Best Time to Drive from Inglewood to Sylmar

Right now (7:48 pm PDT): about 32 minutes via I-405 North, usually 33 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 Inglewood to Sylmar 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	29	29	30	31	31	31	32	33	36	55	89	108	102	71	44	33	30
Tue	29	30	30	31	32	31	32	33	36	50	90	114	101	72	47	33	30
Wed	29	30	30	31	32	32	31	33	37	48	86	107	105	83	57	36	31
Thu	31	31	31	32	33	33	33	36	44	52	80	106	98	72	49	35	31
Fri	30	30	30	33	33	32	33	34	39	53	78	96	91	65	41	33	30
Sat	29	30	30	30	30	31	32	32	32	32	33	36	34	32	32	31	30
Sun	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	32	31	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30

About this drive

On weekdays the 32-mile drive from Inglewood to Sylmar (via I-405 North) usually takes as little as 29 minutes and up to 114 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 11:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 38 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4 pm on Saturdays (36 minutes).

About 30 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.9 miles surface streets (2 to 9 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Inglewood to central Sylmar 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 Sylmar?

On weekdays, leave before 11:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 29 minutes then, versus up to 114 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Inglewood to Sylmar?

The 32-mile drive usually takes 29 to 114 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 38 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Inglewood to Sylmar?

Leaving around 4 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 114 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-405 North in Los Angeles (27 miles) · I-5 North in Los Angeles (2 miles) · I-210 East in Los Angeles (1.5 miles)

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More drives

Sylmar to Inglewood (return trip) · Inglewood to Los Angeles · Inglewood to Whittier · Inglewood to Long Beach · Inglewood to Anaheim · Inglewood to Riverside · Inglewood to Santa Ana · Inglewood to Irvine · Inglewood to San Bernardino · Inglewood to Fontana · Inglewood to Oxnard · Inglewood to Moreno Valley

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	29	29	30	31	31	31	32	33	36	55	89	108	102	71	44	33	30
Tue	29	30	30	31	32	31	32	33	36	50	90	114	101	72	47	33	30
Wed	29	30	30	31	32	32	31	33	37	48	86	107	105	83	57	36	31
Thu	31	31	31	32	33	33	33	36	44	52	80	106	98	72	49	35	31
Fri	30	30	30	33	33	32	33	34	39	53	78	96	91	65	41	33	30
Sat	29	30	30	30	30	31	32	32	32	32	33	36	34	32	32	31	30
Sun	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	32	31	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	29	29	30	31	31	31	32	33	36	55	89	108	102	71	44	33	30
Tue	29	30	30	31	32	31	32	33	36	50	90	114	101	72	47	33	30
Wed	29	30	30	31	32	32	31	33	37	48	86	107	105	83	57	36	31
Thu	31	31	31	32	33	33	33	36	44	52	80	106	98	72	49	35	31
Fri	30	30	30	33	33	32	33	34	39	53	78	96	91	65	41	33	30
Sat	29	30	30	30	30	31	32	32	32	32	33	36	34	32	32	31	30
Sun	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	32	31	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	29	29	30	31	31	31	32	33	36	55	89	108	102	71	44	33	30
Tue	29	30	30	31	32	31	32	33	36	50	90	114	101	72	47	33	30
Wed	29	30	30	31	32	32	31	33	37	48	86	107	105	83	57	36	31
Thu	31	31	31	32	33	33	33	36	44	52	80	106	98	72	49	35	31
Fri	30	30	30	33	33	32	33	34	39	53	78	96	91	65	41	33	30
Sat	29	30	30	30	30	31	32	32	32	32	33	36	34	32	32	31	30
Sun	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	32	31	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30