Best Time to Drive from Monrovia to Riverside

Right now (6:48 pm PDT): about 48 minutes via SR-60 East and I-210 East, usually 48 at this time.

Only 62% 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 Riverside 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	43	44	53	53	51	50	50	50	52	54	65	74	69	59	50	45	43
Tue	43	45	56	57	52	53	52	50	51	52	66	73	71	59	52	48	43
Wed	42	45	58	61	52	51	50	51	52	56	64	72	71	60	53	48	43
Thu	43	45	57	58	52	51	50	50	52	59	70	78	75	71	55	48	43
Fri	43	44	50	51	50	50	50	53	58	67	78	78	77	67	56	49	45
Sat	43	44	45	44	45	45	48	49	49	50	56	54	52	51	48	45	44
Sun	43	43	44	43	44	44	45	46	47	47	49	46	46	45	45	46	43

About this drive

On weekdays the 47-mile drive from Monrovia to Riverside (via SR-60 East and I-210 East) usually takes as little as 42 minutes and up to 84 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 53 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (61 minutes).

About 45 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 2 miles surface streets (3 to 10 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Monrovia to central Riverside 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 Riverside?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 42 minutes then, versus up to 84 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Monrovia to Riverside?

The 47-mile drive usually takes 42 to 84 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 53 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Monrovia to Riverside?

Leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 84 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-60 East in Inland Empire (21 miles) · I-210 East in Los Angeles (10 miles) · SR-57 South in Los Angeles (6 miles) · SR-60 East in Los Angeles (3 miles) · SR-71 North in Los Angeles (2 miles) · SR-91 West in Inland Empire (2 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow

More drives

Riverside to Monrovia (return trip) · Monrovia to Los Angeles · Monrovia to Long Beach · Monrovia to Anaheim · Monrovia to Santa Ana

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	43	44	53	53	51	50	50	50	52	54	65	74	69	59	50	45	43
Tue	43	45	56	57	52	53	52	50	51	52	66	73	71	59	52	48	43
Wed	42	45	58	61	52	51	50	51	52	56	64	72	71	60	53	48	43
Thu	43	45	57	58	52	51	50	50	52	59	70	78	75	71	55	48	43
Fri	43	44	50	51	50	50	50	53	58	67	78	78	77	67	56	49	45
Sat	43	44	45	44	45	45	48	49	49	50	56	54	52	51	48	45	44
Sun	43	43	44	43	44	44	45	46	47	47	49	46	46	45	45	46	43

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	43	44	53	53	51	50	50	50	52	54	65	74	69	59	50	45	43
Tue	43	45	56	57	52	53	52	50	51	52	66	73	71	59	52	48	43
Wed	42	45	58	61	52	51	50	51	52	56	64	72	71	60	53	48	43
Thu	43	45	57	58	52	51	50	50	52	59	70	78	75	71	55	48	43
Fri	43	44	50	51	50	50	50	53	58	67	78	78	77	67	56	49	45
Sat	43	44	45	44	45	45	48	49	49	50	56	54	52	51	48	45	44
Sun	43	43	44	43	44	44	45	46	47	47	49	46	46	45	45	46	43

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	43	44	53	53	51	50	50	50	52	54	65	74	69	59	50	45	43
Tue	43	45	56	57	52	53	52	50	51	52	66	73	71	59	52	48	43
Wed	42	45	58	61	52	51	50	51	52	56	64	72	71	60	53	48	43
Thu	43	45	57	58	52	51	50	50	52	59	70	78	75	71	55	48	43
Fri	43	44	50	51	50	50	50	53	58	67	78	78	77	67	56	49	45
Sat	43	44	45	44	45	45	48	49	49	50	56	54	52	51	48	45	44
Sun	43	43	44	43	44	44	45	46	47	47	49	46	46	45	45	46	43