Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Simi Valley to Pico Rivera
Right now (8:52 pm PDT): about 50 minutes via I-5 South and SR-118 East, usually 48 at this time.
Only 14% 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 | 49 | 59 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 68 | 55 | 51 | 48 |
| Tue | 47 | 62 | 69 | 82 | 84 | 70 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 78 | 87 | 91 | 85 | 74 | 60 | 52 | 48 |
| Wed | 46 | 60 | 70 | 82 | 88 | 68 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 76 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 73 | 60 | 54 | 49 |
| Thu | 47 | 61 | 69 | 79 | 81 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 72 | 85 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 78 | 58 | 56 | 49 |
| Fri | 47 | 60 | 67 | 73 | 67 | 65 | 64 | 73 | 84 | 90 | 87 | 86 | 89 | 73 | 61 | 58 | 51 |
| Sat | 49 | 50 | 52 | 57 | 60 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 68 | 65 | 60 | 58 | 49 |
| Sun | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 62 | 60 | 59 | 50 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 53-mile drive from Simi Valley to Pico Rivera (via I-5 South and SR-118 East) usually takes as little as 46 minutes and up to 93 minutes, when leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 70 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2 pm on Saturdays (71 minutes).
About 50 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (4 to 10 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Simi Valley to central Pico Rivera 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 Simi Valley to Pico Rivera?
On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 46 minutes then, versus up to 93 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Simi Valley to Pico Rivera?
The 53-mile drive usually takes 46 to 93 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 70 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Simi Valley to Pico Rivera?
Leaving around 5 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 93 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 South in Los Angeles (29 miles) · SR-118 East in Los Angeles (21 miles)
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