Best Time to Drive from Garden Grove to Fallbrook

Right now (6:51 pm PDT): about 96 minutes via I-15 South and SR-91 East, usually 81 at this time.

Only 50% 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 Garden Grove to Fallbrook 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	77	89	80	80	78	77	77	77	78	82	91	94	95	84	79	75	73
Tue	76	91	83	84	80	78	77	77	79	84	93	99	100	91	81	77	73
Wed	76	94	82	81	81	79	77	78	79	84	93	100	95	88	82	78	74
Thu	76	90	82	83	80	78	78	79	81	87	99	106	103	91	82	77	73
Fri	73	76	78	80	78	78	79	84	92	103	113	112	104	94	85	79	74
Sat	73	73	74	75	78	87	95	96	93	92	90	89	86	83	80	79	73
Sun	72	72	73	73	75	76	77	78	77	77	77	77	75	75	76	77	73

About this drive

On weekdays the 80-mile drive from Garden Grove to Fallbrook (via I-15 South and SR-91 East) usually takes as little as 73 minutes and up to 113 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 7:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 81 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 11:30 am on Saturdays (96 minutes).

About 73 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 7 miles surface streets (8 to 12 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Garden Grove to central Fallbrook 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 Garden Grove to Fallbrook?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 7:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 73 minutes then, versus up to 113 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Garden Grove to Fallbrook?

The 80-mile drive usually takes 73 to 113 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 81 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Garden Grove to Fallbrook?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 113 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-15 South in Inland Empire (30 miles) · SR-91 East in Orange County (18 miles) · I-15 South in Orange County (14 miles) · SR-22 East in Orange County (6 miles) · SR-55 North in Orange County (5 miles)

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	77	89	80	80	78	77	77	77	78	82	91	94	95	84	79	75	73
Tue	76	91	83	84	80	78	77	77	79	84	93	99	100	91	81	77	73
Wed	76	94	82	81	81	79	77	78	79	84	93	100	95	88	82	78	74
Thu	76	90	82	83	80	78	78	79	81	87	99	106	103	91	82	77	73
Fri	73	76	78	80	78	78	79	84	92	103	113	112	104	94	85	79	74
Sat	73	73	74	75	78	87	95	96	93	92	90	89	86	83	80	79	73
Sun	72	72	73	73	75	76	77	78	77	77	77	77	75	75	76	77	73

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	77	89	80	80	78	77	77	77	78	82	91	94	95	84	79	75	73
Tue	76	91	83	84	80	78	77	77	79	84	93	99	100	91	81	77	73
Wed	76	94	82	81	81	79	77	78	79	84	93	100	95	88	82	78	74
Thu	76	90	82	83	80	78	78	79	81	87	99	106	103	91	82	77	73
Fri	73	76	78	80	78	78	79	84	92	103	113	112	104	94	85	79	74
Sat	73	73	74	75	78	87	95	96	93	92	90	89	86	83	80	79	73
Sun	72	72	73	73	75	76	77	78	77	77	77	77	75	75	76	77	73

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	77	89	80	80	78	77	77	77	78	82	91	94	95	84	79	75	73
Tue	76	91	83	84	80	78	77	77	79	84	93	99	100	91	81	77	73
Wed	76	94	82	81	81	79	77	78	79	84	93	100	95	88	82	78	74
Thu	76	90	82	83	80	78	78	79	81	87	99	106	103	91	82	77	73
Fri	73	76	78	80	78	78	79	84	92	103	113	112	104	94	85	79	74
Sat	73	73	74	75	78	87	95	96	93	92	90	89	86	83	80	79	73
Sun	72	72	73	73	75	76	77	78	77	77	77	77	75	75	76	77	73