Best Time to Drive from Porter Ranch to Pasadena

Right now (7:48 pm PDT): about 30 minutes via I-5 South and SR-134 East and SR-118 East, usually 30 at this time.

Only 21% 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

Minutes from Porter Ranch to Pasadena by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	28	30	31	36	36	34	34	34	33	35	37	38	39	37	31	30	29
Tue	28	30	31	42	45	37	33	33	34	35	39	40	43	39	32	31	29
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Sat	29	29	30	30	30	31	32	34	34	36	35	33	33	32	31	30	28
Sun	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	31	32	32	31	31	31	30	31	32	29

About this drive

On weekdays the 30-mile drive from Porter Ranch to Pasadena (via I-5 South and SR-134 East and SR-118 East) usually takes as little as 28 minutes and up to 50 minutes, when leaving around 9 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 35 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Saturdays (36 minutes).

About 27 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (5 to 8 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 Old Pasadena (East Holly 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 Pasadena?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 28 minutes then, versus up to 50 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Porter Ranch to Pasadena?

The 30-mile drive usually takes 28 to 50 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 35 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Porter Ranch to Pasadena?

Leaving around 9 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 50 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 South in Los Angeles (12 miles) · SR-134 East in Los Angeles (8 miles) · SR-118 East in Los Angeles (7 miles)

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