Best Time to Drive from East Los Angeles to Ontario

Right now (7:18 pm PDT): about 41 minutes via SR-60 East, usually 37 at this time.

Only 13% 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 Ontario 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	33	36	40	37	39	43	43	44	43	40	43	46	50	41	39	39	34
Tue	33	36	38	38	38	42	44	42	42	40	41	42	42	37	38	36	33
Wed	32	36	39	39	39	42	42	42	42	40	44	43	42	38	37	36	34
Thu	33	35	37	37	39	43	42	43	42	40	44	45	45	40	42	39	34
Fri	32	35	37	37	39	40	40	41	43	47	50	50	45	40	41	36	34
Sat	33	35	35	36	37	37	36	35	36	36	40	38	39	38	35	34	33
Sun	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	38	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	34

About this drive

On weekdays the 36-mile drive from East Los Angeles to Ontario (via SR-60 East) usually takes as little as 32 minutes and up to 52 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 42 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Saturdays (41 minutes).

About 33 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (4 to 9 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 Ontario 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 Ontario?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 32 minutes then, versus up to 52 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 36-mile drive usually takes 32 to 52 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 42 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from East Los Angeles to Ontario?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 52 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-60 East in Los Angeles (29 miles) · SR-60 East in Inland Empire (2 miles) · I-710 North in Los Angeles (1.6 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow

More drives

Ontario to East Los Angeles (return trip) · East Los Angeles to Long Beach · East Los Angeles to Anaheim · East Los Angeles to Riverside · East Los Angeles to Santa Ana · East Los Angeles to Irvine · East Los Angeles to San Bernardino · East Los Angeles to Fontana · East Los Angeles to Oxnard · East Los Angeles to Moreno Valley · East Los Angeles to Huntington Beach · East Los Angeles to Glendale

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	33	36	40	37	39	43	43	44	43	40	43	46	50	41	39	39	34
Tue	33	36	38	38	38	42	44	42	42	40	41	42	42	37	38	36	33
Wed	32	36	39	39	39	42	42	42	42	40	44	43	42	38	37	36	34
Thu	33	35	37	37	39	43	42	43	42	40	44	45	45	40	42	39	34
Fri	32	35	37	37	39	40	40	41	43	47	50	50	45	40	41	36	34
Sat	33	35	35	36	37	37	36	35	36	36	40	38	39	38	35	34	33
Sun	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	38	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	34

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	33	36	40	37	39	43	43	44	43	40	43	46	50	41	39	39	34
Tue	33	36	38	38	38	42	44	42	42	40	41	42	42	37	38	36	33
Wed	32	36	39	39	39	42	42	42	42	40	44	43	42	38	37	36	34
Thu	33	35	37	37	39	43	42	43	42	40	44	45	45	40	42	39	34
Fri	32	35	37	37	39	40	40	41	43	47	50	50	45	40	41	36	34
Sat	33	35	35	36	37	37	36	35	36	36	40	38	39	38	35	34	33
Sun	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	38	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	34

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	33	36	40	37	39	43	43	44	43	40	43	46	50	41	39	39	34
Tue	33	36	38	38	38	42	44	42	42	40	41	42	42	37	38	36	33
Wed	32	36	39	39	39	42	42	42	42	40	44	43	42	38	37	36	34
Thu	33	35	37	37	39	43	42	43	42	40	44	45	45	40	42	39	34
Fri	32	35	37	37	39	40	40	41	43	47	50	50	45	40	41	36	34
Sat	33	35	35	36	37	37	36	35	36	36	40	38	39	38	35	34	33
Sun	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	38	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	34