Best Time to Drive from Gardena to Woodland Hills

Right now (5:51 pm PST): about 55 minutes via I-405 North and US-101 North, usually 61 at this time.

Only 2% 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 Gardena to Woodland Hills 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	30	40	51	52	49	47	43	42	43	48	64	66	68	54	37	33	31
Tue	30	44	81	83	69	61	56	47	48	53	70	79	76	61	41	33	31
Wed	31	45	81	89	73	60	54	49	50	54	74	80	80	68	45	35	32
Thu	31	49	79	82	62	59	54	48	47	51	66	78	77	60	43	34	31
Fri	30	50	79	73	53	52	54	53	53	61	70	71	60	47	37	34	31
Sat	32	31	32	34	38	47	52	51	54	54	51	50	49	39	43	37	32
Sun	31	31	32	32	33	36	41	48	54	55	52	46	42	40	39	37	32

About this drive

On weekdays the 33-mile drive from Gardena to Woodland Hills (via I-405 North and US-101 North) usually takes as little as 30 minutes and up to 90 minutes, when leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 50 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1:30 pm on Sundays (57 minutes).

About 31 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (4 to 12 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Gardena to central Woodland Hills 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 Gardena to Woodland Hills?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 30 minutes then, versus up to 90 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Gardena to Woodland Hills?

The 33-mile drive usually takes 30 to 90 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 50 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Gardena to Woodland Hills?

Leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 90 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-405 North in Los Angeles (23 miles) · US-101 North in Los Angeles (8 miles)

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More drives

Woodland Hills to Gardena (return trip) · Gardena to Los Angeles · Gardena to Long Beach · Gardena to Riverside · Gardena to Santa Ana · Gardena to San Bernardino · Gardena to Fontana · Gardena to Oxnard · Gardena to Moreno Valley · Gardena to Huntington Beach · Gardena to Glendale · Gardena to Santa Clarita

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	30	40	51	52	49	47	43	42	43	48	64	66	68	54	37	33	31
Tue	30	44	81	83	69	61	56	47	48	53	70	79	76	61	41	33	31
Wed	31	45	81	89	73	60	54	49	50	54	74	80	80	68	45	35	32
Thu	31	49	79	82	62	59	54	48	47	51	66	78	77	60	43	34	31
Fri	30	50	79	73	53	52	54	53	53	61	70	71	60	47	37	34	31
Sat	32	31	32	34	38	47	52	51	54	54	51	50	49	39	43	37	32
Sun	31	31	32	32	33	36	41	48	54	55	52	46	42	40	39	37	32

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	30	40	51	52	49	47	43	42	43	48	64	66	68	54	37	33	31
Tue	30	44	81	83	69	61	56	47	48	53	70	79	76	61	41	33	31
Wed	31	45	81	89	73	60	54	49	50	54	74	80	80	68	45	35	32
Thu	31	49	79	82	62	59	54	48	47	51	66	78	77	60	43	34	31
Fri	30	50	79	73	53	52	54	53	53	61	70	71	60	47	37	34	31
Sat	32	31	32	34	38	47	52	51	54	54	51	50	49	39	43	37	32
Sun	31	31	32	32	33	36	41	48	54	55	52	46	42	40	39	37	32

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	30	40	51	52	49	47	43	42	43	48	64	66	68	54	37	33	31
Tue	30	44	81	83	69	61	56	47	48	53	70	79	76	61	41	33	31
Wed	31	45	81	89	73	60	54	49	50	54	74	80	80	68	45	35	32
Thu	31	49	79	82	62	59	54	48	47	51	66	78	77	60	43	34	31
Fri	30	50	79	73	53	52	54	53	53	61	70	71	60	47	37	34	31
Sat	32	31	32	34	38	47	52	51	54	54	51	50	49	39	43	37	32
Sun	31	31	32	32	33	36	41	48	54	55	52	46	42	40	39	37	32