Best Time to Drive from Sylmar to Riverside

Right now (7:03 pm PDT): about 89 minutes via I-210 East and SR-60 East, usually 78 at this time.

Only 50% 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 Riverside 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	69	73	80	81	79	77	78	79	82	93	109	110	99	85	75	72	70
Tue	70	74	86	89	86	83	80	81	82	92	108	115	105	90	78	72	69
Wed	70	77	87	89	88	83	80	82	83	96	105	111	102	90	80	74	69
Thu	70	74	85	88	85	81	79	80	86	105	116	118	108	93	82	75	70
Fri	70	74	79	81	81	79	83	88	101	118	122	119	108	94	83	75	71
Sat	70	71	72	72	72	74	77	80	81	87	88	88	82	77	72	71	69
Sun	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	73	73	74	74	73	73	71	72	73	68

About this drive

On weekdays the 77-mile drive from Sylmar to Riverside (via I-210 East and SR-60 East) usually takes as little as 69 minutes and up to 127 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 7:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 86 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 2:30 pm on Saturdays (91 minutes).

About 76 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.8 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 Sylmar to central Riverside 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 Riverside?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 7:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 69 minutes then, versus up to 127 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 77-mile drive usually takes 69 to 127 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 86 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Sylmar to Riverside?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 127 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-210 East in Los Angeles (41 miles) · SR-60 East in Inland Empire (21 miles) · SR-57 South in Los Angeles (6 miles) · SR-60 East in Los Angeles (3 miles) · SR-71 North in Los Angeles (2 miles) · SR-91 West 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

Riverside to Sylmar (return trip) · Sylmar to Los Angeles · Sylmar to Long Beach · Sylmar to Anaheim · Sylmar to Santa Ana

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	69	73	80	81	79	77	78	79	82	93	109	110	99	85	75	72	70
Tue	70	74	86	89	86	83	80	81	82	92	108	115	105	90	78	72	69
Wed	70	77	87	89	88	83	80	82	83	96	105	111	102	90	80	74	69
Thu	70	74	85	88	85	81	79	80	86	105	116	118	108	93	82	75	70
Fri	70	74	79	81	81	79	83	88	101	118	122	119	108	94	83	75	71
Sat	70	71	72	72	72	74	77	80	81	87	88	88	82	77	72	71	69
Sun	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	73	73	74	74	73	73	71	72	73	68

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	69	73	80	81	79	77	78	79	82	93	109	110	99	85	75	72	70
Tue	70	74	86	89	86	83	80	81	82	92	108	115	105	90	78	72	69
Wed	70	77	87	89	88	83	80	82	83	96	105	111	102	90	80	74	69
Thu	70	74	85	88	85	81	79	80	86	105	116	118	108	93	82	75	70
Fri	70	74	79	81	81	79	83	88	101	118	122	119	108	94	83	75	71
Sat	70	71	72	72	72	74	77	80	81	87	88	88	82	77	72	71	69
Sun	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	73	73	74	74	73	73	71	72	73	68

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	69	73	80	81	79	77	78	79	82	93	109	110	99	85	75	72	70
Tue	70	74	86	89	86	83	80	81	82	92	108	115	105	90	78	72	69
Wed	70	77	87	89	88	83	80	82	83	96	105	111	102	90	80	74	69
Thu	70	74	85	88	85	81	79	80	86	105	116	118	108	93	82	75	70
Fri	70	74	79	81	81	79	83	88	101	118	122	119	108	94	83	75	71
Sat	70	71	72	72	72	74	77	80	81	87	88	88	82	77	72	71	69
Sun	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	73	73	74	74	73	73	71	72	73	68