Best Time to Drive from Montebello to Palmdale

Right now (3:20 pm PST): about 81 minutes via I-5 North and SR-14 North, usually 86 at this time.

Only 15% 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 Palmdale 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	67	73	87	90	89	87	87	85	88	89	94	98	98	90	83	73	71
Tue	67	74	85	90	89	88	83	82	80	86	92	99	103	92	88	77	69
Wed	67	72	82	88	86	86	83	82	82	86	91	94	97	89	86	76	68
Thu	68	72	85	90	91	89	87	87	89	90	100	106	102	92	88	81	69
Fri	68	73	80	84	86	89	87	89	92	94	96	98	95	91	90	82	70
Sat	68	68	68	70	73	84	89	88	87	90	87	87	85	83	84	81	70
Sun	68	67	66	67	68	73	85	96	102	105	100	90	84	87	86	81	72

About this drive

On weekdays the 71-mile drive from Montebello to Palmdale (via I-5 North and SR-14 North) usually takes as little as 67 minutes and up to 106 minutes, when leaving around 4 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 86 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Sundays (105 minutes).

About 61 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (13 to 22 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Montebello to central Palmdale 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 Palmdale?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 67 minutes then, versus up to 106 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Montebello to Palmdale?

The 71-mile drive usually takes 67 to 106 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 86 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Montebello to Palmdale?

Leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 106 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 North in Los Angeles (35 miles) · SR-14 North in Los Angeles (27 miles)

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More drives

Palmdale 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	67	73	87	90	89	87	87	85	88	89	94	98	98	90	83	73	71
Tue	67	74	85	90	89	88	83	82	80	86	92	99	103	92	88	77	69
Wed	67	72	82	88	86	86	83	82	82	86	91	94	97	89	86	76	68
Thu	68	72	85	90	91	89	87	87	89	90	100	106	102	92	88	81	69
Fri	68	73	80	84	86	89	87	89	92	94	96	98	95	91	90	82	70
Sat	68	68	68	70	73	84	89	88	87	90	87	87	85	83	84	81	70
Sun	68	67	66	67	68	73	85	96	102	105	100	90	84	87	86	81	72

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	67	73	87	90	89	87	87	85	88	89	94	98	98	90	83	73	71
Tue	67	74	85	90	89	88	83	82	80	86	92	99	103	92	88	77	69
Wed	67	72	82	88	86	86	83	82	82	86	91	94	97	89	86	76	68
Thu	68	72	85	90	91	89	87	87	89	90	100	106	102	92	88	81	69
Fri	68	73	80	84	86	89	87	89	92	94	96	98	95	91	90	82	70
Sat	68	68	68	70	73	84	89	88	87	90	87	87	85	83	84	81	70
Sun	68	67	66	67	68	73	85	96	102	105	100	90	84	87	86	81	72

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	67	73	87	90	89	87	87	85	88	89	94	98	98	90	83	73	71
Tue	67	74	85	90	89	88	83	82	80	86	92	99	103	92	88	77	69
Wed	67	72	82	88	86	86	83	82	82	86	91	94	97	89	86	76	68
Thu	68	72	85	90	91	89	87	87	89	90	100	106	102	92	88	81	69
Fri	68	73	80	84	86	89	87	89	92	94	96	98	95	91	90	82	70
Sat	68	68	68	70	73	84	89	88	87	90	87	87	85	83	84	81	70
Sun	68	67	66	67	68	73	85	96	102	105	100	90	84	87	86	81	72