Best Time to Drive from Santa Paula to Tustin
Right now (5:50 pm PDT): about 129 minutes via I-5 South, usually 122 at this time.
Only 22% 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 | 107 | 138 | 146 | 140 | 138 | 126 | 127 | 127 | 129 | 145 | 149 | 147 | 145 | 122 | 109 | 105 | 102 |
| Tue | 107 | 152 | 172 | 161 | 158 | 136 | 132 | 125 | 133 | 151 | 172 | 157 | 157 | 138 | 117 | 110 | 102 |
| Wed | 106 | 134 | 145 | 152 | 158 | 135 | 126 | 125 | 135 | 142 | 149 | 148 | 143 | 134 | 119 | 107 | 99 |
| Thu | 106 | 154 | 157 | 145 | 145 | 135 | 130 | 131 | 146 | 159 | 168 | 164 | 161 | 130 | 122 | 114 | 105 |
| Fri | 105 | 124 | 133 | 132 | 131 | 128 | 129 | 139 | 161 | 163 | 163 | 167 | 151 | 138 | 126 | 117 | 106 |
| Sat | 102 | 105 | 108 | 112 | 118 | 123 | 127 | 135 | 143 | 149 | 139 | 138 | 136 | 131 | 126 | 115 | 104 |
| Sun | 100 | 100 | 101 | 101 | 106 | 113 | 122 | 128 | 132 | 129 | 128 | 128 | 126 | 124 | 127 | 117 | 105 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 100-mile drive from Santa Paula to Tustin (via I-5 South) usually takes as little as 99 minutes and up to 174 minutes, when leaving around 6:30 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 137 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Saturdays (149 minutes).
About 71 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 29 miles surface streets (36 to 84 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Santa Paula to central Tustin 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 Tustin?
On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 99 minutes then, versus up to 174 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Santa Paula to Tustin?
The 100-mile drive usually takes 99 to 174 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 137 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Santa Paula to Tustin?
Leaving around 6:30 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 174 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 South in Los Angeles (52 miles) · I-5 South in Orange County (14 miles) · SR-22 East in Orange County (3 miles) · SR-55 South in Orange County (1.7 miles)
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