Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Rialto to Palm Desert
Right now (6:51 pm PDT): about 81 minutes via I-10 East, usually 78 at this time.
Only 30% 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 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 82 | 80 | 77 | 75 | 71 |
| Tue | 69 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 77 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 73 | 70 |
| Wed | 68 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 74 | 72 | 71 |
| Thu | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 86 | 81 | 77 | 73 | 70 |
| Fri | 69 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 82 | 79 | 75 | 71 |
| Sat | 69 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 69 |
| Sun | 69 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 73-mile drive from Rialto to Palm Desert (via I-10 East) usually takes as little as 68 minutes and up to 86 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 1:30 pm or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 74 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Saturdays (75 minutes).
About 56 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 17 miles surface streets (13 to 15 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Rialto to central Palm Desert 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 Rialto to Palm Desert?
On weekdays, leave before 1:30 pm or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 68 minutes then, versus up to 86 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Rialto to Palm Desert?
The 73-mile drive usually takes 68 to 86 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 74 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Rialto to Palm Desert?
Leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 86 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-10 East in Inland Empire (39 miles)
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