Best Time to Drive from Los Angeles to La Cañada Flintridge
Right now (7:32 pm PDT): about 18 minutes via SR-2 East, usually 19 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
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
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| Mon | 15 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 |
| Tue | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 |
| Wed | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 15 |
| Thu | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 15 |
| Fri | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 16 |
| Sat | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 16 |
| Sun | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 17 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 14-mile drive from Los Angeles to La Cañada Flintridge (via SR-2 East) usually takes as little as 15 minutes and up to 24 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 20 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (23 minutes).
About 11 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (5 to 14 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from Downtown LA (City Hall) to central La Cañada Flintridge 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 Los Angeles to La Cañada Flintridge?
On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 15 minutes then, versus up to 24 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Los Angeles to La Cañada Flintridge?
The 14-mile drive usually takes 15 to 24 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 20 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Los Angeles to La Cañada Flintridge?
Leaving around 5 pm on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 24 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-2 East in Los Angeles (10 miles) · I-210 East in Los Angeles (1 mile)
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