53	55	51	48	48	50	51	55	61	66	63	55	48	46	42
Thu	40	43	54	56	51	48	49	49	51	55	63	67	64	56	49	46	41
Fri	40	42	48	50	47	49	49	51	57	65	74	71	65	58	48	46	42
Sat	41	43	44	44	45	44	45	45	46	48	51	53	51	48	45	45	41
Sun	41	41	41	42	43	43	44	43	43	43	44	43	43	42	43	46	41