Best Time to Drive from Sherman Oaks to Garden Grove

Right now (3:20 pm PST): about 67 minutes via I-405 South, usually 73 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

Minutes from Sherman Oaks to Garden Grove by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	46	49	53	53	50	51	54	64	72	89	91	90	79	56	49	45
Tue	46	46	52	63	68	56	54	68	104	143	170	185	152	113	75	56	46
Wed	45	46	52	63	63	53	53	64	107	162	181	177	158	120	82	61	46
Thu	45	46	51	58	63	53	56	74	96	149	151	143	131	115	95	69	48
Fri	46	46	47	55	53	52	58	100	121	129	113	105	112	102	83	66	48
Sat	46	46	46	47	48	50	55	61	66	75	74	70	65	57	54	53	47
Sun	46	45	45	46	47	48	49	52	55	57	57	58	57	54	53	52	47

About this drive

On weekdays the 51-mile drive from Sherman Oaks to Garden Grove (via I-405 South) usually takes as little as 45 minutes and up to 187 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 88 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Saturdays (80 minutes).

About 49 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 2 miles surface streets (2 to 8 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Sherman Oaks to central Garden Grove 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 Sherman Oaks to Garden Grove?

On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 45 minutes then, versus up to 187 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Sherman Oaks to Garden Grove?

The 51-mile drive usually takes 45 to 187 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 88 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Sherman Oaks to Garden Grove?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 187 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-405 South in Los Angeles (37 miles) · I-405 South in Orange County (6 miles) · SR-22 East in Orange County (6 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow

More drives

Garden Grove to Sherman Oaks (return trip) · Sherman Oaks to Los Angeles · Sherman Oaks to Long Beach · Sherman Oaks to Anaheim · Sherman Oaks to Riverside · Sherman Oaks to Santa Ana · Sherman Oaks to Irvine · Sherman Oaks to Santa Monica · Sherman Oaks to San Bernardino · Sherman Oaks to Fontana · Sherman Oaks to Oxnard · Sherman Oaks to Huntington Beach

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	46	49	53	53	50	51	54	64	72	89	91	90	79	56	49	45
Tue	46	46	52	63	68	56	54	68	104	143	170	185	152	113	75	56	46
Wed	45	46	52	63	63	53	53	64	107	162	181	177	158	120	82	61	46
Thu	45	46	51	58	63	53	56	74	96	149	151	143	131	115	95	69	48
Fri	46	46	47	55	53	52	58	100	121	129	113	105	112	102	83	66	48
Sat	46	46	46	47	48	50	55	61	66	75	74	70	65	57	54	53	47
Sun	46	45	45	46	47	48	49	52	55	57	57	58	57	54	53	52	47

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	46	49	53	53	50	51	54	64	72	89	91	90	79	56	49	45
Tue	46	46	52	63	68	56	54	68	104	143	170	185	152	113	75	56	46
Wed	45	46	52	63	63	53	53	64	107	162	181	177	158	120	82	61	46
Thu	45	46	51	58	63	53	56	74	96	149	151	143	131	115	95	69	48
Fri	46	46	47	55	53	52	58	100	121	129	113	105	112	102	83	66	48
Sat	46	46	46	47	48	50	55	61	66	75	74	70	65	57	54	53	47
Sun	46	45	45	46	47	48	49	52	55	57	57	58	57	54	53	52	47

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	45	46	49	53	53	50	51	54	64	72	89	91	90	79	56	49	45
Tue	46	46	52	63	68	56	54	68	104	143	170	185	152	113	75	56	46
Wed	45	46	52	63	63	53	53	64	107	162	181	177	158	120	82	61	46
Thu	45	46	51	58	63	53	56	74	96	149	151	143	131	115	95	69	48
Fri	46	46	47	55	53	52	58	100	121	129	113	105	112	102	83	66	48
Sat	46	46	46	47	48	50	55	61	66	75	74	70	65	57	54	53	47
Sun	46	45	45	46	47	48	49	52	55	57	57	58	57	54	53	52	47