Best Time to Drive from Hemet to Santa Ana

Right now (5:47 pm PDT): about 127 minutes via SR-91 West, usually 128 at this time.

Only 21% 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 Hemet to Santa Ana 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	93	111	137	136	111	98	94	100	97	101	132	128	130	121	90	85	84
Tue	95	115	137	136	108	98	95	94	95	100	130	132	132	128	93	84	84
Wed	93	119	149	136	117	106	96	95	98	106	143	139	130	130	95	85	84
Thu	94	111	131	132	105	99	100	102	105	127	154	143	136	129	109	87	84
Fri	91	98	113	113	102	97	97	111	138	144	157	144	132	127	109	93	85
Sat	85	86	86	89	93	109	128	130	127	130	130	129	120	108	90	86	84
Sun	85	85	85	85	88	94	97	104	99	97	93	89	87	86	87	87	84

About this drive

On weekdays the 70-mile drive from Hemet to Santa Ana (via SR-91 West) usually takes as little as 84 minutes and up to 157 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are after 7:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 104 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (131 minutes).

About 28 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 42 miles surface streets (60 to 129 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Hemet to central Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana?

On weekdays, leave after 7:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 84 minutes then, versus up to 157 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Hemet to Santa Ana?

The 70-mile drive usually takes 84 to 157 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 104 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Hemet to Santa Ana?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 157 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-91 West in Orange County (18 miles) · SR-55 South in Orange County (5 miles) · I-15 North in Orange County (4 miles)

Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow · Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow

More drives

Santa Ana to Hemet (return trip) · Hemet to Long Beach · Hemet to Anaheim · Hemet to Riverside · Hemet to Irvine

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	93	111	137	136	111	98	94	100	97	101	132	128	130	121	90	85	84
Tue	95	115	137	136	108	98	95	94	95	100	130	132	132	128	93	84	84
Wed	93	119	149	136	117	106	96	95	98	106	143	139	130	130	95	85	84
Thu	94	111	131	132	105	99	100	102	105	127	154	143	136	129	109	87	84
Fri	91	98	113	113	102	97	97	111	138	144	157	144	132	127	109	93	85
Sat	85	86	86	89	93	109	128	130	127	130	130	129	120	108	90	86	84
Sun	85	85	85	85	88	94	97	104	99	97	93	89	87	86	87	87	84

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	93	111	137	136	111	98	94	100	97	101	132	128	130	121	90	85	84
Tue	95	115	137	136	108	98	95	94	95	100	130	132	132	128	93	84	84
Wed	93	119	149	136	117	106	96	95	98	106	143	139	130	130	95	85	84
Thu	94	111	131	132	105	99	100	102	105	127	154	143	136	129	109	87	84
Fri	91	98	113	113	102	97	97	111	138	144	157	144	132	127	109	93	85
Sat	85	86	86	89	93	109	128	130	127	130	130	129	120	108	90	86	84
Sun	85	85	85	85	88	94	97	104	99	97	93	89	87	86	87	87	84

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	93	111	137	136	111	98	94	100	97	101	132	128	130	121	90	85	84
Tue	95	115	137	136	108	98	95	94	95	100	130	132	132	128	93	84	84
Wed	93	119	149	136	117	106	96	95	98	106	143	139	130	130	95	85	84
Thu	94	111	131	132	105	99	100	102	105	127	154	143	136	129	109	87	84
Fri	91	98	113	113	102	97	97	111	138	144	157	144	132	127	109	93	85
Sat	85	86	86	89	93	109	128	130	127	130	130	129	120	108	90	86	84
Sun	85	85	85	85	88	94	97	104	99	97	93	89	87	86	87	87	84