Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Riverside to Palm Springs
Right now (10:18 am PDT): about 60 minutes via I-10 East and SR-60 East, usually 63 at this time.
Only 18% 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 | 58 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 67 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 64 | 64 | 61 |
| Tue | 58 | 61 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 64 | 61 | 60 |
| Wed | 57 | 61 | 64 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 63 | 61 | 59 |
| Thu | 57 | 62 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 62 | 59 |
| Fri | 56 | 60 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 63 | 59 |
| Sat | 57 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 60 | 58 | 58 |
| Sun | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 61 | 60 | 62 | 60 | 62 | 58 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 54-mile drive from Riverside to Palm Springs (via I-10 East and SR-60 East) usually takes as little as 56 minutes and up to 75 minutes, when leaving around 5:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 66 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1:30 pm on Saturdays (73 minutes).
About 41 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 13 miles surface streets (20 to 22 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Riverside to central Palm Springs (East Alejo Road) 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 Riverside to Palm Springs?
On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 56 minutes then, versus up to 75 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Riverside to Palm Springs?
The 54-mile drive usually takes 56 to 75 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 66 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Riverside to Palm Springs?
Leaving around 5:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 75 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-60 East in Inland Empire (17 miles) · I-10 East in Inland Empire (13 miles) · I-215 South in Inland Empire (5 miles) · SR-91 East in Inland Empire (1.3 miles)
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