Best Time to Drive from Garden Grove to Hemet

Right now (7:09 pm PDT): about 89 minutes via SR-91 East, usually 87 at this time.

Only 22% 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 Hemet 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	78	80	80	83	83	82	82	82	83	87	96	100	98	88	84	81	78
Tue	78	82	81	84	85	82	86	84	83	89	100	108	109	96	85	82	79
Wed	78	84	82	84	86	83	83	84	84	90	99	109	109	93	87	83	79
Thu	78	81	83	84	85	83	83	85	87	93	105	114	108	97	87	83	79
Fri	78	81	81	84	84	82	83	92	98	107	118	116	106	95	87	83	79
Sat	78	79	80	80	81	84	89	89	91	92	93	92	87	85	83	83	78
Sun	78	79	79	80	81	80	82	82	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	83	79

About this drive

On weekdays the 71-mile drive from Garden Grove to Hemet (via SR-91 East) usually takes as little as 78 minutes and up to 118 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 7:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 87 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (94 minutes).

About 41 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 30 miles surface streets (42 to 63 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 Hemet 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 Hemet?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 7:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 78 minutes then, versus up to 118 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 71-mile drive usually takes 78 to 118 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 87 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Garden Grove to Hemet?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 118 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 East in Orange County (18 miles) · I-215 South in Inland Empire (7 miles) · SR-22 East in Orange County (6 miles) · I-15 South in Orange County (5 miles) · SR-55 North in Orange County (5 miles)

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

More drives

Hemet to Garden Grove (return trip) · Garden Grove to Fontana · Garden Grove to Moreno Valley · Garden Grove to Oceanside · Garden Grove to Lancaster · Garden Grove to Palmdale · Garden Grove to Escondido · Garden Grove to Valencia · Garden Grove to East Los Angeles · Garden Grove to Victorville · Garden Grove to Carlsbad · Garden Grove to Costa Mesa

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	80	80	83	83	82	82	82	83	87	96	100	98	88	84	81	78
Tue	78	82	81	84	85	82	86	84	83	89	100	108	109	96	85	82	79
Wed	78	84	82	84	86	83	83	84	84	90	99	109	109	93	87	83	79
Thu	78	81	83	84	85	83	83	85	87	93	105	114	108	97	87	83	79
Fri	78	81	81	84	84	82	83	92	98	107	118	116	106	95	87	83	79
Sat	78	79	80	80	81	84	89	89	91	92	93	92	87	85	83	83	78
Sun	78	79	79	80	81	80	82	82	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	83	79

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	80	80	83	83	82	82	82	83	87	96	100	98	88	84	81	78
Tue	78	82	81	84	85	82	86	84	83	89	100	108	109	96	85	82	79
Wed	78	84	82	84	86	83	83	84	84	90	99	109	109	93	87	83	79
Thu	78	81	83	84	85	83	83	85	87	93	105	114	108	97	87	83	79
Fri	78	81	81	84	84	82	83	92	98	107	118	116	106	95	87	83	79
Sat	78	79	80	80	81	84	89	89	91	92	93	92	87	85	83	83	78
Sun	78	79	79	80	81	80	82	82	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	83	79

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	78	80	80	83	83	82	82	82	83	87	96	100	98	88	84	81	78
Tue	78	82	81	84	85	82	86	84	83	89	100	108	109	96	85	82	79
Wed	78	84	82	84	86	83	83	84	84	90	99	109	109	93	87	83	79
Thu	78	81	83	84	85	83	83	85	87	93	105	114	108	97	87	83	79
Fri	78	81	81	84	84	82	83	92	98	107	118	116	106	95	87	83	79
Sat	78	79	80	80	81	84	89	89	91	92	93	92	87	85	83	83	78
Sun	78	79	79	80	81	80	82	82	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	83	79