Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Inglewood to Palmdale
Right now (6:18 pm PDT): about 87 minutes via I-405 North and SR-14 North, usually 95 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
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 61 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 73 | 85 | 108 | 122 | 123 | 100 | 75 | 67 | 62 |
| Tue | 60 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 67 | 78 | 105 | 128 | 127 | 102 | 81 | 68 | 62 |
| Wed | 60 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 63 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 75 | 102 | 115 | 126 | 105 | 86 | 67 | 61 |
| Thu | 62 | 61 | 62 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 83 | 112 | 131 | 124 | 106 | 84 | 69 | 61 |
| Fri | 61 | 62 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 78 | 88 | 104 | 118 | 120 | 100 | 79 | 69 | 62 |
| Sat | 61 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 65 | 71 | 72 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 61 |
| Sun | 60 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 69 | 63 | 64 | 62 | 63 | 61 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 65-mile drive from Inglewood to Palmdale (via I-405 North and SR-14 North) usually takes as little as 59 minutes and up to 135 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 10 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 72 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Sundays (84 minutes).
About 58 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 Inglewood 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 Inglewood to Palmdale?
On weekdays, leave before 10 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 59 minutes then, versus up to 135 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Inglewood to Palmdale?
The 65-mile drive usually takes 59 to 135 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 72 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Inglewood to Palmdale?
Leaving around 4:30 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 135 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-405 North in Los Angeles (27 miles) · SR-14 North in Los Angeles (27 miles) · I-5 North in Los Angeles (5 miles)
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