Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Koreatown to Palmdale
Right now (6:06 pm PST): about 79 minutes via SR-14 North and I-5 North, usually 79 at this time.
Only 15% 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 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 60 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 65 | 60 | 58 |
| Tue | 56 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 66 | 73 | 78 | 79 | 75 | 63 | 58 |
| Wed | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 61 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 60 | 57 |
| Thu | 57 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 78 | 101 | 93 | 79 | 73 | 65 | 57 |
| Fri | 57 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 66 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 106 | 97 | 96 | 81 | 74 | 67 | 58 |
| Sat | 58 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 77 | 64 | 61 | 62 | 57 |
| Sun | 57 | 56 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 70 | 64 | 62 | 62 | 60 | 59 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 59-mile drive from Koreatown to Palmdale (via SR-14 North and I-5 North) usually takes as little as 56 minutes and up to 106 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 10 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 65 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Sundays (87 minutes).
About 50 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 9 miles surface streets (12 to 22 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Koreatown 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 Koreatown to Palmdale?
On weekdays, leave before 10 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 56 minutes then, versus up to 106 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Koreatown to Palmdale?
The 59-mile drive usually takes 56 to 106 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 65 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Koreatown to Palmdale?
Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 106 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-14 North in Los Angeles (27 miles) · I-5 North in Los Angeles (11 miles) · US-101 North in Los Angeles (7 miles) · SR-170 North in Los Angeles (6 miles)
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