Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Palmdale to Los Angeles
Right now (12:19 am PDT): about 59 minutes via SR-14 South and US-101 South.
Only 11% 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 | 63 | 82 | 80 | 72 | 66 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 62 | 64 | 63 | 59 |
| Tue | 60 | 84 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 63 | 60 |
| Wed | 64 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 59 |
| Thu | 64 | 91 | 84 | 72 | 65 | 67 | 63 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 66 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 60 |
| Fri | 61 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 59 |
| Sat | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 59 |
| Sun | 59 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 60 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 62-mile drive from Palmdale to Los Angeles (via SR-14 South and US-101 South) usually takes as little as 59 minutes and up to 93 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 5:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 65 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Saturdays (69 minutes).
About 51 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 11 miles surface streets (14 to 18 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Palmdale to Downtown LA (City Hall) 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 Palmdale to Los Angeles?
On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 5:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 59 minutes then, versus up to 93 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Palmdale to Los Angeles?
The 62-mile drive usually takes 59 to 93 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 65 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Palmdale to Los Angeles?
Leaving around 5:30 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 93 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-14 South in Los Angeles (25 miles) · US-101 South in Los Angeles (11 miles) · I-5 South in Los Angeles (9 miles) · SR-170 South in Los Angeles (5 miles)
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