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Best Time to Drive from Palm Desert to San Bernardino

Right now (6:33 pm PDT): about 66 minutes via I-10 West, usually 66 at this time.

Only 31% 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.

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Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Palm Desert to San Bernardino by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave5am6am7am8am9am10am11am12pm1pm2pm3pm4pm5pm6pm7pm8pm9pm
Mon6667777068676868697070717069697168
Tue6669837668686868696969696969697066
Wed6668807569676768686970696868686968
Thu6669787569676869687070706968686866
Fri6567716868686868697171696867676665
Sat6565656666676767676868686666686666
Sun6666666777676970706867676768686766

About this drive

On weekdays the 69-mile drive from Palm Desert to San Bernardino (via I-10 West) usually takes as little as 65 minutes and up to 83 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 69 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 9 am on Sundays (77 minutes).

About 49 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 21 miles surface streets (15 to 18 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Palm Desert to central San Bernardino 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 Palm Desert to San Bernardino?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 am. The drive usually takes about 65 minutes then, versus up to 83 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Palm Desert to San Bernardino?

The 69-mile drive usually takes 65 to 83 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 69 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Palm Desert to San Bernardino?

Leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 83 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-10 West in Inland Empire (18 miles) · I-210 West in Inland Empire (2 miles)

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