Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Santa Paula to Long Beach
Right now (6:53 pm PDT): about 119 minutes via I-405 South and I-5 South, usually 95 at this time.
Only 2% 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 | 101 | 143 | 157 | 142 | 112 | 97 | 96 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 92 | 91 |
| Tue | 117 | 188 | 188 | 185 | 123 | 99 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 97 | 100 | 100 | 102 | 101 | 95 |
| Wed | 94 | 104 | 124 | 123 | 114 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 103 | 97 | 92 |
| Thu | 109 | 173 | 176 | 171 | 99 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 94 | 93 | 94 | 93 | 93 | 95 | 98 | 96 |
| Fri | 96 | 102 | 101 | 97 | 95 | 100 | 105 | 98 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 94 |
| Sat | 99 | 104 | 102 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 105 | 112 | 110 | 101 | 101 | 103 | 102 | 97 | 95 | 94 | 91 |
| Sun | 94 | 95 | 94 | 93 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 102 | 101 | 100 | 95 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 89-mile drive from Santa Paula to Long Beach (via I-405 South and I-5 South) usually takes as little as 91 minutes and up to 203 minutes, when leaving around 6:30 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are after 10 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 96 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 12:30 pm on Saturdays (113 minutes).
About 59 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 30 miles surface streets (38 to 127 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Santa Paula to downtown Long Beach 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 Paula to Long Beach?
On weekdays, leave after 10 am. The drive usually takes about 91 minutes then, versus up to 203 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Santa Paula to Long Beach?
The 89-mile drive usually takes 91 to 203 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 96 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Santa Paula to Long Beach?
Leaving around 6:30 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 203 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-405 South in Los Angeles (42 miles) · I-5 South in Los Angeles (14 miles) · I-710 South in Los Angeles (3 miles)
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More drives
Long Beach to Santa Paula (return trip) · Santa Paula to Los Angeles