Best Time to Drive from Montebello to Palmdale

Right now (5:51 pm PDT): about 77 minutes via I-5 North and SR-14 North, usually 83 at this time.

Only 20% 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	68	73	85	89	90	88	89	86	91	89	93	96	95	87	80	74	69
Tue	67	73	85	90	90	90	84	83	81	85	92	97	103	92	88	78	69
Wed	67	72	84	90	88	86	84	83	82	85	91	94	95	88	88	75	67
Thu	68	73	86	92	91	88	90	88	88	91	103	108	102	93	89	79	69
Fri	68	74	81	86	89	91	89	92	95	96	98	100	97	93	91	83	70
Sat	69	68	68	71	75	88	95	92	91	92	88	88	85	84	85	82	70
Sun	67	67	66	67	68	73	85	96	105	106	101	90	81	83	84	82	71

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 108 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 87 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Sundays (106 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 108 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 71-mile drive usually takes 67 to 108 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 87 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Montebello to Palmdale?

Leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 108 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	68	73	85	89	90	88	89	86	91	89	93	96	95	87	80	74	69
Tue	67	73	85	90	90	90	84	83	81	85	92	97	103	92	88	78	69
Wed	67	72	84	90	88	86	84	83	82	85	91	94	95	88	88	75	67
Thu	68	73	86	92	91	88	90	88	88	91	103	108	102	93	89	79	69
Fri	68	74	81	86	89	91	89	92	95	96	98	100	97	93	91	83	70
Sat	69	68	68	71	75	88	95	92	91	92	88	88	85	84	85	82	70
Sun	67	67	66	67	68	73	85	96	105	106	101	90	81	83	84	82	71

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	68	73	85	89	90	88	89	86	91	89	93	96	95	87	80	74	69
Tue	67	73	85	90	90	90	84	83	81	85	92	97	103	92	88	78	69
Wed	67	72	84	90	88	86	84	83	82	85	91	94	95	88	88	75	67
Thu	68	73	86	92	91	88	90	88	88	91	103	108	102	93	89	79	69
Fri	68	74	81	86	89	91	89	92	95	96	98	100	97	93	91	83	70
Sat	69	68	68	71	75	88	95	92	91	92	88	88	85	84	85	82	70
Sun	67	67	66	67	68	73	85	96	105	106	101	90	81	83	84	82	71

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	68	73	85	89	90	88	89	86	91	89	93	96	95	87	80	74	69
Tue	67	73	85	90	90	90	84	83	81	85	92	97	103	92	88	78	69
Wed	67	72	84	90	88	86	84	83	82	85	91	94	95	88	88	75	67
Thu	68	73	86	92	91	88	90	88	88	91	103	108	102	93	89	79	69
Fri	68	74	81	86	89	91	89	92	95	96	98	100	97	93	91	83	70
Sat	69	68	68	71	75	88	95	92	91	92	88	88	85	84	85	82	70
Sun	67	67	66	67	68	73	85	96	105	106	101	90	81	83	84	82	71