Best Time to Drive from Menifee to Santa Monica

Right now (5:49 pm PDT): about 108 minutes via SR-60 West and I-215 North, usually 93 at this time.

Only 31% 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.

About this drive

On weekdays the 93-mile drive from Menifee to Santa Monica (via SR-60 West and I-215 North) usually takes as little as 84 minutes and up to 180 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Mondays. The fastest times to leave are after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 110 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12 pm on Sundays (133 minutes).

About 88 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (6 to 8 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Menifee to downtown Santa Monica 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 Menifee to Santa Monica?

On weekdays, leave after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 84 minutes then, versus up to 180 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Menifee to Santa Monica?

The 93-mile drive usually takes 84 to 180 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 110 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Menifee to Santa Monica?

Leaving around 7 am on Mondays is usually slowest, about 180 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-60 West in Los Angeles (32 miles) · SR-60 West in Inland Empire (21 miles) · I-215 North in Inland Empire (19 miles) · I-10 West in Los Angeles (15 miles)

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