Best Time to Drive from Vermont Square to Riverside
Right now (6:53 pm PDT): about 93 minutes via SR-60 East, usually 68 at this time.
Only 34% 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 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 65 | 64 | 58 |
| Tue | 58 | 62 | 70 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 76 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 59 |
| Wed | 57 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 79 | 84 | 78 | 66 | 64 | 62 | 58 |
| Thu | 57 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 76 | 81 | 96 | 80 | 77 | 68 | 65 | 57 |
| Fri | 57 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 74 | 83 | 90 | 88 | 81 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 58 |
| Sat | 57 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 60 | 57 |
| Sun | 58 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 58 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 63-mile drive from Vermont Square to Riverside (via SR-60 East) usually takes as little as 57 minutes and up to 96 minutes, when leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 72 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3 pm on Saturdays (67 minutes).
About 61 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 3 miles surface streets (4 to 9 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Vermont Square 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 Vermont Square to Riverside?
On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 8:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 57 minutes then, versus up to 96 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Vermont Square to Riverside?
The 63-mile drive usually takes 57 to 96 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 72 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Vermont Square to Riverside?
Leaving around 4 pm on Thursdays is usually slowest, about 96 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
SR-60 East in Los Angeles (32 miles) · SR-60 East in Inland Empire (21 miles) · I-10 East in Los Angeles (3 miles) · I-110 North in Los Angeles (3 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
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