Best Time to Drive from Long Beach to Palmdale

Right now (7:17 pm PDT): about 84 minutes via I-405 North and SR-14 North, usually 82 at this time.

Only 12% 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 Long Beach to Palmdale 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	79	80	79	81	83	85	90	88	100	130	174	188	165	127	96	85	80
Tue	78	79	80	81	81	82	83	86	92	122	187	201	173	138	105	87	80
Wed	78	78	79	80	81	81	82	85	92	114	170	190	173	143	110	86	80
Thu	81	80	83	85	86	86	91	94	104	125	175	188	171	137	108	87	81
Fri	79	80	80	83	85	91	90	95	104	127	160	178	161	127	100	87	80
Sat	80	79	79	80	81	88	92	90	88	90	88	91	86	83	83	83	79
Sun	78	77	77	78	78	83	90	98	102	102	98	86	83	83	82	82	79

About this drive

On weekdays the 86-mile drive from Long Beach to Palmdale (via I-405 North and SR-14 North) usually takes as little as 77 minutes and up to 205 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 10:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 98 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Sundays (102 minutes).

About 79 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 7 miles surface streets (8 to 13 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from downtown Long Beach 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 Long Beach to Palmdale?

On weekdays, leave before 10:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 77 minutes then, versus up to 205 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Long Beach to Palmdale?

The 86-mile drive usually takes 77 to 205 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 98 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Long Beach to Palmdale?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 205 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-405 North in Los Angeles (42 miles) · SR-14 North in Los Angeles (27 miles) · I-710 North in Los Angeles (5 miles) · I-5 North in Los Angeles (5 miles)

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	79	80	79	81	83	85	90	88	100	130	174	188	165	127	96	85	80
Tue	78	79	80	81	81	82	83	86	92	122	187	201	173	138	105	87	80
Wed	78	78	79	80	81	81	82	85	92	114	170	190	173	143	110	86	80
Thu	81	80	83	85	86	86	91	94	104	125	175	188	171	137	108	87	81
Fri	79	80	80	83	85	91	90	95	104	127	160	178	161	127	100	87	80
Sat	80	79	79	80	81	88	92	90	88	90	88	91	86	83	83	83	79
Sun	78	77	77	78	78	83	90	98	102	102	98	86	83	83	82	82	79

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	79	80	79	81	83	85	90	88	100	130	174	188	165	127	96	85	80
Tue	78	79	80	81	81	82	83	86	92	122	187	201	173	138	105	87	80
Wed	78	78	79	80	81	81	82	85	92	114	170	190	173	143	110	86	80
Thu	81	80	83	85	86	86	91	94	104	125	175	188	171	137	108	87	81
Fri	79	80	80	83	85	91	90	95	104	127	160	178	161	127	100	87	80
Sat	80	79	79	80	81	88	92	90	88	90	88	91	86	83	83	83	79
Sun	78	77	77	78	78	83	90	98	102	102	98	86	83	83	82	82	79

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	79	80	79	81	83	85	90	88	100	130	174	188	165	127	96	85	80
Tue	78	79	80	81	81	82	83	86	92	122	187	201	173	138	105	87	80
Wed	78	78	79	80	81	81	82	85	92	114	170	190	173	143	110	86	80
Thu	81	80	83	85	86	86	91	94	104	125	175	188	171	137	108	87	81
Fri	79	80	80	83	85	91	90	95	104	127	160	178	161	127	100	87	80
Sat	80	79	79	80	81	88	92	90	88	90	88	91	86	83	83	83	79
Sun	78	77	77	78	78	83	90	98	102	102	98	86	83	83	82	82	79