Best Time to Drive from Rancho Palos Verdes to Oxnard
Right now (7:04 pm PDT): about 92 minutes via US-101 North and I-405 North, usually 98 at this time.
Only 7% 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 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 92 | 93 | 97 | 132 | 175 | 186 | 162 | 125 | 98 | 86 | 83 |
| Tue | 84 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 96 | 125 | 184 | 188 | 163 | 129 | 101 | 86 | 83 |
| Wed | 82 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 91 | 98 | 122 | 175 | 187 | 171 | 142 | 110 | 89 | 85 |
| Thu | 86 | 86 | 86 | 88 | 90 | 91 | 95 | 99 | 109 | 125 | 168 | 181 | 161 | 130 | 103 | 89 | 85 |
| Fri | 84 | 86 | 85 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 97 | 99 | 107 | 130 | 159 | 172 | 152 | 120 | 95 | 87 | 83 |
| Sat | 83 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 88 | 99 | 104 | 96 | 92 | 92 | 91 | 95 | 90 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 83 |
| Sun | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 84 | 88 | 91 | 93 | 90 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 82 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 87-mile drive from Rancho Palos Verdes to Oxnard (via US-101 North and I-405 North) usually takes as little as 82 minutes and up to 192 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 10:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 102 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 10:30 am on Saturdays (106 minutes).
About 75 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 12 miles surface streets (16 to 22 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Rancho Palos Verdes to central Oxnard 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 Rancho Palos Verdes to Oxnard?
On weekdays, leave before 10:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 82 minutes then, versus up to 192 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Rancho Palos Verdes to Oxnard?
The 87-mile drive usually takes 82 to 192 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 102 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Rancho Palos Verdes to Oxnard?
Leaving around 3:30 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 192 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
US-101 North in Los Angeles (41 miles) · I-405 North in Los Angeles (27 miles) · I-110 North in Los Angeles (8 miles)
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