Best Time to Drive from Rialto to Santa Ana

Right now (6:17 pm PDT): about 59 minutes via SR-60 West and SR-57 South, usually 56 at this time.

Only 40% 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 Rialto to Santa Ana 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	52	73	80	80	69	63	63	60	60	63	67	67	68	60	53	53	52
Tue	52	76	82	79	69	68	66	63	61	61	66	72	68	65	54	52	51
Wed	54	78	85	81	75	67	68	65	61	64	65	68	72	62	55	52	51
Thu	53	73	78	77	69	65	64	62	60	61	69	69	70	63	58	52	51
Fri	52	63	68	66	63	62	62	61	62	66	72	72	70	65	56	53	52
Sat	51	53	53	53	56	58	61	60	59	59	59	59	56	55	53	52	51
Sun	51	52	52	53	53	55	58	59	57	56	55	54	53	53	53	53	51

About this drive

On weekdays the 53-mile drive from Rialto to Santa Ana (via SR-60 West and SR-57 South) usually takes as little as 51 minutes and up to 85 minutes, when leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 7 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 62 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 10:30 am on Saturdays (61 minutes).

About 44 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (13 to 23 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Rialto to central Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 7 pm. The drive usually takes about 51 minutes then, versus up to 85 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Rialto to Santa Ana?

The 53-mile drive usually takes 51 to 85 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 62 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Rialto to Santa Ana?

Leaving around 7:30 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 85 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-60 West in Inland Empire (17 miles) · SR-57 South in Orange County (12 miles) · SR-60 West in Los Angeles (8 miles) · SR-57 South in Los Angeles (5 miles) · I-5 South in Orange County (1.4 miles)

Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow · Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow

More drives

Santa Ana to Rialto (return trip) · Rialto to Los Angeles · Rialto to Long Beach · Rialto to Anaheim · Rialto to Riverside

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	52	73	80	80	69	63	63	60	60	63	67	67	68	60	53	53	52
Tue	52	76	82	79	69	68	66	63	61	61	66	72	68	65	54	52	51
Wed	54	78	85	81	75	67	68	65	61	64	65	68	72	62	55	52	51
Thu	53	73	78	77	69	65	64	62	60	61	69	69	70	63	58	52	51
Fri	52	63	68	66	63	62	62	61	62	66	72	72	70	65	56	53	52
Sat	51	53	53	53	56	58	61	60	59	59	59	59	56	55	53	52	51
Sun	51	52	52	53	53	55	58	59	57	56	55	54	53	53	53	53	51

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	52	73	80	80	69	63	63	60	60	63	67	67	68	60	53	53	52
Tue	52	76	82	79	69	68	66	63	61	61	66	72	68	65	54	52	51
Wed	54	78	85	81	75	67	68	65	61	64	65	68	72	62	55	52	51
Thu	53	73	78	77	69	65	64	62	60	61	69	69	70	63	58	52	51
Fri	52	63	68	66	63	62	62	61	62	66	72	72	70	65	56	53	52
Sat	51	53	53	53	56	58	61	60	59	59	59	59	56	55	53	52	51
Sun	51	52	52	53	53	55	58	59	57	56	55	54	53	53	53	53	51

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	52	73	80	80	69	63	63	60	60	63	67	67	68	60	53	53	52
Tue	52	76	82	79	69	68	66	63	61	61	66	72	68	65	54	52	51
Wed	54	78	85	81	75	67	68	65	61	64	65	68	72	62	55	52	51
Thu	53	73	78	77	69	65	64	62	60	61	69	69	70	63	58	52	51
Fri	52	63	68	66	63	62	62	61	62	66	72	72	70	65	56	53	52
Sat	51	53	53	53	56	58	61	60	59	59	59	59	56	55	53	52	51
Sun	51	52	52	53	53	55	58	59	57	56	55	54	53	53	53	53	51