Best Time to Drive from Garden Grove to Palmdale

Right now (6:21 pm PST): about 118 minutes via I-405 North and SR-14 North, usually 101 at this time.

Only 16% 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 Palmdale 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	88	104	123	120	117	113	108	108	112	116	133	135	132	110	96	93	90
Tue	89	125	168	158	137	125	118	109	110	118	135	146	141	120	101	93	89
Wed	88	121	175	165	140	127	116	111	113	122	137	144	142	124	101	92	88
Thu	89	122	165	152	131	130	118	116	111	123	140	149	139	120	101	93	89
Fri	89	120	154	133	127	119	129	123	124	132	139	135	125	115	102	95	88
Sat	90	90	91	95	100	111	120	114	122	120	113	113	107	101	104	97	88
Sun	89	88	90	90	92	100	114	125	140	134	121	105	105	102	99	97	89

About this drive

On weekdays the 98-mile drive from Garden Grove to Palmdale (via I-405 North and SR-14 North) usually takes as little as 88 minutes and up to 176 minutes, when leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 7:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 116 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1 pm on Sundays (140 minutes).

About 91 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 7 miles surface streets (8 to 15 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 Palmdale 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 Palmdale?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 7:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 88 minutes then, versus up to 176 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 98-mile drive usually takes 88 to 176 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 116 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Garden Grove to Palmdale?

Leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 176 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-405 North in Los Angeles (47 miles) · SR-14 North in Los Angeles (27 miles) · SR-22 West in Orange County (7 miles) · I-405 North in Orange County (6 miles) · I-5 North in Los Angeles (5 miles)

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

More drives

Palmdale 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 Escondido · Garden Grove to Valencia · Garden Grove to East Los Angeles · Garden Grove to Victorville · Garden Grove to Carlsbad · Garden Grove to Costa Mesa · Garden Grove to Inglewood

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	88	104	123	120	117	113	108	108	112	116	133	135	132	110	96	93	90
Tue	89	125	168	158	137	125	118	109	110	118	135	146	141	120	101	93	89
Wed	88	121	175	165	140	127	116	111	113	122	137	144	142	124	101	92	88
Thu	89	122	165	152	131	130	118	116	111	123	140	149	139	120	101	93	89
Fri	89	120	154	133	127	119	129	123	124	132	139	135	125	115	102	95	88
Sat	90	90	91	95	100	111	120	114	122	120	113	113	107	101	104	97	88
Sun	89	88	90	90	92	100	114	125	140	134	121	105	105	102	99	97	89

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	88	104	123	120	117	113	108	108	112	116	133	135	132	110	96	93	90
Tue	89	125	168	158	137	125	118	109	110	118	135	146	141	120	101	93	89
Wed	88	121	175	165	140	127	116	111	113	122	137	144	142	124	101	92	88
Thu	89	122	165	152	131	130	118	116	111	123	140	149	139	120	101	93	89
Fri	89	120	154	133	127	119	129	123	124	132	139	135	125	115	102	95	88
Sat	90	90	91	95	100	111	120	114	122	120	113	113	107	101	104	97	88
Sun	89	88	90	90	92	100	114	125	140	134	121	105	105	102	99	97	89

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	88	104	123	120	117	113	108	108	112	116	133	135	132	110	96	93	90
Tue	89	125	168	158	137	125	118	109	110	118	135	146	141	120	101	93	89
Wed	88	121	175	165	140	127	116	111	113	122	137	144	142	124	101	92	88
Thu	89	122	165	152	131	130	118	116	111	123	140	149	139	120	101	93	89
Fri	89	120	154	133	127	119	129	123	124	132	139	135	125	115	102	95	88
Sat	90	90	91	95	100	111	120	114	122	120	113	113	107	101	104	97	88
Sun	89	88	90	90	92	100	114	125	140	134	121	105	105	102	99	97	89