Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Goleta to Oxnard
Right now (5:49 pm PDT): about 48 minutes via US-101 South, usually 47 at this time.
Only 49% 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
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 44 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 60 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Tue | 44 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 45 | 44 | 45 |
| Wed | 44 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 59 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 44 |
| Thu | 44 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 65 | 54 | 47 | 45 | 45 |
| Fri | 44 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 53 | 54 | 57 | 61 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 46 | 45 | 44 |
| Sat | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 48 | 51 | 52 | 50 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 45 | 45 | 44 |
| Sun | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 52 | 50 | 46 | 46 | 45 | 44 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 48-mile drive from Goleta to Oxnard (via US-101 South) usually takes as little as 44 minutes and up to 69 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 11:30 am or after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 50 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Sundays (58 minutes).
About 44 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (about 5 minutes), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Goleta to central Oxnard 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 Goleta to Oxnard?
On weekdays, leave before 11:30 am or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 44 minutes then, versus up to 69 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Goleta to Oxnard?
The 48-mile drive usually takes 44 to 69 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 50 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Goleta to Oxnard?
Leaving around 4 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 69 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
US-101 South in Los Angeles (11 miles)
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