Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Mission Viejo to El Cajon
Right now (5:51 pm PDT): about 72 minutes via I-5 South, usually 74 at this time.
Only 50% 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 | 70 | 72 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 71 |
| Tue | 71 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 82 | 85 | 86 | 83 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 71 |
| Wed | 70 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 83 | 87 | 87 | 84 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 71 |
| Thu | 70 | 73 | 81 | 83 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 85 | 91 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 70 |
| Fri | 70 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 93 | 107 | 109 | 102 | 91 | 81 | 77 | 72 | 71 |
| Sat | 71 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 79 | 87 | 91 | 90 | 89 | 87 | 84 | 88 | 81 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 71 |
| Sun | 70 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 77 | 78 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 71 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 80-mile drive from Mission Viejo to El Cajon (via I-5 South) usually takes as little as 70 minutes and up to 109 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 6 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 79 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 10:30 am on Saturdays (93 minutes).
About 79 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.3 miles surface streets (about 1 minutes), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Mission Viejo to central El Cajon 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 Mission Viejo to El Cajon?
On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 6 pm. The drive usually takes about 70 minutes then, versus up to 109 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Mission Viejo to El Cajon?
The 80-mile drive usually takes 70 to 109 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 79 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Mission Viejo to El Cajon?
Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 109 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 South in San Diego (36 miles) · I-5 South in Orange County (23 miles) · SR-52 East in San Diego (13 miles) · I-805 South in San Diego (4 miles)
Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow · San Diego traffic right now · San Diego traffic tomorrow
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