Best Time to Drive from Whittier to Ontario

Right now (10:18 am PDT): about 46 minutes via SR-60 East, usually 42 at this time.

Only 16% 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 Whittier to Ontario 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	34	35	40	39	40	43	44	44	43	42	48	58	56	48	40	39	34
Tue	34	36	40	41	39	45	45	44	43	43	49	49	47	42	39	38	36
Wed	34	36	41	46	41	43	44	43	44	43	51	55	56	47	40	38	34
Thu	34	35	41	43	41	45	45	44	44	45	53	61	58	54	46	42	35
Fri	34	35	37	39	39	42	42	42	46	55	68	68	61	50	44	38	34
Sat	34	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	43	42	43	43	38	35	34
Sun	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	36	36	35

About this drive

On weekdays the 27-mile drive from Whittier to Ontario (via SR-60 East) usually takes as little as 34 minutes and up to 69 minutes, when leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays. The fastest times to leave are before 6:30 am or after 9 pm. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 44 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 3:30 pm on Saturdays (44 minutes).

About 17 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 10 miles surface streets (19 to 46 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Whittier (Painter Avenue) to central Ontario (Holt Boulevard) 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 Whittier to Ontario?

On weekdays, leave before 6:30 am or after 9 pm. The drive usually takes about 34 minutes then, versus up to 69 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Whittier to Ontario?

The 27-mile drive usually takes 34 to 69 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 44 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Whittier to Ontario?

Leaving around 3:30 pm on Fridays is usually slowest, about 69 minutes.

Freeways on this drive

SR-60 East in Los Angeles (15 miles) · SR-60 East in Inland Empire (2 miles)

Los Angeles traffic right now · Los Angeles traffic tomorrow · Inland Empire traffic right now · Inland Empire traffic tomorrow

More drives

Ontario to Whittier (return trip) · Whittier to Santa Monica · Whittier to Long Beach · Whittier to West Covina · Whittier to Burbank · Whittier to Santa Clarita · Whittier to Van Nuys · Whittier to Torrance · Whittier to LAX · Whittier to Culver City · Whittier to Thousand Oaks · Whittier to Oxnard

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	35	40	39	40	43	44	44	43	42	48	58	56	48	40	39	34
Tue	34	36	40	41	39	45	45	44	43	43	49	49	47	42	39	38	36
Wed	34	36	41	46	41	43	44	43	44	43	51	55	56	47	40	38	34
Thu	34	35	41	43	41	45	45	44	44	45	53	61	58	54	46	42	35
Fri	34	35	37	39	39	42	42	42	46	55	68	68	61	50	44	38	34
Sat	34	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	43	42	43	43	38	35	34
Sun	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	36	36	35

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	35	40	39	40	43	44	44	43	42	48	58	56	48	40	39	34
Tue	34	36	40	41	39	45	45	44	43	43	49	49	47	42	39	38	36
Wed	34	36	41	46	41	43	44	43	44	43	51	55	56	47	40	38	34
Thu	34	35	41	43	41	45	45	44	44	45	53	61	58	54	46	42	35
Fri	34	35	37	39	39	42	42	42	46	55	68	68	61	50	44	38	34
Sat	34	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	43	42	43	43	38	35	34
Sun	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	36	36	35

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	34	35	40	39	40	43	44	44	43	42	48	58	56	48	40	39	34
Tue	34	36	40	41	39	45	45	44	43	43	49	49	47	42	39	38	36
Wed	34	36	41	46	41	43	44	43	44	43	51	55	56	47	40	38	34
Thu	34	35	41	43	41	45	45	44	44	45	53	61	58	54	46	42	35
Fri	34	35	37	39	39	42	42	42	46	55	68	68	61	50	44	38	34
Sat	34	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	43	42	43	43	38	35	34
Sun	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	36	36	35