Best Time to Drive from Seal Beach to Palmdale

Right now (12:51 am PST): about 84 minutes via I-405 North and SR-14 North.

Only 9% 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.

About this drive

On weekdays the 93-mile drive from Seal Beach to Palmdale (via I-405 North and SR-14 North) usually takes as little as 84 minutes and up to 206 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 115 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1:30 pm on Sundays (149 minutes).

About 83 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (11 to 19 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Seal Beach to central Palmdale 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 Seal Beach to Palmdale?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 84 minutes then, versus up to 206 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Seal Beach to Palmdale?

The 93-mile drive usually takes 84 to 206 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 115 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Seal Beach to Palmdale?

Leaving around 7 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 206 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-405 North in Los Angeles (47 miles) · SR-14 North in Los Angeles (27 miles) · I-5 North in Los Angeles (5 miles) · I-405 North in Orange County (4 miles)

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