Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Ventura to Sylmar
Right now (7:49 pm PDT): about 68 minutes via I-5 South and SR-126 East, usually 67 at this time.
Only 3% 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 | 67 | 85 | 87 | 75 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 66 |
| Tue | 68 | 92 | 99 | 79 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 66 |
| Wed | 66 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 65 |
| Thu | 67 | 93 | 93 | 72 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 66 |
| Fri | 66 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 65 |
| Sat | 67 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 65 |
| Sun | 65 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 66 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 60-mile drive from Ventura to Sylmar (via I-5 South and SR-126 East) usually takes as little as 64 minutes and up to 99 minutes, when leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am or after 8:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 66 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 11:30 am on Saturdays (70 minutes).
About 20 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 39 miles surface streets (31 to 33 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Ventura to central Sylmar 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 Ventura to Sylmar?
On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am or after 8:30 am. The drive usually takes about 64 minutes then, versus up to 99 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Ventura to Sylmar?
The 60-mile drive usually takes 64 to 99 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 66 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Ventura to Sylmar?
Leaving around 7 am on Tuesdays is usually slowest, about 99 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 South in Los Angeles (13 miles) · I-210 East in Los Angeles (1.4 miles)
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