Best Time to Drive from Garden Grove to Manhattan Beach

Right now (7:05 pm PDT): about 35 minutes via I-405 North and SR-22 West, usually 34 at this time.

Only 12% 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 Manhattan Beach 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	29	32	38	39	37	32	34	33	34	33	36	37	37	34	31	31	30
Tue	29	32	37	38	39	33	33	35	35	33	39	42	46	38	32	30	29
Wed	29	32	36	39	41	36	34	35	34	33	39	44	47	42	33	30	30
Thu	29	33	36	37	37	35	34	35	34	34	39	44	46	39	32	30	30
Fri	29	32	37	39	38	35	35	35	36	36	44	47	45	41	35	31	30
Sat	30	31	31	32	33	32	33	33	33	35	34	36	33	33	34	32	30
Sun	30	30	30	31	32	33	33	33	34	33	34	34	33	33	33	33	31

About this drive

On weekdays the 32-mile drive from Garden Grove to Manhattan Beach (via I-405 North and SR-22 West) usually takes as little as 29 minutes and up to 47 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 7:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 34 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (37 minutes).

About 28 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (6 to 8 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 Manhattan Beach 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 Manhattan Beach?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 7:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 29 minutes then, versus up to 47 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Garden Grove to Manhattan Beach?

The 32-mile drive usually takes 29 to 47 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 34 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Garden Grove to Manhattan Beach?

Leaving around 4 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 47 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-405 North in Los Angeles (16 miles) · SR-22 West in Orange County (7 miles) · I-405 North in Orange County (6 miles)

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

More drives

Manhattan Beach 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	29	32	38	39	37	32	34	33	34	33	36	37	37	34	31	31	30
Tue	29	32	37	38	39	33	33	35	35	33	39	42	46	38	32	30	29
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Fri	29	32	37	39	38	35	35	35	36	36	44	47	45	41	35	31	30
Sat	30	31	31	32	33	32	33	33	33	35	34	36	33	33	34	32	30
Sun	30	30	30	31	32	33	33	33	34	33	34	34	33	33	33	33	31

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	29	32	38	39	37	32	34	33	34	33	36	37	37	34	31	31	30
Tue	29	32	37	38	39	33	33	35	35	33	39	42	46	38	32	30	29
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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	29	32	38	39	37	32	34	33	34	33	36	37	37	34	31	31	30
Tue	29	32	37	38	39	33	33	35	35	33	39	42	46	38	32	30	29
Wed	29	32	36	39	41	36	34	35	34	33	39	44	47	42	33	30	30
Thu	29	33	36	37	37	35	34	35	34	34	39	44	46	39	32	30	30
Fri	29	32	37	39	38	35	35	35	36	36	44	47	45	41	35	31	30
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