Best Time to Drive from Fontana to Santa Ana

Right now (7:32 pm PDT): about 48 minutes via SR-60 West and SR-57 South, usually 49 at this time.

Only 38% 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 Fontana to Santa Ana 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	47	69	76	75	65	58	58	55	55	57	61	62	61	55	49	48	47
Tue	46	72	76	75	64	61	60	56	55	55	61	65	63	56	50	48	46
Wed	47	73	79	75	69	61	60	57	55	56	58	61	65	57	50	49	47
Thu	47	68	73	71	64	59	59	57	55	55	61	64	65	58	51	48	47
Fri	47	59	65	65	59	57	57	56	57	60	66	66	65	59	51	49	47
Sat	47	49	49	49	51	53	57	55	55	54	54	54	52	51	48	48	47
Sun	47	47	47	48	48	50	54	55	52	52	51	49	49	49	49	49	47

About this drive

On weekdays the 49-mile drive from Fontana to Santa Ana (via SR-60 West and SR-57 South) usually takes as little as 46 minutes and up to 79 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 7 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 56 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 11 am on Saturdays (57 minutes).

About 42 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 8 miles surface streets (10 to 18 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Fontana to central Santa Ana 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 Fontana to Santa Ana?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 7 pm. The drive usually takes about 46 minutes then, versus up to 79 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Fontana to Santa Ana?

The 49-mile drive usually takes 46 to 79 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 56 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Fontana to Santa Ana?

Leaving around 7 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 79 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-60 West in Inland Empire (15 miles) · SR-57 South in Orange County (12 miles) · SR-60 West in Los Angeles (8 miles) · SR-57 South in Los Angeles (5 miles) · I-5 South in Orange County (1.4 miles)

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

More drives

Santa Ana to Fontana (return trip) · Fontana to Los Angeles · Fontana to Long Beach · Fontana to Anaheim · Fontana to Irvine

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	47	69	76	75	65	58	58	55	55	57	61	62	61	55	49	48	47
Tue	46	72	76	75	64	61	60	56	55	55	61	65	63	56	50	48	46
Wed	47	73	79	75	69	61	60	57	55	56	58	61	65	57	50	49	47
Thu	47	68	73	71	64	59	59	57	55	55	61	64	65	58	51	48	47
Fri	47	59	65	65	59	57	57	56	57	60	66	66	65	59	51	49	47
Sat	47	49	49	49	51	53	57	55	55	54	54	54	52	51	48	48	47
Sun	47	47	47	48	48	50	54	55	52	52	51	49	49	49	49	49	47

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	47	69	76	75	65	58	58	55	55	57	61	62	61	55	49	48	47
Tue	46	72	76	75	64	61	60	56	55	55	61	65	63	56	50	48	46
Wed	47	73	79	75	69	61	60	57	55	56	58	61	65	57	50	49	47
Thu	47	68	73	71	64	59	59	57	55	55	61	64	65	58	51	48	47
Fri	47	59	65	65	59	57	57	56	57	60	66	66	65	59	51	49	47
Sat	47	49	49	49	51	53	57	55	55	54	54	54	52	51	48	48	47
Sun	47	47	47	48	48	50	54	55	52	52	51	49	49	49	49	49	47

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	47	69	76	75	65	58	58	55	55	57	61	62	61	55	49	48	47
Tue	46	72	76	75	64	61	60	56	55	55	61	65	63	56	50	48	46
Wed	47	73	79	75	69	61	60	57	55	56	58	61	65	57	50	49	47
Thu	47	68	73	71	64	59	59	57	55	55	61	64	65	58	51	48	47
Fri	47	59	65	65	59	57	57	56	57	60	66	66	65	59	51	49	47
Sat	47	49	49	49	51	53	57	55	55	54	54	54	52	51	48	48	47
Sun	47	47	47	48	48	50	54	55	52	52	51	49	49	49	49	49	47