Traffic Predict
Best Time to Drive from Vista to Long Beach
Right now (7:17 pm PDT): about 75 minutes via I-5 North and SR-73 North, usually 75 at this time.
Only 15% 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 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 70 |
| Tue | 71 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 79 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 71 |
| Wed | 70 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 84 | 89 | 82 | 77 | 80 | 75 | 71 |
| Thu | 70 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 77 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 80 | 76 | 73 | 71 |
| Fri | 70 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 97 | 103 | 95 | 94 | 83 | 75 | 73 | 71 |
| Sat | 70 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 94 | 96 | 94 | 100 | 95 | 86 | 83 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 70 |
| Sun | 71 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 78 | 97 | 105 | 107 | 105 | 97 | 88 | 87 | 79 | 75 | 74 | 70 |
About this drive
On weekdays the 78-mile drive from Vista to Long Beach (via I-5 North and SR-73 North) usually takes as little as 70 minutes and up to 103 minutes, when leaving around 3 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 12 pm or after 6:30 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 78 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 1 pm on Sundays (107 minutes).
About 71 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 6 miles surface streets (8 to 10 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Vista to downtown Long Beach 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 Vista to Long Beach?
On weekdays, leave before 12 pm or after 6:30 pm. The drive usually takes about 70 minutes then, versus up to 103 minutes at the worst times.
How long does it take to drive from Vista to Long Beach?
The 78-mile drive usually takes 70 to 103 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 78 minutes midday.
When is traffic worst from Vista to Long Beach?
Leaving around 3 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 103 minutes.
Freeways on this drive
I-5 North in San Diego (20 miles) · SR-73 North in Orange County (18 miles) · I-5 North in Orange County (14 miles) · I-405 North in Orange County (12 miles) · SR-78 West in San Diego (7 miles) · SR-22 West in Orange County (1.6 miles)
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