Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Lakeside to San Diego
Right now (7:03 pm PDT): about 23 minutes via SR-163 South and SR-67 South and SR-52 West, usually 23 at this time.
Only 43% 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 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Tue | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 27 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Wed | 23 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Thu | 23 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 33 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Fri | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Sat | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Sun | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 25-mile drive from Lakeside to San Diego (via SR-163 South and SR-67 South and SR-52 West) usually takes as little as 23 minutes and up to 35 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 24 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12:30 pm on Saturdays (24 minutes).
About 23 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.7 miles surface streets (2 to 4 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Lakeside to downtown San Diego 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 Lakeside to San Diego?
On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 23 minutes then, versus up to 35 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Lakeside to San Diego?
The 25-mile drive usually takes 23 to 35 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 24 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Lakeside to San Diego?
Leaving around 5 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 35 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-163 South in San Diego (8 miles) · SR-52 West in San Diego (7 miles)
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