Best Time to Drive from Montebello to Santa Clarita

Right now (6:48 pm PDT): about 50 minutes via I-5 North, usually 57 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 Santa Clarita 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	41	52	66	67	62	58	58	57	60	59	64	66	67	59	53	44	42
Tue	41	54	67	71	63	62	57	56	53	59	64	70	74	64	60	50	43
Wed	40	47	60	69	62	60	56	55	54	58	62	65	66	59	56	48	41
Thu	41	52	67	69	64	61	60	60	61	62	73	79	74	63	60	52	43
Fri	41	48	57	61	61	65	61	65	68	68	69	70	68	63	59	55	44
Sat	42	42	44	45	49	62	68	67	65	66	63	63	60	57	57	54	44
Sun	41	41	41	41	42	49	59	68	78	79	78	65	57	57	57	55	45

About this drive

On weekdays the 42-mile drive from Montebello to Santa Clarita (via I-5 North) usually takes as little as 40 minutes and up to 79 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 59 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Sundays (80 minutes).

About 34 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 8 miles surface streets (11 to 24 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Montebello to central Santa Clarita 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 Santa Clarita?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 40 minutes then, versus up to 79 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Montebello to Santa Clarita?

The 42-mile drive usually takes 40 to 79 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 59 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Montebello to Santa Clarita?

Leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 79 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 North in Los Angeles (34 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow

More drives

Santa Clarita 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

Open the live traffic map →

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	52	66	67	62	58	58	57	60	59	64	66	67	59	53	44	42
Tue	41	54	67	71	63	62	57	56	53	59	64	70	74	64	60	50	43
Wed	40	47	60	69	62	60	56	55	54	58	62	65	66	59	56	48	41
Thu	41	52	67	69	64	61	60	60	61	62	73	79	74	63	60	52	43
Fri	41	48	57	61	61	65	61	65	68	68	69	70	68	63	59	55	44
Sat	42	42	44	45	49	62	68	67	65	66	63	63	60	57	57	54	44
Sun	41	41	41	41	42	49	59	68	78	79	78	65	57	57	57	55	45

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	52	66	67	62	58	58	57	60	59	64	66	67	59	53	44	42
Tue	41	54	67	71	63	62	57	56	53	59	64	70	74	64	60	50	43
Wed	40	47	60	69	62	60	56	55	54	58	62	65	66	59	56	48	41
Thu	41	52	67	69	64	61	60	60	61	62	73	79	74	63	60	52	43
Fri	41	48	57	61	61	65	61	65	68	68	69	70	68	63	59	55	44
Sat	42	42	44	45	49	62	68	67	65	66	63	63	60	57	57	54	44
Sun	41	41	41	41	42	49	59	68	78	79	78	65	57	57	57	55	45

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	41	52	66	67	62	58	58	57	60	59	64	66	67	59	53	44	42
Tue	41	54	67	71	63	62	57	56	53	59	64	70	74	64	60	50	43
Wed	40	47	60	69	62	60	56	55	54	58	62	65	66	59	56	48	41
Thu	41	52	67	69	64	61	60	60	61	62	73	79	74	63	60	52	43
Fri	41	48	57	61	61	65	61	65	68	68	69	70	68	63	59	55	44
Sat	42	42	44	45	49	62	68	67	65	66	63	63	60	57	57	54	44
Sun	41	41	41	41	42	49	59	68	78	79	78	65	57	57	57	55	45