Best Time to Drive from Sylmar to Ontario

Right now (2:36 am PST): about 54 minutes via I-210 East.

Only 37% 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 Sylmar to Ontario 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	51	54	58	63	60	59	59	60	61	67	78	83	82	69	58	54	52
Tue	52	55	60	69	65	61	59	59	61	67	80	85	85	74	63	56	52
Wed	52	55	62	69	67	63	60	61	62	70	82	85	83	72	63	56	53
Thu	52	55	60	69	66	61	60	60	64	74	84	87	84	73	63	57	53
Fri	52	56	59	62	61	60	62	66	73	84	93	91	85	73	65	57	53
Sat	52	54	54	55	55	56	57	60	62	65	66	67	64	59	56	54	52
Sun	52	52	52	52	52	53	54	54	55	57	56	56	55	54	54	55	51

About this drive

On weekdays the 57-mile drive from Sylmar to Ontario (via I-210 East) usually takes as little as 51 minutes and up to 93 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 7 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 64 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4 pm on Saturdays (67 minutes).

About 54 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (4 to 5 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Sylmar to central Ontario 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 Sylmar to Ontario?

On weekdays, leave before 7 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 51 minutes then, versus up to 93 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Sylmar to Ontario?

The 57-mile drive usually takes 51 to 93 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 64 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Sylmar to Ontario?

Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 93 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-210 East in Los Angeles (41 miles) · I-10 East in Los Angeles (5 miles) · SR-57 South in Los Angeles (5 miles) · I-10 East in Inland Empire (2 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow

More drives

Ontario to Sylmar (return trip) · Sylmar to Los Angeles · Sylmar to Long Beach · Sylmar to Anaheim · Sylmar to Riverside · Sylmar to Santa Ana · Sylmar to Irvine · Sylmar to San Bernardino · Sylmar to Fontana · Sylmar to Oxnard · Sylmar to Huntington Beach · Sylmar to Glendale

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	51	54	58	63	60	59	59	60	61	67	78	83	82	69	58	54	52
Tue	52	55	60	69	65	61	59	59	61	67	80	85	85	74	63	56	52
Wed	52	55	62	69	67	63	60	61	62	70	82	85	83	72	63	56	53
Thu	52	55	60	69	66	61	60	60	64	74	84	87	84	73	63	57	53
Fri	52	56	59	62	61	60	62	66	73	84	93	91	85	73	65	57	53
Sat	52	54	54	55	55	56	57	60	62	65	66	67	64	59	56	54	52
Sun	52	52	52	52	52	53	54	54	55	57	56	56	55	54	54	55	51

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	51	54	58	63	60	59	59	60	61	67	78	83	82	69	58	54	52
Tue	52	55	60	69	65	61	59	59	61	67	80	85	85	74	63	56	52
Wed	52	55	62	69	67	63	60	61	62	70	82	85	83	72	63	56	53
Thu	52	55	60	69	66	61	60	60	64	74	84	87	84	73	63	57	53
Fri	52	56	59	62	61	60	62	66	73	84	93	91	85	73	65	57	53
Sat	52	54	54	55	55	56	57	60	62	65	66	67	64	59	56	54	52
Sun	52	52	52	52	52	53	54	54	55	57	56	56	55	54	54	55	51

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	51	54	58	63	60	59	59	60	61	67	78	83	82	69	58	54	52
Tue	52	55	60	69	65	61	59	59	61	67	80	85	85	74	63	56	52
Wed	52	55	62	69	67	63	60	61	62	70	82	85	83	72	63	56	53
Thu	52	55	60	69	66	61	60	60	64	74	84	87	84	73	63	57	53
Fri	52	56	59	62	61	60	62	66	73	84	93	91	85	73	65	57	53
Sat	52	54	54	55	55	56	57	60	62	65	66	67	64	59	56	54	52
Sun	52	52	52	52	52	53	54	54	55	57	56	56	55	54	54	55	51