Best Time to Drive from Monrovia to Garden Grove

Right now (5:49 pm PDT): about 47 minutes via I-605 South, usually 42 at this time.

Only 13% 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 Monrovia to Garden Grove 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	37	40	50	50	45	43	43	43	43	44	59	66	77	65	42	39	38
Tue	37	40	52	58	45	44	42	43	41	46	55	67	83	69	49	40	39
Wed	37	40	53	52	46	44	43	42	43	44	55	66	76	65	50	41	38
Thu	38	41	53	53	47	44	44	43	43	47	69	80	85	70	51	41	38
Fri	37	40	45	45	44	44	43	46	49	59	79	93	89	67	48	42	39
Sat	38	38	40	39	40	40	40	42	43	45	48	50	46	42	41	39	38
Sun	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	41	41	42	40	40	40	41	40	38

About this drive

On weekdays the 41-mile drive from Monrovia to Garden Grove (via I-605 South) usually takes as little as 37 minutes and up to 93 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 44 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Saturdays (52 minutes).

About 39 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 2 miles surface streets (3 to 8 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Monrovia to central Garden Grove 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 Monrovia to Garden Grove?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 37 minutes then, versus up to 93 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Monrovia to Garden Grove?

The 41-mile drive usually takes 37 to 93 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 44 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Monrovia to Garden Grove?

Leaving around 4:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 93 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-605 South in Los Angeles (17 miles) · I-605 South in Orange County (10 miles) · SR-22 East in Orange County (6 miles) · I-405 South in Orange County (4 miles) · I-210 East in Los Angeles (3 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow

More drives

Garden Grove to Monrovia (return trip) · Monrovia to Los Angeles · Monrovia to Long Beach · Monrovia to Anaheim · Monrovia to Riverside · Monrovia to Santa Ana · Monrovia to Irvine · Monrovia to San Bernardino · Monrovia to Fontana · Monrovia to Oxnard · Monrovia to Moreno Valley · Monrovia to Huntington Beach

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	37	40	50	50	45	43	43	43	43	44	59	66	77	65	42	39	38
Tue	37	40	52	58	45	44	42	43	41	46	55	67	83	69	49	40	39
Wed	37	40	53	52	46	44	43	42	43	44	55	66	76	65	50	41	38
Thu	38	41	53	53	47	44	44	43	43	47	69	80	85	70	51	41	38
Fri	37	40	45	45	44	44	43	46	49	59	79	93	89	67	48	42	39
Sat	38	38	40	39	40	40	40	42	43	45	48	50	46	42	41	39	38
Sun	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	41	41	42	40	40	40	41	40	38

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	37	40	50	50	45	43	43	43	43	44	59	66	77	65	42	39	38
Tue	37	40	52	58	45	44	42	43	41	46	55	67	83	69	49	40	39
Wed	37	40	53	52	46	44	43	42	43	44	55	66	76	65	50	41	38
Thu	38	41	53	53	47	44	44	43	43	47	69	80	85	70	51	41	38
Fri	37	40	45	45	44	44	43	46	49	59	79	93	89	67	48	42	39
Sat	38	38	40	39	40	40	40	42	43	45	48	50	46	42	41	39	38
Sun	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	41	41	42	40	40	40	41	40	38

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	37	40	50	50	45	43	43	43	43	44	59	66	77	65	42	39	38
Tue	37	40	52	58	45	44	42	43	41	46	55	67	83	69	49	40	39
Wed	37	40	53	52	46	44	43	42	43	44	55	66	76	65	50	41	38
Thu	38	41	53	53	47	44	44	43	43	47	69	80	85	70	51	41	38
Fri	37	40	45	45	44	44	43	46	49	59	79	93	89	67	48	42	39
Sat	38	38	40	39	40	40	40	42	43	45	48	50	46	42	41	39	38
Sun	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	41	41	42	40	40	40	41	40	38