Best Time to Drive from Sherman Oaks to San Bernardino
Right now (6:48 pm PDT): about 82 minutes via I-210 East, usually 70 at this time.
Only 46% 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 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 89 | 109 | 114 | 109 | 92 | 75 | 66 | 63 |
| Tue | 63 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 92 | 117 | 122 | 114 | 98 | 80 | 69 | 63 |
| Wed | 63 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 77 | 94 | 119 | 123 | 116 | 98 | 79 | 69 | 64 |
| Thu | 63 | 65 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 80 | 102 | 127 | 131 | 120 | 101 | 83 | 71 | 64 |
| Fri | 63 | 65 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 85 | 103 | 127 | 136 | 130 | 115 | 97 | 83 | 74 | 65 |
| Sat | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 76 | 70 | 67 | 64 |
| Sun | 63 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 64 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 71-mile drive from Sherman Oaks to San Bernardino (via I-210 East) usually takes as little as 63 minutes and up to 136 minutes, when leaving around 2:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 8 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 82 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (85 minutes).
About 69 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.7 miles surface streets (2 to 4 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 San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino?
On weekdays, leave before 8 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 63 minutes then, versus up to 136 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Sherman Oaks to San Bernardino?
The 71-mile drive usually takes 63 to 136 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 82 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Sherman Oaks to San Bernardino?
Leaving around 2:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 136 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-210 East in Los Angeles (27 miles) · I-210 East in Inland Empire (22 miles) · SR-134 East in Los Angeles (13 miles) · US-101 South in Los Angeles (5 miles) · I-215 South in Inland Empire (2 miles)
Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow
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