Best Time to Drive from East Los Angeles to Garden Grove

Right now (7:18 pm PDT): about 36 minutes via I-5 South, usually 35 at this time.

Only 1% 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 East Los Angeles to Garden Grove 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	27	31	38	40	32	30	33	33	36	33	46	54	52	47	39	29	27
Tue	26	30	43	47	35	31	31	34	33	36	47	54	59	48	42	35	28
Wed	26	30	44	48	37	32	31	33	33	39	43	46	47	42	40	32	27
Thu	27	30	42	46	36	34	37	37	40	36	49	52	55	52	42	31	28
Fri	26	29	36	41	36	33	32	33	37	46	52	53	54	52	40	35	28
Sat	27	28	28	29	31	31	33	35	34	38	42	42	37	34	31	32	29
Sun	27	27	27	27	28	30	30	33	34	35	36	35	34	33	33	33	29

About this drive

On weekdays the 29-mile drive from East Los Angeles to Garden Grove (via I-5 South) usually takes as little as 26 minutes and up to 59 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 35 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (42 minutes).

About 26 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 East Los Angeles to central Garden Grove 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 East Los Angeles to Garden Grove?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 26 minutes then, versus up to 59 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from East Los Angeles to Garden Grove?

The 29-mile drive usually takes 26 to 59 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 35 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from East Los Angeles to Garden Grove?

Leaving around 5 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 59 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 South in Orange County (14 miles) · I-5 South in Los Angeles (10 miles) · SR-22 West in Orange County (3 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	27	31	38	40	32	30	33	33	36	33	46	54	52	47	39	29	27
Tue	26	30	43	47	35	31	31	34	33	36	47	54	59	48	42	35	28
Wed	26	30	44	48	37	32	31	33	33	39	43	46	47	42	40	32	27
Thu	27	30	42	46	36	34	37	37	40	36	49	52	55	52	42	31	28
Fri	26	29	36	41	36	33	32	33	37	46	52	53	54	52	40	35	28
Sat	27	28	28	29	31	31	33	35	34	38	42	42	37	34	31	32	29
Sun	27	27	27	27	28	30	30	33	34	35	36	35	34	33	33	33	29

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	27	31	38	40	32	30	33	33	36	33	46	54	52	47	39	29	27
Tue	26	30	43	47	35	31	31	34	33	36	47	54	59	48	42	35	28
Wed	26	30	44	48	37	32	31	33	33	39	43	46	47	42	40	32	27
Thu	27	30	42	46	36	34	37	37	40	36	49	52	55	52	42	31	28
Fri	26	29	36	41	36	33	32	33	37	46	52	53	54	52	40	35	28
Sat	27	28	28	29	31	31	33	35	34	38	42	42	37	34	31	32	29
Sun	27	27	27	27	28	30	30	33	34	35	36	35	34	33	33	33	29

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	27	31	38	40	32	30	33	33	36	33	46	54	52	47	39	29	27
Tue	26	30	43	47	35	31	31	34	33	36	47	54	59	48	42	35	28
Wed	26	30	44	48	37	32	31	33	33	39	43	46	47	42	40	32	27
Thu	27	30	42	46	36	34	37	37	40	36	49	52	55	52	42	31	28
Fri	26	29	36	41	36	33	32	33	37	46	52	53	54	52	40	35	28
Sat	27	28	28	29	31	31	33	35	34	38	42	42	37	34	31	32	29
Sun	27	27	27	27	28	30	30	33	34	35	36	35	34	33	33	33	29