Best Time to Drive from San Juan Capistrano to Anaheim

Right now (6:03 pm PDT): about 38 minutes via I-5 North, usually 37 at this time.

Only 54% 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 San Juan Capistrano to Anaheim 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	27	28	29	34	31	30	31	32	34	35	37	38	39	37	33	30	28
Tue	27	28	29	33	33	32	33	33	34	34	38	39	40	38	35	30	28
Wed	27	28	29	33	32	32	33	34	34	34	37	39	40	39	35	31	28
Thu	27	28	29	33	33	32	34	34	34	34	36	38	39	38	35	31	28
Fri	27	28	29	31	30	32	33	34	34	35	38	38	40	37	34	31	28
Sat	28	28	28	28	29	32	33	33	33	34	35	34	34	33	33	32	28
Sun	27	28	28	28	29	29	32	31	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	31	28

About this drive

On weekdays the 31-mile drive from San Juan Capistrano to Anaheim (via I-5 North) usually takes as little as 27 minutes and up to 40 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 34 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6:30 pm on Sundays (35 minutes).

About 29 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.8 miles surface streets (2 to 3 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central San Juan Capistrano to Disneyland 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 Juan Capistrano to Anaheim?

On weekdays, leave before 7:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 27 minutes then, versus up to 40 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from San Juan Capistrano to Anaheim?

The 31-mile drive usually takes 27 to 40 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 34 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from San Juan Capistrano to Anaheim?

Leaving around 5 pm on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 40 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 North in Orange County (29 miles)

Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow

More drives

Anaheim to San Juan Capistrano (return trip) · San Juan Capistrano to Los Angeles · San Juan Capistrano to San Diego · San Juan Capistrano to Long Beach

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
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Tue	27	28	29	33	33	32	33	33	34	34	38	39	40	38	35	30	28
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Mon	27	28	29	34	31	30	31	32	34	35	37	38	39	37	33	30	28
Tue	27	28	29	33	33	32	33	33	34	34	38	39	40	38	35	30	28
Wed	27	28	29	33	32	32	33	34	34	34	37	39	40	39	35	31	28
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