Best Time to Drive from Montebello to Mid-City

Right now (6:20 pm PDT): about 43 minutes via I-10 West and I-5 North, usually 29 at this time.

Only 7% 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 Montebello to Mid-City 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	20	27	36	42	31	27	29	28	29	29	34	34	34	30	28	21	20
Tue	19	28	39	50	34	30	27	27	27	31	34	33	32	32	32	24	20
Wed	20	26	39	44	34	28	27	26	26	29	31	32	32	29	29	23	20
Thu	19	27	38	49	36	31	31	31	33	32	34	34	34	33	33	24	21
Fri	20	26	32	37	33	29	29	31	36	37	36	35	34	34	32	26	21
Sat	19	19	21	22	26	30	33	32	32	32	32	32	29	29	27	25	23
Sun	19	19	19	19	20	24	25	30	31	32	32	30	29	31	32	27	23

About this drive

On weekdays the 17-mile drive from Montebello to Mid-City (via I-10 West and I-5 North) usually takes as little as 19 minutes and up to 50 minutes, when leaving around 8 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 29 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 11 am on Saturdays (33 minutes).

About 12 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 5 miles surface streets (8 to 21 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Montebello to central Mid-City 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 Montebello to Mid-City?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 19 minutes then, versus up to 50 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Montebello to Mid-City?

The 17-mile drive usually takes 19 to 50 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 29 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Montebello to Mid-City?

Leaving around 8 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 50 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-10 West in Los Angeles (7 miles) · I-5 North in Los Angeles (5 miles)

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Mid-City to Montebello (return trip) · Montebello to Los Angeles · Montebello to Long Beach · Montebello to Anaheim · Montebello to Riverside · Montebello to Santa Ana · Montebello to Irvine · Montebello to San Bernardino · Montebello to Fontana · Montebello to Oxnard · Montebello to Moreno Valley · Montebello 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	20	27	36	42	31	27	29	28	29	29	34	34	34	30	28	21	20
Tue	19	28	39	50	34	30	27	27	27	31	34	33	32	32	32	24	20
Wed	20	26	39	44	34	28	27	26	26	29	31	32	32	29	29	23	20
Thu	19	27	38	49	36	31	31	31	33	32	34	34	34	33	33	24	21
Fri	20	26	32	37	33	29	29	31	36	37	36	35	34	34	32	26	21
Sat	19	19	21	22	26	30	33	32	32	32	32	32	29	29	27	25	23
Sun	19	19	19	19	20	24	25	30	31	32	32	30	29	31	32	27	23

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	20	27	36	42	31	27	29	28	29	29	34	34	34	30	28	21	20
Tue	19	28	39	50	34	30	27	27	27	31	34	33	32	32	32	24	20
Wed	20	26	39	44	34	28	27	26	26	29	31	32	32	29	29	23	20
Thu	19	27	38	49	36	31	31	31	33	32	34	34	34	33	33	24	21
Fri	20	26	32	37	33	29	29	31	36	37	36	35	34	34	32	26	21
Sat	19	19	21	22	26	30	33	32	32	32	32	32	29	29	27	25	23
Sun	19	19	19	19	20	24	25	30	31	32	32	30	29	31	32	27	23

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	20	27	36	42	31	27	29	28	29	29	34	34	34	30	28	21	20
Tue	19	28	39	50	34	30	27	27	27	31	34	33	32	32	32	24	20
Wed	20	26	39	44	34	28	27	26	26	29	31	32	32	29	29	23	20
Thu	19	27	38	49	36	31	31	31	33	32	34	34	34	33	33	24	21
Fri	20	26	32	37	33	29	29	31	36	37	36	35	34	34	32	26	21
Sat	19	19	21	22	26	30	33	32	32	32	32	32	29	29	27	25	23
Sun	19	19	19	19	20	24	25	30	31	32	32	30	29	31	32	27	23