Best Time to Drive from Santa Clarita to Sylmar

Right now (7:09 pm PDT): about 14 minutes via I-5 South and SR-14 South and I-210 East, usually 14 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

Minutes from Santa Clarita to Sylmar by day and time you leave (local time)
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About this drive

On weekdays the 11-mile drive from Santa Clarita to Sylmar (via I-5 South and SR-14 South and I-210 East) usually takes as little as 12 minutes and up to 31 minutes, when leaving around 8 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 13 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Sundays (18 minutes).

About 7 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (6 to 16 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 Sylmar 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 Sylmar?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 12 minutes then, versus up to 31 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Santa Clarita to Sylmar?

The 11-mile drive usually takes 12 to 31 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 13 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Santa Clarita to Sylmar?

Leaving around 8 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 31 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 South in Los Angeles (3 miles) · SR-14 South in Los Angeles (2 miles) · I-210 East in Los Angeles (1.4 miles)

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