Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Porter Ranch to Los Angeles
Right now (3:20 pm PST): about 35 minutes via US-101 South and SR-118 East and SR-170 South, usually 36 at this time.
Only 3% 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 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 27 |
| Tue | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 32 | 34 | 29 | 27 |
| Wed | 26 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 27 |
| Thu | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 45 | 41 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 27 |
| Fri | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 46 | 43 | 49 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 28 |
| Sat | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 39 | 37 | 43 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Sun | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 30 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 28-mile drive from Porter Ranch to Los Angeles (via US-101 South and SR-118 East and SR-170 South) usually takes as little as 26 minutes and up to 51 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 31 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 5 pm on Saturdays (43 minutes).
About 26 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.9 miles surface streets (3 to 9 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Porter Ranch (Seminole Circle) to Downtown LA (City Hall) (West 1st Street) 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 Porter Ranch to Los Angeles?
On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 26 minutes then, versus up to 51 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Porter Ranch to Los Angeles?
The 28-mile drive usually takes 26 to 51 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 31 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Porter Ranch to Los Angeles?
Leaving around 4:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 51 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
US-101 South in Los Angeles (11 miles) · SR-118 East in Los Angeles (7 miles) · SR-170 South in Los Angeles (6 miles) · I-5 South in Los Angeles (3 miles)
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