Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Santa Clarita to La Mirada
Right now (6:06 pm PDT): about 78 minutes via I-5 South, usually 82 at this time.
Only 21% 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 | 51 | 60 | 75 | 76 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 85 | 101 | 105 | 98 | 82 | 59 | 50 | 48 |
| Tue | 47 | 66 | 91 | 93 | 75 | 67 | 64 | 65 | 69 | 95 | 111 | 120 | 111 | 94 | 67 | 54 | 48 |
| Wed | 46 | 61 | 76 | 79 | 76 | 65 | 63 | 64 | 69 | 88 | 95 | 100 | 95 | 86 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Thu | 47 | 62 | 88 | 84 | 74 | 67 | 65 | 71 | 77 | 106 | 115 | 120 | 115 | 93 | 62 | 57 | 49 |
| Fri | 47 | 58 | 69 | 72 | 68 | 65 | 68 | 76 | 94 | 112 | 111 | 112 | 112 | 88 | 67 | 59 | 51 |
| Sat | 48 | 49 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 76 | 82 | 83 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 61 | 59 | 50 |
| Sun | 48 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 64 | 65 | 61 | 60 | 50 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 50-mile drive from Santa Clarita to La Mirada (via I-5 South) usually takes as little as 46 minutes and up to 120 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 75 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3 pm on Saturdays (83 minutes).
About 42 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 8 miles surface streets (10 to 24 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Santa Clarita to central La Mirada 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 Santa Clarita to La Mirada?
On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 46 minutes then, versus up to 120 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Santa Clarita to La Mirada?
The 50-mile drive usually takes 46 to 120 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 75 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Santa Clarita to La Mirada?
Leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 120 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 South in Los Angeles (39 miles) · SR-14 South in Los Angeles (2 miles)
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