Best Time to Drive from Tujunga to Garden Grove

Right now (12:51 am PDT): about 51 minutes via I-5 South.

Only 33% 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 Tujunga to Garden Grove 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	47	53	64	64	58	55	57	57	60	63	75	84	78	71	55	50	47
Tue	45	53	72	73	61	61	57	57	59	67	83	93	88	76	62	53	46
Wed	45	52	73	71	66	60	57	57	58	65	71	75	74	67	58	53	47
Thu	45	52	72	73	65	62	60	62	63	72	84	90	87	77	59	53	48
Fri	46	51	62	65	60	56	57	60	67	81	88	88	87	75	61	56	48
Sat	46	48	49	49	52	55	57	59	62	65	66	65	65	62	56	55	49
Sun	46	47	48	47	48	51	54	60	60	62	60	60	58	58	56	56	48

About this drive

On weekdays the 51-mile drive from Tujunga to Garden Grove (via I-5 South) usually takes as little as 45 minutes and up to 93 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 61 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3 pm on Saturdays (66 minutes).

About 47 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 4 miles surface streets (5 to 8 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Tujunga to central Garden Grove 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 Tujunga to Garden Grove?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 45 minutes then, versus up to 93 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Tujunga to Garden Grove?

The 51-mile drive usually takes 45 to 93 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 61 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Tujunga to Garden Grove?

Leaving around 4 pm on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 93 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-5 South in Los Angeles (19 miles) · I-5 South in Orange County (14 miles) · SR-2 West in Los Angeles (8 miles) · SR-22 West in Orange County (3 miles) · I-210 East in Los Angeles (3 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Orange County traffic right now · Orange County traffic tomorrow

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Garden Grove to Tujunga (return trip) · Tujunga to Los Angeles · Tujunga to Long Beach · Tujunga to Anaheim · Tujunga to Riverside · Tujunga to Santa Ana · Tujunga to San Bernardino · Tujunga to Fontana · Tujunga to Oxnard · Tujunga to Moreno Valley · Tujunga to Huntington Beach · Tujunga 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	47	53	64	64	58	55	57	57	60	63	75	84	78	71	55	50	47
Tue	45	53	72	73	61	61	57	57	59	67	83	93	88	76	62	53	46
Wed	45	52	73	71	66	60	57	57	58	65	71	75	74	67	58	53	47
Thu	45	52	72	73	65	62	60	62	63	72	84	90	87	77	59	53	48
Fri	46	51	62	65	60	56	57	60	67	81	88	88	87	75	61	56	48
Sat	46	48	49	49	52	55	57	59	62	65	66	65	65	62	56	55	49
Sun	46	47	48	47	48	51	54	60	60	62	60	60	58	58	56	56	48

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	47	53	64	64	58	55	57	57	60	63	75	84	78	71	55	50	47
Tue	45	53	72	73	61	61	57	57	59	67	83	93	88	76	62	53	46
Wed	45	52	73	71	66	60	57	57	58	65	71	75	74	67	58	53	47
Thu	45	52	72	73	65	62	60	62	63	72	84	90	87	77	59	53	48
Fri	46	51	62	65	60	56	57	60	67	81	88	88	87	75	61	56	48
Sat	46	48	49	49	52	55	57	59	62	65	66	65	65	62	56	55	49
Sun	46	47	48	47	48	51	54	60	60	62	60	60	58	58	56	56	48

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	47	53	64	64	58	55	57	57	60	63	75	84	78	71	55	50	47
Tue	45	53	72	73	61	61	57	57	59	67	83	93	88	76	62	53	46
Wed	45	52	73	71	66	60	57	57	58	65	71	75	74	67	58	53	47
Thu	45	52	72	73	65	62	60	62	63	72	84	90	87	77	59	53	48
Fri	46	51	62	65	60	56	57	60	67	81	88	88	87	75	61	56	48
Sat	46	48	49	49	52	55	57	59	62	65	66	65	65	62	56	55	49
Sun	46	47	48	47	48	51	54	60	60	62	60	60	58	58	56	56	48