Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Sylmar to Ventura
Right now (7:49 pm PDT): about 66 minutes via I-5 North and SR-126 West, usually 64 at this time.
Only 2% 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 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 66 |
| Tue | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 75 | 81 | 72 | 71 | 67 |
| Wed | 63 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 69 | 65 | 64 | 63 |
| Thu | 62 | 63 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 75 | 86 | 87 | 78 | 74 | 68 | 64 |
| Fri | 64 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 67 |
| Sat | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 68 | 80 | 82 | 75 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 68 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 64 |
| Sun | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 73 | 89 | 103 | 103 | 107 | 80 | 72 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 64 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 60-mile drive from Sylmar to Ventura (via I-5 North and SR-126 West) usually takes as little as 62 minutes and up to 88 minutes, when leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 10:30 am or after 8 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 69 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3 pm on Sundays (107 minutes).
About 26 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 34 miles surface streets (24 to 25 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Sylmar to central Ventura 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 Ventura?
On weekdays, leave before 10:30 am or after 8 pm. The drive usually takes about 62 minutes then, versus up to 88 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Sylmar to Ventura?
The 60-mile drive usually takes 62 to 88 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 69 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Sylmar to Ventura?
Leaving around 4:30 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 88 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 North in Los Angeles (11 miles) · I-210 West in Los Angeles (4 miles)
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