Best Time to Drive from Hemet to Garden Grove

Right now (5:36 am PST): about 85 minutes via SR-91 West, usually 101 at this time.

Only 23% 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.

About this drive

On weekdays the 72-mile drive from Hemet to Garden Grove (via SR-91 West) usually takes as little as 84 minutes and up to 158 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 105 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (132 minutes).

About 33 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 40 miles surface streets (55 to 118 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Hemet to central Garden Grove 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 Hemet to Garden Grove?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 84 minutes then, versus up to 158 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 72-mile drive usually takes 84 to 158 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 105 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Hemet to Garden Grove?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 158 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 West in Orange County (18 miles) · SR-22 West in Orange County (6 miles) · SR-55 South in Orange County (4 miles) · I-15 North in Orange County (4 miles)

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