Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Northridge to Laguna Niguel
Right now (4:50 pm PST): about 87 minutes via I-405 South, usually 84 at this time.
Only 14% 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
| Leave | 5am | 6am | 7am | 8am | 9am | 10am | 11am | 12pm | 1pm | 2pm | 3pm | 4pm | 5pm | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 74 | 76 | 88 | 94 | 84 | 81 | 82 | 89 | 112 | 125 | 142 | 149 | 142 | 113 | 85 | 79 | 74 |
| Tue | 75 | 76 | 89 | 111 | 106 | 89 | 86 | 123 | 170 | 214 | 245 | 227 | 185 | 144 | 105 | 86 | 74 |
| Wed | 74 | 76 | 89 | 107 | 97 | 84 | 86 | 108 | 182 | 247 | 247 | 231 | 195 | 153 | 116 | 92 | 75 |
| Thu | 74 | 76 | 88 | 103 | 97 | 85 | 90 | 117 | 170 | 212 | 200 | 190 | 177 | 159 | 131 | 99 | 76 |
| Fri | 74 | 76 | 84 | 91 | 83 | 83 | 94 | 160 | 184 | 171 | 149 | 156 | 156 | 139 | 120 | 97 | 77 |
| Sat | 75 | 75 | 74 | 76 | 77 | 81 | 90 | 98 | 103 | 118 | 112 | 108 | 98 | 89 | 84 | 84 | 75 |
| Sun | 75 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 83 | 87 | 90 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 75 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 80-mile drive from Northridge to Laguna Niguel (via I-405 South) usually takes as little as 74 minutes and up to 247 minutes, when leaving around 2 pm on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 141 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Saturdays (118 minutes).
About 70 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (13 to 17 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Northridge to central Laguna Niguel 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 Northridge to Laguna Niguel?
On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 74 minutes then, versus up to 247 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Northridge to Laguna Niguel?
The 80-mile drive usually takes 74 to 247 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 141 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Northridge to Laguna Niguel?
Leaving around 2 pm on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 247 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-405 South in Los Angeles (42 miles) · I-405 South in Orange County (16 miles) · SR-73 South in Orange County (12 miles)
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