Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Santa Clarita to Valencia
Right now (5:47 pm PDT): about 11 minutes via I-5 North, usually 11 at this time.
None 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 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Tue | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Wed | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Thu | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Fri | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Sat | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Sun | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 10-mile drive from Santa Clarita to Valencia (via I-5 North) usually takes as little as 10 minutes and up to 12 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 10:30 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 11 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Sundays (11 minutes).
About 7 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 2 miles surface streets (4 to 6 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 Valencia 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 Valencia?
On weekdays, leave before 10:30 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 10 minutes then, versus up to 12 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Santa Clarita to Valencia?
The 10-mile drive usually takes 10 to 12 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 11 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Santa Clarita to Valencia?
Leaving around 5 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 12 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 North in Los Angeles (7 miles)
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