Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Sun City to Long Beach
Right now (6:06 pm PDT): about 79 minutes via I-15 North and SR-91 West and SR-22 West, usually 77 at this time.
Only 45% 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 | 75 | 97 | 108 | 100 | 90 | 82 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 73 |
| Tue | 75 | 100 | 110 | 106 | 93 | 84 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 84 | 83 | 80 | 74 |
| Wed | 74 | 98 | 112 | 105 | 94 | 86 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 72 |
| Thu | 75 | 98 | 110 | 100 | 91 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 82 | 85 | 88 | 90 | 86 | 79 | 76 | 75 | 73 |
| Fri | 74 | 84 | 88 | 88 | 84 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 87 | 94 | 91 | 88 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 72 |
| Sat | 72 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 80 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 75 | 74 | 72 |
| Sun | 72 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 72 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 74-mile drive from Sun City to Long Beach (via I-15 North and SR-91 West and SR-22 West) usually takes as little as 72 minutes and up to 112 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Wednesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 81 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 11:30 am on Saturdays (88 minutes).
About 60 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 14 miles surface streets (19 to 27 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Sun City to downtown Long Beach 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 Sun City to Long Beach?
On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 72 minutes then, versus up to 112 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Sun City to Long Beach?
The 74-mile drive usually takes 72 to 112 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 81 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Sun City to Long Beach?
Leaving around 7 am on Wednesdays is usually slowest, about 112 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-91 West in Orange County (18 miles) · I-15 North in Orange County (14 miles) · SR-22 West in Orange County (14 miles) · I-15 North in Inland Empire (8 miles) · SR-55 South in Orange County (4 miles) · I-405 North in Orange County (1.8 miles)
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