Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from San Dimas to Los Angeles
Right now (4:34 am PDT): about 25 minutes via I-10 West, usually 25 at this time.
Only 33% 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 | 25 | 32 | 44 | 43 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| Tue | 25 | 34 | 51 | 48 | 42 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 27 |
| Wed | 25 | 33 | 49 | 46 | 41 | 36 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 27 |
| Thu | 25 | 33 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 27 |
| Fri | 25 | 30 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 39 | 43 | 45 | 29 |
| Sat | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 26 |
| Sun | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 29 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 28-mile drive from San Dimas to Los Angeles (via I-10 West) usually takes as little as 25 minutes and up to 51 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 30 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12:30 pm on Saturdays (33 minutes).
About 26 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.9 miles surface streets (2 to 4 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central San Dimas to Downtown LA (City Hall) 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 San Dimas to Los Angeles?
On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 25 minutes then, versus up to 51 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from San Dimas to Los Angeles?
The 28-mile drive usually takes 25 to 51 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 30 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from San Dimas to Los Angeles?
Leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 51 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-10 West in Los Angeles (21 miles) · SR-57 South in Los Angeles (4 miles)
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