Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Palmdale to Sylmar
Right now (5:50 pm PST): about 48 minutes via SR-14 South, usually 47 at this time.
Only 23% 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 | 50 | 63 | 60 | 53 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 51 | 48 | 51 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 46 |
| Tue | 50 | 62 | 62 | 60 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 46 |
| Wed | 56 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 50 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 46 |
| Thu | 55 | 64 | 61 | 52 | 49 | 50 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 46 |
| Fri | 48 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 46 |
| Sat | 46 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 46 |
| Sun | 45 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 46 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 41-mile drive from Palmdale to Sylmar (via SR-14 South) usually takes as little as 46 minutes and up to 73 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 am on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are after 9 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 49 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6 pm on Sundays (49 minutes).
About 30 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 11 miles surface streets (15 to 19 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Palmdale to central Sylmar 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 Sylmar?
On weekdays, leave after 9 am. The drive usually takes about 46 minutes then, versus up to 73 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Palmdale to Sylmar?
The 41-mile drive usually takes 46 to 73 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 49 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Palmdale to Sylmar?
Leaving around 5:30 am on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 73 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-14 South in Los Angeles (25 miles) · I-5 South in Los Angeles (3 miles) · I-210 East in Los Angeles (1.4 miles)
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