Best Time to Drive from Valencia to Garden Grove

Right now (5:47 pm PDT): about 108 minutes via I-405 South, usually 71 at this time.

Only 9% 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.

About this drive

On weekdays the 73-mile drive from Valencia to Garden Grove (via I-405 South) usually takes as little as 64 minutes and up to 134 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6 am or after 4:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 70 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1 pm on Saturdays (77 minutes).

About 71 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.9 miles surface streets (2 to 3 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Valencia 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 Valencia to Garden Grove?

On weekdays, leave before 6 am or after 4:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 64 minutes then, versus up to 134 minutes at the worst times.

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

The 73-mile drive usually takes 64 to 134 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 70 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Valencia to Garden Grove?

Leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 134 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

I-405 South in Los Angeles (46 miles) · I-5 South in Los Angeles (13 miles) · I-405 South in Orange County (6 miles) · SR-22 East in Orange County (6 miles)

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