Best Time to Drive from San Juan Capistrano to Garden Grove

Right now (7:05 pm PDT): about 31 minutes via I-5 North, usually 32 at this time.

Only 55% 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 Garden Grove 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	26	27	28	33	30	28	30	31	33	33	34	36	36	34	32	28	26
Tue	26	27	28	33	32	31	31	32	33	33	35	36	38	36	33	28	27
Wed	26	27	28	32	31	31	32	32	33	32	35	36	38	36	33	29	26
Thu	26	27	28	32	31	31	32	32	32	33	34	35	37	35	33	29	27
Fri	26	27	28	30	29	31	32	32	33	34	35	36	37	35	33	30	27
Sat	26	27	27	27	28	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	32	30	27
Sun	26	27	27	27	27	28	30	30	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	29	27

About this drive

On weekdays the 30-mile drive from San Juan Capistrano to Garden Grove (via I-5 North) usually takes as little as 26 minutes and up to 38 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 32 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 6:30 pm on Sundays (33 minutes).

About 28 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.4 miles surface streets (about 2 minutes), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central San Juan Capistrano to central Garden Grove 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 Garden Grove?

On weekdays, leave before 7:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 26 minutes then, versus up to 38 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 30-mile drive usually takes 26 to 38 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 32 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from San Juan Capistrano to Garden Grove?

Leaving around 5 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 38 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 North in Orange County (24 miles) · SR-22 West in Orange County (4 miles)

Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow

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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	26	27	28	33	32	31	31	32	33	33	35	36	38	36	33	28	27
Wed	26	27	28	32	31	31	32	32	33	32	35	36	38	36	33	29	26
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